Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16
GIRLS ON STRIKE
At OCC|DEN tai
BASKETBALL PLAYERS AT
OUTS WITH FACULTY
MEN BARRED FROM GAMES
Athletic Maidens Say That Boys Have
a Right to See the PIay-Fac-
uIty Says "No"-May Form
Town Team

No boys, no basketball. So say Occi-
dental girls.
The faculty has issued an ultimatum,
the team has struck, the subs" have
gone out in sympathy, and the result,
no play.
Trouble has been brewing in the Pres
byterian college between the fair co-eds
and the faculty and things have come
to such pass that the girls have de-
clared a strike and decided to accept
no half measures.
When school opened for the fall term
a court was laid out upon which to
play basketball. A high fence sur
rounded, and, by the way, the fence
contained very few knot holes. No man
was allowed to enter and the sacred
ground was kept only for maidens In
basketball suits.
All went well apparently until the
team took a trip to the University of
Southern California to play a match
game with the girls Of that institution.
Here the girls play on an open court
mandate ordering the men to shut their
eyes, consequently a large crowd had
gathered to witness the game.
Boys Ordered From Field
Just before the scheduled time for
beginning a, member of the Occidental
faculty stepped out to the field to see
how the land lay, and-horrors! boys
Just lots of them everywhere. She de-
cided that it would never do and said
that the team should not play until
the obstacles had been removed and
the men students were invited to leave.
They demurred, then some one had a
happy thought and they left. The
game progressed. Ten minutes later
some one pointed to the bleachers
which surround the football campus
and a sea of black hated heads met
their eyes-the happy thought had been
introduced to make a happy reality.
The boys saw the game,
The Occidental faculty passed over
the question and bided its time. The
girls were indignant, for they declared
that the order of the faculty had made
them doubly conspicuous.
A short time afterward the students
were raising money for Capitola fund
and one of the projects for securing
part of it was a basketball game. Boys
are always interested in this, and a
petition was sent into the faculty
signed by the co-eds requesting that
the boys be allowed to come, just for
that one game.
The petition was introduced in fac
ulty meeting and a discussion ensued.
The question came to a vote and it is
rumored that there was only one vote
favoring the move. Other members
brought their lips tighter together and
a second vote was called, resulting in
the same count. The petition was de-
MED.
The president addressed letter to
the players conveying the decision,
and also stating that henceforth no
male officials of other teams would
be allowed at any of the games.
Girls Indlgant
"It would not have been so bad"
one young woman was overheard to
say, ito have them refuse to allow
the boys to watch us practice; we did
not object to this. but when 1t comes
to such pass that the faculty says
we shall not accord the customary
courtesies to other teams 1t is time to
strike.
1--WE do not want to have the boys
watch us play. but we do object to the
implication placed upon us. Why. it
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