The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-19

Of an always evident. ever present ptej9%
dice noticeable IL the feet that h%bH
planned for some time. The speaksT4.
were invited weeks beforehand to address
the boys OIL the subject.
1t seems TO me an occurrence that every
girl graduate Of Cornell should consider
very seriously. Those men wouldn't have
dared to hold a meeting for the avoYed
purpose Of expelling Jews or even negroes.
But the coeds-it seems that we are act apart
to get all the kicks and criticism.
They can't turn us out, that Is one con-
ISOLATION, and as for se~gregating the sexes
that. would be .coeducation with a VEN
learn the meaning Of the word and they
might also find out something about the
conditions ;naned'i in the charter. -SaS
Every girl WHO goes to Cnrnfll he4tzo.
admit that there is a p~rejudioe aeatnlt
on the part of the male pupils. Itas
keenly felt in the colleges rwhefetthgpsazs
fewest goods. sE.EsI
This is the first time that s1ci
nounced feeling has been shown In dbq&ngh
where a majority Of the students ~wereagiTs@
| was the only girl in the veterinary coprsR
and, strange to say. the men IN thsy
were, or seemed to he. glad toyhA9n
They were mostly Of the farming
and that may he al excuse for thSirhfg
30 Little taste aud 80 much gRllantfKr4s
Here in New York? Well, the. MIN
wouldn't allow me to join their QufE.eyM
was the only thing they had. the poss&k3R
keep me out of and they used IL = ~
a harder time here in New York 9han7f ~
Ithaca. | had made up my mind 7xefN4
through and loved my work. 50 ! Tehb
ahead, caring as little az possible. .tT1
But what / don't understand in the wh6l6
thing is why men who don't care TO be In tho
same classes with girls will 90 to Cornell.
Just look at the colleges in the East whefe
a man can go and never get a glimpsesofS
girl in GLASS. e.
If they don't want to compete witheW
for marks then let them 60 somewhere
else. There is one thing they mHy MI
satisfied about. As long as Cornell e1iStB'
under the present charter it will be ooe1n7
c~ational and as long as there are ocets
they win fight for their rights
Miss Elizabeth Meserole Rhodes. pFesi-
dent of the Cornell alumpe and eeefetary
OF the ~Intermunicipal Research Society
Of New York. has been out OF college ten
years and seemed inclined to excuse the
talka tive male undergraduates on the score
Of youth.
mo, l shouldn't make the same excuse
for the professor" Miss Rhodes admitted
u must admit that ] think II was a peculiar
position for a professor in a ooeducationaI
college to take. 7'f
"Of course | don't know very much about
the immediate circumstances, but / fancy
they had all taken too much punch. I saw
from the papers that it was at a class feed.
Men will lose their heads under such con-
ditions, you know, and perhaps TINT VIE
the reason that the professor expressed such
an aversion to the goods.
"Oh. yes, there was a most pronounced'
feeling against the girls when | was Ia col:
lege. 1t was worse then than now. but
nothing Of this sort ever happened. At
least a professor never tool; part in de-
n ,uncing c~oeducation.
at is rather irritating to have such little
ships talk about turning us out, but then IL
ia quite a waste of breath. The charter
is for coeiucation, you know. There il no
danger Of that being changed. =.
Now IL Andrew d. White we're to come
out and give as his opinion that ooeduca.
ton was a failure, then it might be worth
while. With these young students and this
particular professor il is a matter OF opinion
and | don't really think it is worth giving
very serious consideration. y,
Nobody besides themselves and a few
personal friends cares a fig for what they
think. They are too immature and ignorant
to lie considered for a moment, II the thing
hadn't found it's way into the papers and
received such publicity even the coeds
in Ithaca would never have thought or
it the second time"