The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27
VOTES OF NO USE TO WOMEN
PROF. NARY JORDIN 90 SNITH
TALkS ron THE ANTS


/ Miss Mary Jordan. professor ~ English
AZ Smith tollsge told IN" selected list
~ graduates and undergraduates ~
Nom~us colleges vho we're invited ~
ne colony club Yesterday afternoon
Dy Mrs Giibsrt jones thai the thin -
that are wrong IN the present Iio rrn-
Inent are NOT - the snrt hat can 30
nKhi~d nv the hAilut.
III 1ll women Wer,. allowed % 'ote y CHI
nov in the [ NJ tsd States. she continued.
what wouli 10 the result In certain
communities m which there are more
women than men. some displAcsn"tts
would follow thai might or might not
make for the welfare Of The group hut
IA the average community unless all
women are better than IN" worst men
or un Iss~ the better class 81 women have
a greater amount OF control over other
women than the better class IT men
seem to have over the undesirable element
there would ~ simply a doubling and
multiplying II votes
Prof. Jordan said she rad a Rrys' 80
spect for the large numb1r Of earliest
women who sincerely believed that the
ballot in the hands Of women would prove
Tor them q great educational force. She
~ ID that she had the highest regard for
Anna Dickinson. julia Ward Howe. Eliza
uetn Csdy stanton. Susan y. Anthony
ard other brave pione~rs. and that che
thought that son. II the byproducts OF
their movement had had q marked salu-
tary effect upon tho civilization Of ths
=. .fty wears " was blessing. how
aver. that these earnest souls had not
raali1-d their great ambition the IN
franc hisetnent Of their sex.
Tho professor then Explained thai
women are tlle real executive" power -
the nation. IL ~ theirs 10 mould publ"
opinion Ia RAISE moral standards, To-
inspire. 10 stI.dv social cor diiOns. 90 l~nd
ia phiisuthropic movements end IN short
tocontrtbufe sweetness end light ~ whole
sala quantities tO tile bOdy polite. Mr..
Anr !slNati,an Meyer. who ~ss IA the chEif
M red :" answer question:.
She would like first hOpev'r Ia correct
= faN false imprss -iOn-. size ssld. Ia ~"
first plsla- shn didn't want the college
Nonien to labor under 'h. d"l,lSion t'st
they were indebted "a s,dra<ists for tn"
opportunity 10 get . hiSh'r oducsticn
MIS- Meyer spoke Of her part ~ the
founding Of, BsrnRryi college. pay,ng
.cial str - On tho point that while IN"
sufir1 Kists psYe clamoring hCr cOeducs-
ton or No education -hS had held out
Tor th. affiliated college.
plOi'atiou of che cDllsge girl inthe interest
~ any prOpa gands. size tsaid. ami -hs
wanted every one pr~@@Dt Ia taks Dot0
Of the abs~ncs OF college rags and EN-
bleus fro1n tlSs decorations OI the room
and also Of the fact that there we're nO
gIyl ushers IN caps and gowns
How different. Mrs M~yer pointed
out. we're the methods % the niffrngistS
They continually sent speakers tn col
I@Rea where they trica To- fo1n suffrage
soristie~ among the undergraduates ,
Even Miss Thomas. the prrsident Of /
IsryB MaWT vert about saving that u J
was impossible for any Suollexr graduate 3
not ~ he a s'IHragi@s an assertion which
she had no right Ia make.
4 woman IN the audieuCe asked Miss b
Jordan ~ this point why collage preui /,
dents dad not fprD,d any one 10 speak on !,
the rsIbiert ~ suffrage WITHIN the oUnftne~ !
~ the cOll@gr campus.
Miss JoVriAn explained that tho press /
dent ~ the avSrsg~ "oileg~ VAS merely
the chairman N the faculty and a member
~ the hoard ~ Trustees and that all utIau- /
lions - Importance Eere rsrisird nv vote /
FtTth~rmOrA. she added. many uD~mbeVu
~ tho faculties ~ nearly all colleRea he
heved IN woman suffrage. - Tor Miss
Thomas. she thought she nsIGht 20 inform, !
Nrs Meyer that Miaa Thou,aR vas very
Reusr0ue IN permitting the 4nsis 80 pre-
cent their eide ~ ehN question 20 the
students NJ BTyD MaWr and that she I
wanted the girls TO have che opportunity /
~ MAKING DECISIONS on moral iaNuea
mTa Meyer rot Tho nuur again and