The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28
GIRLS TO QUIT
HIGH SCHOOL If
SORORITIES GO
Crisis Will Be Reached After
Easter Holidays; Secret
Societies Face Exile
Some Members Are Determined
to Maintain Organizations
at All Costs

That they would give up the high
school rather than their sororities is
the stand taken by some of the stu
dents of the girls high school in op-
position TO the attack on secret soci-
cites being made by DR.. A. W. Scott
principal of the institution The ques-
lion Will be brought TO a head on the
reopening of the school today when the
sorority system will be investigated by
Mrs. Mary Kincaid. If it is decided to
conform rigidly TO the law and abolish
them from the institution altogether
it is expected that with their going sew
eral of the girls will leave. determined
to maintain their society at all costs
Prior to the Easter holidays Doctor
Scott questioned the members of the
sororities as to the existence of secret
societies
WILL LEAVE SCHOOL
I was one of the girls he ques-
toned, said Miss Dorothy Dozier,
daughter of Doctor Dozier. S27 Duboce
avenue. He read me the state law
prohibiting secret societies and I in
formed him that it was my belief that
we were within the law so long as we
did not take in any new members dur
ing school session. At that time he
said that he would consider the mat
ter during the Easter holidays and that
he would then tell US what action he
proposed to take.
"As far as I am concerned I would
rather give up the school than the
sorority. 1 do not care to speak for
any Of the other girls. but the feeling
is intense, and 1 would not be sur
prised TO see several of them go if
Doctor Scott abolishes our societies"
Should the girls leave the high school
their intentions are TO finish their edu-
cation at private schools. When the
law first went into effect some of the
students left the high school Among
them was Miss Marion Baldwin,
daughter of Mrs. Z. l. Baldwin, presi-
dent of the California club.
4 did not see the necessity of my
daughter giving up her sorority, in
which she was deeply interested, but
rather than there should be any trou-
bic about the matter I thought it best
that she should leave the school," said
Mrs. Baldwin yesterday. I have made
a thorough investigation of the society
TO which she belongs and have come TO
the conclusion that instead of being a
detriment it was help. high stand
ard of conduct is set and rigidly main
tanned"
OTHER SCHOOLS THREATENED
Should the secret societies be aboI-
ished absolutely at the girls high
school il is probable that similar steps
will be taken at the other high schools
in the city. While the matter is kept
more or less of a secret, it is common
ly understood that at Lowell high
school conditions similar to those at
the girls there have wriggled through
what they have been informed is a
loophole in the law by initiating new
members only during the vacation Pc
riods.
should the issue be pushed the soro-
rites have practically decided to carry
ii into court. An association was
formed some time ago for this very
purpose and a fund started to carry on
the fight.
More than 100 girls in the girls high
school belong to some kind of a secret
society and as the average girl VINO
can afford to join a sorority is in
position to meet the expenses of A pri-
vate school there is a strong likeli-
hood of a large number leaving the
institution.
GIRLS HOLD CONFERENCES
The girls have held several confer
ences during the holidays planning to
meet the ultimatum for the worst
should il come. Their plea is that the
law is not enforced in the majority of
the schools and that il is unjust to
single them out. At a recent school
election Miss Lola Wood. member of
2 sorority and one of the candidates,
was asked by Doctor Scott to withdraw
from the running This she did, but
the fact intensified the feeling between
the principal and the students