The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-13

The debate an e0-edHcailou IS uow
warm and i SEEMED hut i few days
/ ago that vedai aga nsi tAe new
7 departure might be confidently OK
( pecte iu every lomm References to
The oilllugs and co0ngs was met by
shamc,accd silence 0r By admissions
that the invasion OF lcNe Was he one
Fly Ia tbe ointment whose presence
could not he den ga amt whose com
Ing must constitute only 8p evil A
new phase Go The argument is now
glycn by President lde MheQleg and
tha whQie sNheel has heep glMcu new
interest and 2 hpoaQeN slgnl#
the friends o coeanGat oH h#e con-
ceivel new hope anI tae war agan
WAGES AIT down tbe lin What us
Ibis argument
Behold the question of \ happy
and useiul life Is more important
tran the s0m ol dry learning mai
May De accumulated our country
needs families more Than Il needs
scholars, aBd the welfare or the na
fion is endangered by the decay ol
natural love between sexes Tar more
tAan hy The debauchery OF the po
Ntical machines or the corruption 81
ahe voters Few wild deny these
propositions
Since these admissions must hc
made what follows? Ia society and
In The w0rk-a-dav world where the
graduates must find a vocation real
comnanioGship between INC scSes
is almost impossible AZ the same
TIME intimate acquaintance IN neces
sarR so the growth of knowledge and
trust In each other before the laws
of society come between the young
people they may imhibe knowledge
more useful from each other than
may be found ia an the books how
ever wise they De CT pleasantly eX
pressed Grant that c0educati0n is
nor conducive to exact scholarship
laborio0s reading or devotion 70 ht'
elary deals and Xet IL might be
enough 70 say that 1t promoted hap
by marriages anu gave to young peo
pie that knowledge OF each other aud
of human nature from which the
greatest good might come 70 the com
muHity as a whole Concede SO much
and YOU grant that coeducation de-
serves to stand.
Once I was admitted that the
world had 80 many saints that il
was ii danger OF perishing for lack
of mere men and women Let MS not
deny that the supply Of scholars may
become nuisancc-if hermits null
tnled 100 fast for the good Of the
world Of society and ot the state
i should not be heresy to admit olr
need Of men and women now. There
will always be some with Il vocation
for the schools and the laboratories
-let those who are called serve ns
as scholars But the great majority
Of as must be men and women con
tent to carry on the business of the
world and this supply has not be.
come surplus in America as yet
Now it coeduc8ton promotes long
life and happy life, Ii may we'll be
that cocducation stands justified be-
fore the tribunal and ii might lie
that It is the remedy needed for
many of the social evils that now ap.
pail the students and d smay the
philanthropists
Let us inquire whether coeducation
really promotes early marriage
happy life and that mutual knowl-
edge among young people which we
accept as public good when we
deny the exclusion of the East frog
which we have enlranchised both
the girl and the woman--if this good
can be successfully pleaded then we
shall complain il the sum OF schol-
arship be less IN the land Bring on
the statistics.