The Press., 1912-10-16
The Proposed Debate A Story For College Com
 meDCement
By LUCIA D W. REDFIELO

In New England there are two col
 Ieges within d few miles of each other
 the one foupded by EbeneZeI Black for
 young men. the other oy Ar1eTta While
 fOr women. the fornel being known uS
 Hlack and the latter as White college
 At the approach of the June gradua
 ton exercises. iD view of the interest
 taken ln Europe and America in ths
 votes for women question, some one
 proposed that H debate upon the topic
 Resolved. that the vote be given Iu
 wOmen." tnke place aS one of the fea
 lures of commencement. the BIurk stu
 dents to defend the negative and the
 Whites the affirmative. 4 challenge
 was forwarded by the students of
 White to the students of Black IL was accepted. and committees were up pointed iD ench college to select its rep resentative disputants and to urrung" the terms
 It was feared that men judges would award the victory to men aud wUm, Il to women Therefore a compromise was effected by leaving the dct.iSion tn the audience. DO student being allowed to vote. This was point gained by the women. for the majority of those attending such exhibitions are usually of that sex. Recognizing this advan- tage of their opponents. the men stu
 dents selected their handsomest and most winning speakers instead of those capable of bringing forward the best arguments. The committee of White students. hearing of this, relegated to the background any candidate who was not attractive. The consequence was that the most engaging men and wom- en fin either college were appointed dis putants. while those whose recommen dations were intellect alone were pass ed over as unavailable.
 In this wicked world when a ques- ton of importance comes up for set. clement, instead of each side making an honest endenvor to decide alright. chI canery Is resorted to in order to secure an advantage John Markley, a senior. was made manager of the Black debat- ing team and Drucilla Spanker man. ager of the White team. Markley had sister in White. and Miss Spanker had brother in Black Markley laid out the campaign In this wise: He would instruct his debaters to contrive to exhibit the unfitness of women to vote by bringing into the debate polit- 1cal questions upon which they must necessarily show their ignorance. The tarin, the initiative, the referendum. the recall, were to be fired at the girls with confusing rapidity. If this did not produce a panic the reasonable ness'' of a recent decision of the Unit ed States supreme court was to be sent fin like a charge of cavalry to turn the enemy's right.
 Possibly a victory might have been gained in this way had not the man. ager of the women's team induced Miss Emma Markley to make a foray into her brothers room when the two were at home for the spring recess in search of information of the enemy's planA She discovered a list of those brain splitting questions in his pocket The result was that copy was given to the debaters for the purpose of looming up" on the problems.
 Meanwhile Ned Spanker was spying on his sister with a view to securing points in the program of the wom- ems team. Unfortunately for him. his talent for spying was not up to his sisters. and he made poor headway He asked her leading questions. the only reply to which was a wry face and Don't you wish you knewT" John who had suggested the move. Ned's report with misgivin.s 1