East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-05
WOMEN ARE BORN
WORKERS OF WORKD


Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
wallis, ore. oct. 5.-"Women worked
long before the men ever though OF
working at anything: women were the
born workers, and the men had To
learn to work. In the beginning 1t
was the women who did all the work
of agriculture and home-making while
the men chased the wild beasts and
each other. Women are the central
unit of civilization and society and
have been from the beginning. In
the words of Dean Breckenridge OF
Chicago University home-building
ana collaborating have become pub
lie functions i'm the government ana
the ballot a domestic necessity"
These things and many more per-
tinent to the argument in favor of
I the enfranchisement of women were
! given to the students and faculty OF
the Oregon Agricultural College by
! President Anna Shaw of the American
J Woman Suffrage association at a
special convocation in the gymnasium
| this noon. The speaker was intro
duced by Dean II w. Calvin of the
domestic science department, and DR..
Shaw struck her first blow in her
/ opening sentence, in which she told
of the $1,000 men of every race and
C lor she had seen at the PendletOn
Roundup, all able with the ballot to
govern American women without the
consent of the governed.
81 only ask the men to put them
selves in our places for moment ii
they can. and see themselves governed
by Chinese. Negroes. Dutch. French
Italians. every race and color. with
out an opportunity to say what the
laws which govern us are to be, pay
ing our share of the bills without {
chance to say what the bills shall be,
she said.
Some people argue that women do
not want the ballot because ii would
not be safe for her to go into the
madly excited rabble about the polls
on election days. Is ii possible tina
men who are so amiable and pleasant
and civilized 354 days of the year tha
we are glad to live with them. vii
become on election day such ravine
beasts that we dare walk the streets
Do we lock our doors and hide our
selves away on election day? No; i
is only the old unreasoning fear o
the unknown, and false conception
of man and of what the government
is The government lies neither II
the gilied dome at Salem nor in the
men who sit beneath IL any more thar
the kingdom of God lies there alone
like the kingdom of God. it lies with
in ourselves. Take us away, and al
the other uses. and there would b'
no government
Oregon enjoys the unenviable AM
unfavorable distinction of being tn
only one of these northwest state
where the women do not have tn
franchise. Washington on you
| north is rejoicing in the freedom O
| its women; Idaho on the east has TO
| years given women the ballot; an
| California is happy in the added pow
er for good accruing from the entran
| chsement of California women. Tn
| women of all the world are to NEE
soon in Budapest for "a day of rt
ioicing over the victories of the uni
in these United states that are no
approaching vote on suffrage. Orr
gon is not yet caught UP with CHR
in that respect. Think how muc
more widespread the booming Or
gon would be if her victory could
celebrated at the Budapest by the W
men of the world!'
Following the address lunche'
in the model diningroom was Civ
Dr. Shaw by the senior girls of t
II domestic science course. Miss Ora
/ Hobbs of Eugene and Miss Hell
Cowgirl of Corvallis served under I
direction of Miss Ava h. Milan a
Mrs. Alice Marks Dolman. 7
guests included, besides Dr. Sha
her constant companion Miss Antho
daughter of the late Susan b n
thony: Mr. Plummer of the Portla
Commercial club: Mrs. w. J. Ike
Mrs. Ida A. Kidder, DR. James Witt
combe, Dean A.. Il. Cordley and NJ
Calvin.
Three courses were served, and
decorations handsome yellow carr
tions. and entire color scheme w
yellow, the suffrage color. The me
included tomato boulion with br'
sticks, celery and olives, beef c
auettes and sauce allamonde, ESQ
loped squash, creamed peas in or
tades garnished with mint pepp
and bright yellow cheese, Parkeho
rolls with butter and coffee. log
. berry jelly, and a fruit salad ser
in cantaloupes garnished with s
lax.