The Press., 1912-10-16

He recognized the fact of woman's superiority in n game of duplicity He called a conference of his team, and an all night discussion as to what was to be done took place, which resultel in proposal for conference between the teams with view to establishin" certain rules by which both should he guided during the debate.
 The two teams met on the campus of White college on the first Saturday afternoon in May. The spring had come on. the day was delightful. and
 both men and women. especially the latter. were dressed becomingly. From their immaculate appearance and the deferential bearing of the men they
 would never have been taken for those about to engage Tn hostilities of any kind Rules were proposed and dis cussed. the men gaIlantly giving way to the women on all points.
 Unfortunately a bit of an affair had been going on between one of the girl debaters. Miss Maud Jennings. and Mir. Dick Turner Miss Jennings said that she had a proposition to make which she preferred to sound one of the men upon and invited Mir. Turner to stroll OfI toward the chapel for the purpose Mir Fred Howard declared that be wished to consult Miss Belle Upton upon an important matter con corning the coming debate. and they took the path toward the astronomical observatory. Mir. Edward Parker and Miss Della Storms departed in the di rectioD of the library. while Joe Win chester and Marian Thorne proceeded tn the direction of the laboratory This left Archie Tucker and Grace Smith sole occupants of the campus. and they might consult on any sub Ject they pleased without being over beard But the position was exposed. ana they disappeared with the rest This effected a sine die adjournment of the conference since none of the strollers returned until that hour when the young ladies were expected to seek the seclusiOn of their rooms for study
 No business having been transacted. it was thought hest to cali another meeting on the following Saturday.
 
 tendance of Professor Virginia OIcott. aged fifty five aud with little or no sympathy with the foibIes of yonth All the necessary business was trans acted. but one of the men proposed that they meet the next Saturday aft ernoon for furtbef conference Fro lessor OlcOtt declared that further meetings were not necessary. and the faculty would not permit any more of them.
 Professor Olcott made mistake in not attending the first meeting Dur Ing that conference which had resolved itself into i've separate, consultations. one engagement hnd taken place. two actual love affairs had been started and one mild filtration indulged in The only couple between whom noth- ing unusual took place were MT Tucker and Miss Smith. who had been engaged before either of them had entered col. lege- There were no more meetings between the debaters. but a great many couple meetings of which neither Professor 0lcott nor any other mem- Der of the faculty was aware.
 A week before the proposed debate MT. John Markley called on Miss Elm ma Spanker and announced that he feared the feature which had been re lied upon to give such eclat to the commencement exercises would fall through. He had received a note from one of his team announcing his en gagement to one of the White team and his conversion to the votes for women cause. Another member had told him that he didn't give a tinker's cuss if every woman in Europe, Asia. Africa and America had a vote. This debater confdentially announced that he had met the jolliest girl in Chris tendon on the opposing team. and he | would not only give her his vote but | his head, too. If she wanted it. Thus | far he had bestowed upon her ten | pounds of candy
 Miss Spanker was surprised at this | information because she had met with the same experience in her own team. One of her debaters. who had been detected smuggling flowers to her room. had resigned from the team, stating that she hadn't the slightest use for a vote. If she had one she wouldn't know what to do with 1t un- less she gave it to an awfully nice fel- low, who would do her voting for her soon after she had been graduated. Another had admitted that she had lost interest In the subject, while third renegade to her sex declared that DO woman could be driven to the polls past department store in which & bargain sale was In progress.
 A mutual disappointment brought about mutual sympathy Mir. Mark ey was one of Blacks most prominent undergraduates. and Miss Spankerf was young lady of great reflneme4sA. 0 say nothing of her comeliness. They leld several protracted meetings and 1t the end of every meeting were far learer being in love with each other han with the subject that brought hem together. I The arrangements for the debate were now in such an unsatisfactory tate that the condition came to the ars of Professor of Elocution At wood In Black college, to whose de artment 1t belonged. He sought Pro essor Cummings of the corresponding apartment in White, and the two put heir heads together with a view to eeing what could be done to save the ebate from falling through. q But bad luck seemed to attend the O from Eha frat Evarvhnflv C @, .s a sssss, e. d, -.ss 4s- -ss s,s sk u l.