Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-07-05

ernoOn FOR further conference PRO
lessor Olcott declared that further
meetings were not necessary. and the
faculty would not permit any more OF
them.
Professor Olcott made a mistake IN
not attending the first meeting. Dur
ing that conference, which had resolved
itself into FIVE separate consultations,
one engagement had taken place, two
actual love affairs had been started
and one mild Irritation INDUCED In
The only couple between whom moth
ing unusual took place were Mr.. 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 great
many couple meetings of which neither
Professor olcott nor any other mem
Der of the faculty was aware
A week before the proposed debate
Mr.. John Markley called on Miss EN-
ma Spanker and announced that he
feared the feature which had been re
lied upon to give such eclat to the
commencement exercises would fail
through. He had received note from
one OF his team announcing his EN-
gagement to one of the White tear
and his conversion to the votes for
women cause. Another member had
told him that he didn't give tlnker's
cuss If every woman in Europe. Asia,
Africa and America had a vote. This
debater confidentlally announced that
he had met the jolllest girl in Chris
tendon on the opposing team, and he
would not only give her his vote, but
his head, too, IL she wanted 1t. 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 vote. II she had one she
wouldn't know what TO do with 1t I'm
less she gave 1t 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 a
third renegade TO her sex declared that
no woman could be driven to the polls
past n department store in which
bargain sale was In progress.
A mutual disappointment brought
about mutual sympathy. Mr.. Mark
ley was one of Blacks most prominent
undergraduates, md Miss Spanker
was n young lady of great refinement,
to say nothing of her comelIness. They
held several protracted meetings and
at the end of every meeting were far
nearer being In love with each other
than with the subject that brought
them together.
The arrangements for the debate
were now in such an unsatisfactory
state that the condition came to the
ears OF Professor Of Elocutlon At
wood In Black college, TO whose de
partment It belonged. He sought Pro
fessor Cummings of the corresponding
department In White, and the two put
their heads together with a view to
seeing what could be done to save tho
debate from falling through.
But bad luck seemed to attend the
movement from the first Everybody
knows that spring Is the season for
love, and this spring seemed TO be es
peclally adapted for the purpose IN
that vicinity. Professor Atwood was
n bachelor and Professor Cummings
maid. The result Of their putting
their heads together was not condu
Give to n solution OF the problem
Several students of white college
the day before the one appointed fOl
the debate got together TO insure It's
coming Off as announced. These young
ladies' were OF very different type
from those who had thus far had the
matter In charge, taking a real inter
est in the subject to be debated They
solved the problem at once, so far Ms
White college was concerned, by mp
pointing n real capable substitute for
each and every woman debater. These
substitutes were not endowed With
beauty Of face or figure; they werr
intellectuals, standing high In theII
classes and In every way fitted TO rep
resent It In any capacity.
When the day and hour for the de
bate arrived the hall In which II was
TO take place was crowded On the
platform sat the substitutes, but not
an original appointee appeared. The
manager of the mems team walked
forward and announced that there was
no necessity for a debate on the ques
ton so far az his college was concern
ed since every man appointed TO argue
against womans voting Ind from the
first shown a marked indifference IN
the matter and finally backed out from
serving as a debater He had called
for substitutes. but none had volun
teered. One thing had been demon
strated-that the students OF Black cO'
lege were not 30 ungallant as ~ argn.
on the negative side OF the question
"shall women DO given the voter he
regretted that tho audience should BE-
disappointed, but that could not be-
helped.
The audience then strolled out ON TO
the campnA There was much individ
ual comment expressed. but on anOth
er matter than the debate that had not
come OF. II was concerning the nun
Der OF enRnRpmenia that had bean the