The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-02
Want Woman Regent
Minnesota Club Women Looking
to Legislative Session.

A woman member of the university
borad OF regents and ano:her as menu
Ger OF the state board of control are
necessary to enable these boards 10 do
n most efficient work. III the opinion
OF members of the Fifth District Fed.
Grafton Of Women's clubs Iii Mime.
sofa. AT a meeting of the federation
Saturday. Miss Josephine Schain. in
outlining proposed legislation which
he" federation will support, declared
that a woman's point Of vlew is neces-
sary In dealing with all stale insti.u-
tions. The members Of The fedora
tlon agreed with the proposal and
will work for the appointment Of two
women members of these two state
boards.
hoard OF regents and another as MEM
legislature to raise the legal majority
age Of women from is to 20. years.
1t doesn't seem righs to- give: a
girl charge Of her properly ana throw
responsibility on her when she is IS
years old and unframed, Willis We
volt until a man is 81 years old me-
fore giving him. the responsibility"
said Miss Schain.F Mos; fathers train
their sons in business before tina. age,
and We are not unreasonable enough
10 think that a girl car manage af-
ialrs training better thar a
boy can with it."
eAAAAe 1b1AS oIIkEOtVTSy
The federation dispose Of the
Columbian club controversy for the
time being. Mrs. v. c. Sherman.
president Of the district. forced, the
parliamentary issue when she ruled
that all discussion was out Of order.
she then mastered the s1tuation by
aeiusing to ALLOW either side 70 dis
some. Of the women showed the art:-
fees of trained attorneys IN trying TO
get the question past a judges ruling.
Mrs. j. A. Brandt thought the mat
ter should be settled. Mrs. Sherman
responded that the executive commit
tee OF the state federation had. iacid-
ed that though the Columbian club was
and hence eligible to membership in
the district. it was a precoga.ive Of
the district whether any club should
be a part of it. The executive com.
mittee had decided that the district
acted with authority when it accepted
the notice of disbandment sent to it
in September. !
nian club at a meeting Oil April 20,
1917, by a vote of 1: to 8. voted to
disband. The other members declared
that notice had not been sent them
and the actio" was illegal. The. whole
controversy hinges on that point.
District SuStatnS Her.
AS the district federation had ac-
copied notice of DISARMAMENT, Mrs.
Sherman declared all further contro-
versy out of order after the district,
by a decisive vote. had decided to
proceed with the program. Mrs.
sherman asked for a vote On the ques.
ton before taking her stand against
q discussion. The vote was decisive,
Mrs. G. j. Albrecht said she had a
telegram from Mrs. E. II. Loyhed,
state president. bearing: on the case,
but Mrs. Sherman ruled it out and
ruled out all others. saying 1t was her
duty to enforce the will of the district,
as expressed by the vote. The vote
eliminates the question for the time
being. This. was the only business
transacted and following it. Herbert
.. Nelson told OF the wort If the boys
club. He. was especially Interested,
he said, in the work Of the federation
and h women in trying to furnish
clean motion picture films. for he had
learned that the club boys attended
motion picture shows on the average
Of three times a week. Miss Bess
Shannon told Of her work as assistant
superintendent in visiting the homes
of, the boys and getting parents to
help get the boys Interested in things
worth while.