The Washington times., 1914-03-21

Association opposed to Woman Suf-
frage promptly filed a protest with
the Board Of Education. The debate
was ordered suspended. pending an
investigation of the circumstances.
Whereupon Masters Carson Har-
rell, Dabney Truett. and Frank Y
Pollard arrayed themselves in the
Sunday best and went down to the
Franklin building to protest against
the Suppression of free speech on a
live political issue.
They won their case. Superinten-
dent Thurston was SO impressed
with their plea that he ordered the
debate to proceed. 1t proceeded yes
teriay with suffrage and anti-suf-
frage banners by way of acompani-
ment-and the trio won again.
whereupon the young men are the
heroes OF the hour among the girls
of suffrage persuasion at the Dem
nison.
Live Issue In School.
The seventh grade room at the
Dennison yesterday looked like
suffrage hearing before a Congress
sional committee Green flags, bear
ing the mystic insignia, Votes for
Women" were borne into the room
by the supporters of, the seventh
Grade proponents of suffrage
Girls of the sixth grade. more
loyal to their classmates than to
woman's alleged rights" displayed
banners with such slogans as Down
With SUI Suffrage. ve,e and as We we, DSn %nr..
in Their hair inscriptions indicating
their ardent opposition to suffrage
propaganda.
3. W. Murch. supervising prin-
cipal Of the third division, witnessed
the war of words, and the teachers
of the sixth and seventh grades,
Miss Julia kupfer and Miss Helen
Mortimer. respectively, Kept the
demonstrations from exceeding the
limits OF school room propriety-
Carson Haneu opened for the afiir-
native.
Woman suffrage (cneers) is more
than 800 ~ears old. CMore checrsl.
The Queen of Egypt was the first
woman suffragist Cries of three
cheers for the Queen. and She's L
back number
Next We come TO William Garri-
Son, in 1881. tSotto Voce, That's
long Jump.
Pedigrees of Leaders.
The pedigrees of Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw, Jane Adams, and other suf-
frage leaders followed.
These women know their busi-
ness, which is more than most men
90. CMasculine misses and feminine
applause. Abraham Lincoln said
this was a Government of the peo-
pie, by the people, and for the peo-
pie Now. women, most certainly,
are people. prolonged demonstra-
tom Therefore, women should
vote
Then Master Harrell launched into
further demonstrations Of the neces-
sity for women voting, and came
right down to brass tacks with the
argument, School teachers need the
ballot 70 secure better wages and
better scnool conditions.
you say women have not time
to vote. 1t takes but a few minutes
to cast a ballot. They can vote on
the way to market.
You say women do not know
enough to vote. One-third more
girls than boys attend our high
schools and colleges. Women will
soon be the educated sex and leave
men far behind"
Some Prize Debating.
Master Harrell concluded with an
impassioned plea for the cause that
would have done credit to a much
older debater
Paul Eustan opened the case for
the negative. Somewhere he learn
ed that brevity was the soul of wit
His speech. in full follows:
II women have the vote, they
won't want TO get married God
Intended they should get married.
they want to. so they don't really
want the vote. They just think they
do
This speech made the big hit of
the afternoon.
But the other members of both
teams presented able arguments.
Frank Pollard. Dabney TrrIctt and
Harry Cohen were the other s,Ip-
porters Of the affirmative. while
Sam Gray Ray Smokey. and Ray
Loving assisted Eutan in opposing
the innovation.
All the while banners were waved,
and the speeches were punctuated
with apt remarks from the highly
critical audience, made up of pupils
frUm the sixth and seventh grades
Opposition To Debate.
Mrs. Joseph NJ. sto1dard. of the
executive board of the District
anti organization, was RESPONSE
BILE for filing the protest with the
Board of Education.
She explained that she opposed the
suffrage discussion in schools on the