The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-04-18
MISS Martin and
THE RENO GAZETTE

To the Editor of the Gazette, sir:
In reply to certain statements made
in the Gazette of April 13, since you
have kindly offered to correct mis-
statements, may | ask you to publish
the following faets'
Republican Club in University.
Contrary to the denial in the Ga.
zette, it is indisputable that a club
of university students calling itself
the "University Republican Club,
University of Nevada was active
in both the elections of 1910 and
1912, without objection from the
board of regents.
In 1912 the board had the same per-
sonnel as that of today, with the ex-
ception of Mr.. Pratt, and the majori-
ty, as today, was Republican.
Envelopes bearing the above de-
vice, as used in 1912, are in posses
sion of the Nevada Equal Franchise
society.
Resolutions Discriminating Against
college League
| May I add that your statement to
the effect that no discrimination was
used by the board of regents against
the College Equal Suffrage League of
young women, in the board g recent
resolution, is incorrect, as a reading
of the resolutions published in the
Gazette of April 9th will show.
| While these resolutions give other
clubs and organizations already using
the university name the opportunity
| to obtain formal consent to continue
to use it, the College Equal Suffrage
League is not only not given this OPP
portunity to obtain formal consent,
but by a special resolution or para
graph is entirely prohibited from
using it.
| In this age of freedom of thought
and discussion guaranteed by the con-
stitution, there is no doubt that ev-
cry club or organization already ac
tive in the university, be it social,
| fraternal, political or religious, Repub-
liean, Democratic or Suffrage, has ev-
cry right to use the university name
without discrimination.
! And vet we find non-partisan
league of young women, voteless, and
allowed to use the university or col
| lege name in at least forty other col
| leges and universities of the country,
prohibited from using the name of
the free University of Nevada. While
Republican club of young men, vot-
ers, has been allowed to use it by this
same board of regents (oxoeps III.
Pratt) without objection.
| We ask, is not this discrimination
May it not be interpreted as diserimi-
nation not only against women, but
against woman suffrange, on the part
of the board of regents of the Univer-
sity of Nevada9
Superintendent Bray Upholds League.
| The fact that the College League or
ganized an essay contest on suffrage
in the public schools is entirely beside
the mark. The League had the same
right to organize an essay contest for
or against suffrage, or any other le-
gitimate subject, AID to offer prizes,
that You or | have or any other indi-
vidual or organization has.
Such contests on any subject "with-
in the pale of morality are carried
on in the public schools every day, in
the state of Nevada or out of it.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction J. f. Bray, in a strong let
ter published in the Carson Appeal
entirely upholds the girls in their
contest.
Mr.. BRAY writes FWith all due
respect to those who have raised the
hue and cry of politics in the schools
I wish to assure them that the alarm
is uncalled for; that the university
girls had a perfect right to offer
prizes for essays-and so has anybody
else.
''That the state has not authorized,
and under the constitution cannot au-
thorize, any man or body of men to
deny to children in the public schools
the right to study, discuss or write
upon any legitimate subject within
the pale of morality; and that to ex-
ereise the righ. of discussion or writ
ing is not introducing politics into
the Schools
Nevada Is Ridiculed Abroad.
California papers have taken up
this question, aud are astonished at
the illiberal, medieval views taken
by one or two Nevala school boards
and several Nevada papers in seeking
; to prevent this contest and "muzzle
the Schools
Is it not regrettable that our splen-
did school system, that the Univer-
sity of Nevada is made a laughing
stock abroad because of this blunder
on the part of the board of regents,
the Tonopah school board and few
newspapers that have prejudice
against equal suffragef
Very truly yours,
ANNE H. MARTIN,
State President
| {AIumnus of I1nivarsitv of Nevada \