The Washington times., 1915-04-04
Nine Selected at Meeting Of
Federation Of Clubs at New
Ebbitt.
DEFENDS MOTHER-TEACHERS
Speakers Declare Order Barring
Them From School Positions
Is Infamous.

The Board Of Education at its meet
ing Wednesday will be presented with
an appeal to rescind Rule As, which au-
tomatically dismisses women teachers
who marry, by a committee of nine
women selected at a meeting of the
District Federation of Women's Clubs
and other organizations last night in
the New Ebbitt.
The meeting unanimously passed a
resolution calling upon the board to
abrogate the rule, which was referred
to as unjust unfair, illegal, uncon-
stitutional, Infamous, medieval" and a
regulation handed down from the dark
ages"
Rule 45 was opposed by speakers be-
cause:
1t places a restraint upon marriage.
1t is against public policy.
1t discriminates against married
women.
1t penalties marriage.
1t Is contrary to the fundamental
principles of this Government.
1t ISLANDERS woman, who was last at
the Cross and first at the Tomb of the
Creator"
It Is class legislation.
Committee Named.
The resolution viii be presented to
the Board of Education by a committee
comprising Mrs. kills Logan. CHAIRMAN
OF me meeuns; MIss EiIeln MarsllaAI
l.uex, Nno Ia s~ss,s.InB ia uraIuus H.,
rranCis Ia s1Ia4A rreAru, "A {.
4-.vAIlor y. roih4uaI, XMiss May ~ GU
4.aiI. A1rS. AIuerL ~. " uuu, 1lIs. Seurse Z
4. SliidIlWoou, MfS. udty LSvChwoou,
-'A-se Adfy " L ooIe, anu 4ufS. GeoiGG "a.
MosSharI.
EAlss nusg presented the RESOLUTIONS,
Mhicn SET lurln, III part:
naL me sLdI,vslIu of efficiency
snouiu govern enipIuyInent anu reLen-
uon In the teaching cVIps, wlInouC re-
sdru 70 sex or soCiai status; IIIaI lnJus-
uce IL uone 70 tne nIOLner, = uALurai
Kramer OF cniuren, py Separating ner
from The proIeSaIon OIL Lcacner when
ever her necessitles require sucn POSI-
lon, and tnat Ill intermediate iEram-
!nar, grades the best sulue IN cerL.Lln
branches ~ouIu be the more mature
narrlea woman whose experiences has
gwen ner insight into Lne needs or
growing youth"
Opposing hule A5 because she declared
1t 10 be IN restraint or MARRIAGE,
against public policy. and therefore un-
lawful" Mrs. Logan opened the meet
ing. expressing the nope that the
weather tonight symbollzes Rulc 40
that 1t will be showed under''
Brief Is Read.
The presentation OF the resolution by
Miss Rugg was followed by the reading
Of briet in substantiation of the reso-
luton by Miss Mary Brennan.
The necessity for concerted action of
the women of Washington against Rule
% was made plain by Charles E. Vroo-
man. chief clerk of the Solicitors office
OF the Department of Justice, who
aroused the audience to frequent hand
ciapping and mods of affirmation in his
emPhatlc disapproval of the regulation
Rule 49," he said. lis a monstrosity
and travesty. 1t is an Injustice te
womankind. 1t is unjust, unfair, illegaI
and unconstitutional 1t is not only
uavesty but reflection upon the
women Of the Capital. 1t reminds me
her grandson's question, What is to.
tai depravity? 1t Is good If you live ur
70 M. the grandmother replied, anc
inat what i say to the Board OF
Eoucauon in this matter of discrimi
why don't they live up to this rule
OF total depravity by leglslating mar
rico men out of posiLionsY l should ike
TO know @ % where the board gets author
an, who was last at the Cross, and frs
at the tomb. Certainly the authorit,
was not gotten from the Bible. From
Genesis to Revelation is found M
pIeGeoent FOR such discrimination
against womankind.
Contrary to Principles.
Rule 45 is contrary to all fundamen
tai principles on which this Government
is based. II the rule is right then thes,
fundamental principles are all lies. One
half the women of the city of Wash
Iltston are taxpayers. They are citizen
Tinted nd
be guaranteed all the privileges tina
the Constitution assures to mankind.
ANY knock-kneed. slob- sided, blear
eyed boozed up slouch of a man cal
clothes vote, not the intellect. l be
live in equal rights before the law
| believe that married woman. al
things being equal, is much more eff
cient as teacher than young gir
Of seventeen or eighteen right out O
normal These youngsters do not know
the mentality of a child mature,
woman should preside over every schoo
room, especially those of the lowe
grades, in every city of this nation.
BY this infamous rule the Board c
Lducation Is divorcing the home. Tn
poard is paying a premium to girls 70
not getting married. The married WON
All has a settled mind. The singI
!eacher has an unsettled mind. Marie
women the world over will be found I
De more capable intellectually in tn
eNiio'l room tlldn teaCnerS who are nc
natured. This rule of the Board of Ed
uCation places women with the insan,
who are prohibited from teaching i
s'hoois. Sixty per cent OF the churc
membership of Washington are wOmeI
Iorty per cent of them are married
Bar the women from the churches an
the churches wouldn't last thirty day.
Product of Dark Ages.
This rule OF the boards is a produc
OF the dark ages. This is an age {
submarines and wireless telegraphy. TT
members of the board need to wake vi
thicago, the third largest city in tn
Inted States, has a married woma
superintendent of it's schools TT
courts of Brooklyn have decided ths
a regulation there similar to Rule As
unconstitutional The objectionab
measure should by all means be abr(
gated
THE rule is directly counter /
public policy" said Miss Virgini
Funk. daughter of Mrs. Antoinett
Funk. vice chairman of the Congres
sional committee OF the Nations
American Woman Suffrage Associa
tion. 1T is an ahsuTdity, for II penaI
ICES marriage. 1t strikes at mothel
hood and childhood. Nowhere in tn