The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-28
BAD FAITH WITH GIRLS "DRY" FIGHT IS ON


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tho girls for invest igaticn- A wit
ness, one of the girls had testified that
the board had never done this and
that all the calling on the carpet
had been done by Superintendent VIII
son and Principal Stout McKeever
asked Attorneys Larirner and Carver
if they contended that the board had
summoned the girls for investigation
You have heard the testimony
you ought to know" was the answer.
For a short time it looked as though
AcKeever was going to make good his
word and put the remainder of the
girls on the stand. but after several of
them had testified that the board had
never SUNNI oned them, Mckeever an
nounced that he would rest his case
after lunch. However, he continued his
evidence. The girls including Miss
Jessie Burnett, Miss Georgia Neese
and others, testified that on the night
of Decent Der when they appeared
before the board they were not sum-
mOned but appeared on their own ac-
cord with their parents.
Miss Neese Testifies.
Among witnesses this morning was
Miss Georgia Neese, one of the slS-
pended girls Placed in the chair by
McKeever she was asked:
Were you ever asked to pledge
yourself to any sorority since you have
been associating with this group of
: NO" .f
Judge Carver began cross-exami ina
ton Miss Neese stated that the first
time she ever attended a party given
by the group of girls she just fell in
with them
do you know what the Lambda
Alpha lambda is? %
Yes"
Didn't you admit to the board that
ynI haTnnpnd fn ia T
No
AT the time the L. A L. charter
was surrendered ?"
Didn't you tell the board you re-
signed from office on the request of
your mother?"
NO
ION the eve of December 9 what did
you tell the board you were a mem
Der Off"
"A club"
The Versus Stout Club.
Among members this club was
known as the V. S. or Versus Stouts."
Il heard that girls in the high
edge none of us girls ever referred to
it that way
ION the night that Miss Burnett was
elected to arrange for the dance of
December wasn't it announced that
you were elected secretary"
No"
McKeever again took the witness.
THE first information that you had
that the group of girls that you be-
longed to was called the Versus
Stouts' was from Mr. Wilson, was it
not %
Yes"
Was your club Versus stout?'
wasn't it a fact that Mr. Stout was
popular among the members of your;
club"
Yes
who drew up that card you signed
last May" *
81 don't know" &
@'What was said? -
mr.. wilson said that if we didn't
sign it we would all be suspended"
were twelve girls in the room when
the request to sign was made and that
all objected. 90 ~ -
Miss Samson's Testimony
Miss Mary Samson, age Is, was
the next witness. She testified that
during her association with the girls
that she did not become a pledge to
any sorority. She stated that Super
Wilson and Principal Stout
seemed to have the idea that the girls
were connected with the L. A. L. and
that they were summoned several
times Miss Samson added that she
was asked to become a member of
the L. A. L. after she graduated from
high school but not before.
McKeeVer: ''At these meetings of
you girls was there ever any one else
present %,
Sometimes a girl would bring a
guest"
Miss Carol Thrall, another of the
girls was called. She testified that
she did not belong to the L. A L. and
that the group of girls with which she
associated had never elected officers.
Miss Mildred Bowman, graduate
of the high school, and formerly a
member of the bunch" testified that
none of the girls to her knowledge
ever belonged to a sorority. She also
stated that she was asked to join after
she left high school.
When the hearing began after lunch
it was impossible to ascertain whether
or not it would last longer than this
a fternoon. It is not probable that a
decision will be handed down before
tomorrow.
Shakeshaft Denies.
The cards or statements wherein the
girls are alleged to have admitted they
were members of the L. A. L. and
which the plaintiffs attorney claims
were signed under threat of sUspen-
sion, continue to figure strongly in
the testimony.
f. J. Shakeshaft father of Miss
Beatrice Shakeshaft, stated to the
State Journal today that If his daugh-
ter ever signed one of the statements
it positively was under a misappre-
hension as she did not belong to any
sorority.
eThTF. CHESS TnIIRNFY