El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-05

count OF the discussion OF me NHetA
\ system before the Woman's club
Wednesday afternoon and. while I do
not believe it was intentional on the
part Of The Herald nor on the part Of
the Woman's club, il is made TO ap-
pear, particularly by the heading over
the article in question, that the Gary
system was generally endorsed by al
the spea kers and that alone criticised
The work which was true enough IN q
sense, but misleading as to the nature
Of the meeting.
An Of the speakers who favored the
Gary system came to the club meeting
prepared to speak for the system, after
notice and invitation, assume At any
rate, a regular program OF speakers
was announced, and each speaker reau
q prepared article I mention TINS De
cause I wish TO make il plain that the
proponents Of the Gary system were
present not as casual spectators, but as
a part OF the Gary program
Attended Under MiseOncepuon-
attended the meeting under a mis-
oonceDtion-a slight misconceptiOn, at
least I thought Prof Tighe was TO be
the speaker Of the occasion 1 old nor
know that anyone else was going 10
sneak and I went to hear what ne
might have to say. Prof Tighe, how
ever. did not seem to be the principal
speaker at al.
As for myself, had no idea whatever
Of being called upon ] think ! nearC
AT least six arguments in favor Of the
cary system, all of the speakers having
been present with prepared papers
except judge Whita ker-ano eacn
sneaker having taken his or her turn on
the program. when 10 and behold, after
an hours argument in favor OF Gary
7 was requested to diVest myself OF
ten minutes impromptu and exJenpo7I
raneous speech as representative, i
took it. OF the opponents OF the Gary
system All Of which was perfectly All
right and Of which ] make no com
plant But I do not believe that the
Womau's club intends 10 be q party TO
the inuendo, as / gather II from me
Herald's writeup of the meeting that
Wv. W. Bridgers alone criticises the
Just Happened to he There.
I was not on the program OF speak
ers, and 7 assume that L was caileu
upon merely because ] happened 10 pc
at the meeting and because II was
known that had been criticisinE the
system I understood when went TO
the meeting that the purpose OF the
club was to hear the proponents OF the
Cary system-Prof- Tighe in particular
and I did not assume that the oppo-
nents OF the system were to be hearo
from at all / regarded the invitation
extended to me as courtesy pure ana
simple. and hardly knew how to re-
fuse what seemed TO be the wish OF the
women to hear from some one opposed
: to the system I had no idea when ]
Z took the rostrum that any eIIorI Woulo
be made 10 make capital out Of the fact
that I was the only one present VINO
smoke against it. Had ] not spoken II
might with equal propriety have been
announced that mo one opposed lne
Gary system at the meeting Of the
Woman's club"
club Not Committed.
Ny understanding is that the Wom-
ans club. as a part Of its program from
time to time invites various persons 70
address the club upon topics OF inter
est, and that the clubs last meeting
was Cary day" But Il was expressly
stated when the topic was announced
that the club was not committed on the
question Of the Gary system, but nae
invited the proponents OF the system
TO address the club. dld not unuei
stand then and do not understand nov
that the club was pretending to hold q
public joint debate on the question IT
fact 7 am sure that was not the op-
ject of the meeting 7 am sure th'
club did not even intend to hear Irc1
me: but IL seems TO me that the -
has been conveyed to the puhE'
through The Herald that the occas ~
was a free for all discussion Of tnt
Gary system. and that / was the ohiA
one who opposed it.
Heard What He Expected.
went to the meeting expecting u
hear Gary defended and eulogiZed-
understood that that was the object o.
the meeting. and I would have beer
much surprised if Prof. Tighe, and Prof
Stein. and judge Whitaker, and Mis-
demned the system for which thel
stand Such an incident would surel!
have been a remarkable surprise &
everyone; but nevertheless advantag
IS taken of the fact that 7 was "th'
only one present who criticised III
system"
may be altogether mistaken in m!
criticism Of the system, but in an,
event I do not stand alone in my crit
icisms. even if / happened 10 be tn
only one TO speak against II at tn
meeting in question. ] am sure. wan
TO reiterate, that the WOman's club dii
not intend that the impression shoul
20 forth that the meeting was intend
ed as an index of public opinion con
eerning the Gary system; nor do
think the Woman's club had an
thought that ] could or would attemp
10 answer all that had been said by tn
various speakers in the ten minute
that was allotted TO me-fOr be il born
in mind that more than an hour hal
been devoted to the subject by its pro
ponents and it had been discussed in IL
various phases before I was GALE
upon
aIf Am Wrong
AS have said. may be wrong in m
opposition TO the Gary system, but If
am wrong I think a great majority o
the teachers and patrons Of the publ