The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-06-27
IOWA SUFFRAGE.
WORKERS SCHOOL
OPENED AT PENN COLLEGE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
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AN ENTHUSIASTIC GATHERING
Evening Programs at High School
Free To the PubIic-Dean Nc
Kay of Ames and Mrs. Smith
at Opening Session.

| lOW2S intensive training ouUTdSt
lcchool, special institute for the in
atruction of campaign workers in
Iowa, was opened in Oskaloosa at
the new Penn college buildings Tues
Cay afternoon with the registration
# the attendants and workers. Les
sons were started at nine o'clock
this Wednesday morning.
Registration thus far has exceeded
expectations Over fifty students
md workers had arrived and regis
cred for class work by Tuesday ev-
ming and many more were in pros.
rect for the other days of the SEES
ion.
The first class of the school was
started Tuesday afternoon, that of
public speaking, by Miss Madden,
member of the Penn faculty and head
Of the Penn School of Expression.
The opening statement to- students
and workers was made yesterday af-
ternoon in the Assembly hall by Dr.
Efie McCullom Jones of Webster
City.
The school opens with an express
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that is encouraging for those who
promoted the school and who are sus
tanning ire effort.
Why Penn Was Chosen.
The school was brought to Penn
college and Oskaloosa on account of
! the attitude of the college toward the
suffrage movement. The equality Of
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ignition in the Friends church al.
most from the establishment of the
sect. There are no honors, respon-
sibilities or offices in the church or
ganiZation that the women of the
church do not share equally with the
men.
Recognizing the influence of this
basic principle in the Friends insti
buttons the executive committee of
the Iowa Equal Suffrage Society
thought it proper and fitting that the
school be established in Oskaloosa.
Many Take Course.
Response to the call for the train
ing of workers has been general and
every part Of the state is represent.
ed in the student body
! In addition to the school of work.
ers many others are taking the course
for the benefit it gives in broadening
the field of vision and tending toward
4 better appreciation and comprehen-
I sion of the work. Many of those in
l attendance state frankly that they
r cannot hope to enter actively into the
field work of the organization, but
they desire to come in personal con-
r assisting in the classes, and to have
: their acquaintance.
= Day classes are held at Penn col
! lege. Evening sessions, which are
+ in the form of special programs. are
held at the new High school Auditor
: ium on North Second street. These
evening sessions are free and are
open to the general public to whom
invitation is graciously extended. The
, public is privileged to hear the lead
ers on women's movements who are
on the program for the week.
go Opening Program.
Mrs. James A. Dewitt, the head of
the suffrage organization in Oskaloosa
was chairman of the Tuesday evening
meeting at the High school. Attend
ance was excellent but the speakers
should have been greeted by a
crowded room. Men were rather few
in number. In fact there was not
even generous sprinkling of males
in the audience, but the subject mat
ter handled was of general interest,
instructive and important, and was
worthy of wider hearing
j. G. Harold, mayor of Oskaloosa,
extended formal welcome to the suf-
frage workers and their school and
he turned the city over to their hosts
in a clever little speech that called
for applause from the visiting stu
dents.
S. M. Hadley, the acting president
OF Penn college, spoke on behalf of
the college and gave welcome in an
official way.
Mis-. Dewitt, in happy vein, accept
ed the honor extended by city and
college and gave expression to the
appreciation of the suffrage body of
workers.
Special entertainment on the even
ing's program was furnished by Fred
eric knight Logan, who gave a num-
Der OF piano renditions. He first
played Missouri Waltz" which was
SO roundly applauded that he gave
Summer Showers ami This, stu did
mot satisfy the audience and the com.
poser had to give a fhird Of his
works, the Moonlight Waltzes," an
other popular number.
| Food Conservation.
Speakers of the evening were Dean
Mckay of the department Of Home
Economics at the Iowa State college
at Ames, and president OF the Nation
al Food Conservation Committee, and
head of the woman's department OF
J the State Council OF Defense: and
Mrs. Ida b. Wise Smith of Cedar
Rapids. state president of the Iowa
State Woman's Christian Temperance
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