Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-14
'COLLEGES FAVOR
AMENDED TREATY
Compromise on Lodge Reserva-
tions Urged by 22,e43 OF
1889 Ballots in Schools
WANT SPEEDY RATIFICATION

Immediate ratification Of the peace
treaty and league of nations, with res
ervations and compromises. is favored
by college men in the Philadelphia
district and other sections OF the coun-
try.
This sentiment was made known by
{ nationwide straw ballot taken in more
than 400 colleges aud universities.
Ipcomulete returns from htty three
showed that out of total OF Al ,oS9
votes cast %, ,643 favored any compro-
! mise which would make possible I'M
mediate ratification.
The proposition favorlng ratification
of the league and treaty without res
ervations got S9T9 votes; that opposing
ratification in any form. 1928, and that
- voring ratification but only with the
u rdge reservations. 1874.
u The voting in this district contormed
awith the general trend throughout the
(. country, with two big institutions vet
- be heard from. Temple University
Ballots cast yesterday are being counted
today. Bryn Mawr College girls are
voting today. 4 mass meeting was held
at the college last night and the sub
sect reviewed to give the girls a bet
ter basis for forming their opinions.
Chinese Oppose Shsntung Pact
Miss Helen Taft, acting president
Of the college, presided. Sneakers
included DR.. George F. Derry and Miss
I Muriel Barker. graduate student
from the women's College Of Cam =
bridge University, England, and Chi
& nese students who spoke against the
( Shantung provision.
In the University of Pennsylvania
I ont of 2nO3 student votes cast GIG
favored the proposition for a compro
mise and protection of American rights
I of the ia faculty votes SO took the
same view. The proposition for imme
diate peace with Germany and the ques'
I tion of the league to be settled later
ran second among the students.
& The Haverford College vote showet
a majority of students in favor of tn
league without reservations, while hal
the faculty stood the same way. U
the 196 votes cast, only fourteen wer
directly against ratification.
The same number of Swarthmore Col
lege students and faculty members ar
In favor of the league of nations with
out amendment as are in favor @
the league with the Senate reservations
Eighty FIVE votes were cast in fave
of each proposition,
Drexel Wants Compromise
prexel Institute showed itself over
I whelmingly favorable to immediate rati
fication by compromise. Records of tn
4 faculty and student vote were kep
4 separately. The faculty proved strongl
for the treaty without amendment, diff
fering from the student vote in ths
I particular.
At Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Ntichi
gan and Princeton the proposition favor
ing an. immediate compromise had
\ strong lead.
The faculty and students of Rensse
laer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, \
T., voted by large majority in fave
\ of the proposition concerning ratifca
ton Of the peace treaty and league
nations.
y Students of Elmira College f
~ zv---snen, to the number of more tn;
400. gave slight majority in favor
ratification Immediately and witho
reservation.
A large majority of the students
Ohio State University of Columbus fav,
the ratification of the league of natiol
and the peace treaty with the reservS
tions made by Senator Lodge.
Compromise of some sort on reservG
tions offered for the sake of ratifcatic
/ of the league of nations was carried |
almost two thirds vote of approx
smately 1900 college students az
teachers of Cleveland in the referendu
TAT Western Reserve University, Ca
School of Applied Science and S
sIgnatius College. A total of $50 vott
for compromise to avoid defeat of rat
fication. The treaty without reservatic
sreceived 203 votes and POI voted for Il
lodge reservations. The vote to reje
sthe treaty and league entirely was 10
with 119.
At Western Reserve vote was tax,
ION a proposal to make separate pea
with Germany before considering Z
league of nations, 124 favoring it.