Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-06-24
SCHOOL MEETING
NEXT THURSDAY

NIlh III IA AtANHA /
"A y AN"O 1
MUCH INTEREST IN WHAT
WOMEN WIZ m
Ian issued IoF Large Attendance
Judge Button Cites Law or Wom-
ems Status as Voters
n.,
uoAc interest "nicA Ior seYeTa.
"eeA9 H'S o7eH aroused IN '-Aoo- mat
to's ny IHe pea u NIIud!eouFy women
!ot W, 0e' AN ililP' oFe'Ien-9 ana REFORMS
~ OuI'lIildle HeNl ihur9d4y eVeAn5
""eH IHe dLdud! Vl!!dSe 9CAoo! meet
IIE IS heId IN the MIdd!eouTy Town
IinH' l.1,l. FROM tne ocnooI committee o.!
EHId5e olllcldIs no 'orn1I notice oI
InIS u meeting mas oeen rendered 10 Inc
NeHiSlei' out the interested women 1e.
s,le t"dl conspicuous notice De made Of
inc lact tndt TINS important meeting
IS cIoSG at mana ana the urgent request
Is ndue Ihau men ana women Vo'erS
mas 'pecla4 eho0t 10 attend ms
yea
As'lH9t lhe iil'i'lence oi me women
LnaI "a I"e" WISHES IoV !nproVc1 con
ulI'oHS III the schools should oe con-
slue'eu' the present PFudentiA Com-
II'lIee mas Slood us ground ana the
P' e'ght Silua'ion IS Ill tAe nature OF a
qeduIoCN between the PFogressiveS lDd
L'oeFaIa = On tne one SIDE ana the Ola
Guard on the other There are Ger
tam members OF the committee, who, It
Is UNDERSTOOD nave held ONCE Tor
twenty, years ana the women have not
OoHCedIed their 1S'it.'.ict!on az whd-
A(PeaS 10 them As closed door. IN
olneF years they Qad made some et-
Io'ls 10 get 4 woman member IN the
board but aAege that they have been
9IedH-l oI4e'eu poI'-!ci-.y ana tuey
are co8uzdht mat r1e same etort Is
10 oe mdue lni9 year. 4ai' ie1T does
NOT diSheATteu .h+m from making As
eHecliVe showing As possible tor
lneY are determined t1lt they are IN
lHe rlght IN pressing tOr 'c1o0I m
pFoVement.
Inc latest phase ot the schoo. .ssue
j, the known activity ot Lawyer Ira
IL LIFIeur' chlrmln 81 the Pruden-
l'a1 Committee to MAINTAIN his SecuT-
NY as member Of the Board, Or a.
least % stand IN the way OF admitting
a woman member. On wednesday
evening he addressed small caucus IN
Jhe AT an ha4!. ne Assumption IS
tAdt tne eHOrt Will De, As uSu1. 10 re- /
eject the "Old Board
Just what the opponents 10 this
Will do IS unknown to /
ne Register but It IS believed that
A number OF the women who have been .
critics OF the present situation will be
neird at the meeting ana that some |
WON an candidate VIII De put ior"lrd .
or eIecuon
"hiIe the status ot women As voters .
At the school, meeting mas been ques-
-.ohed, The women assume that all OF
hem who have taken the treemln3
Cath and whose lists were taken by
me Listers last April are eligible to
vote This, 1t IS sad, would qualify
It least four hundred ot Mlddlebury
women Judge Charles !. Button IN
etter to Mrs. E D. Collins, defines
he statutes OF the state IN this respect,
apparently bearing out the belief that
large number Of Mlddlebury women
ire qualified In any event It IS the
vomen's desire that all who are inter-
,sted IN the school issues should De
present aud take what voice they are
70 in the discussion or BAL
otlng
The letter from Judge Button, *ho
vas a member Of the judiciary Com
nlttee OF the 1927 Legislature, IS As
ollows.
Who Are Voters in the School Meeting
Having repeatedly been asked who
an vote in the coming school meeting
I incorporated District No 4 Of Md
lebury, find that Section 1885 oi the
ienerll Laws reads The Moderator
Jerk and members OF the Prudential!