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It w as thought best to call a n o th er m eetin g on the follow ing S atu rd ay T h is occasion w as m ark ed by th e a t te n d a n c e ot Frofessoi Virginia Olcott. A Story For College Com* aged fifty five an d w ith little or no sy m p a th y w ith th e foibles ot y outh mencement ’ All th e necessary busin ess w as trails acted , b u t oue ot th e m en proposed B> LICIA 0 W. RFDFIELD th a t th ey meet th e n e s t S a tu rd a y a r t ern o o n for iu rih e i conference. Pro I feasor Olcotf declared th a t f u rth e r III New E nglaud ttn*re a r e tw o col I m eetin g s were not necessary , an d tlie leges w ithin a few tulles o f each o th er, ! fa c u lty would not p erm it uoy m ore of th e one founded by K beuezer B lack for them . young m en. th e other by A rietta W h ite P ro fe sso r Olcott m ade a m ista k e In Pur to r w om en, th e form er being kn o w n as not atte n d in g the first m eeting Black and th e lu tter a s W h ite college. Ing th a t conference, w hich had resolved At th e ap p ro ach of th e J u n e g r a d u a Itse lf Inio five se p a ra te co n su lta tio n s, tion ex ercise s, lu view o f th e In te re s t one eugagem eiit had ta k e n place, tw o ta k e u lu E u ro p e a n d A m erica in th e a c tu a l love affairs had l»een sta rte d a u d one mild flirtatio n indulged lu votes fo r wom en q u estlo u , som e oue T lie only couple b etw een whom noth proposed th a t u d e b a te upou th e topic. lug u n u su a l took place w ere Mr T in ker “ Unsolved, th a t th e vote be g iven to a n d M iss Sm ith, w ho had been en g ag ed w om en.” ta k e place a s oue o f tb e feu b efo re e ith e r of th em had e n te re d col lu re s ol commeUi em eut. th e B lack s t u lege. T h ere w ere no m ore m eetings d e n ts to d efen d th e n eg a tiv e an d the betw een tb e d eb aters, but a g reat \\ b ites th e a th rm a tiv e . A ch allen g e m auy couple m eetings o f whh-b n eith er w as fo rw u rd ed by th e s tu d e n ts of P ro fe sso r O lcott nor any oilier mem W hite to th e stu d e u ts of B lack. It w as accep ted , a n d co m m ittees w ere a p h er of th e facu lty w as a w a re A w eek before tlie proposed d e b a te pointed in each college to select Its re p Mr. Jo h n M arkiey culled on Miss Km re se n ta tiv e d is p u ta n ts an d to a rra n g e Dia S p an k er and ann o u n ced th a t he th e term s. It w as feared th a t m en ju d g e s would fe a re d th e fe a tu re w h ich hud l»«*en re a w a rd th e victory to m en an d w om en lied upon to give su ch eclat to the to w om en. 'T herefore a co m p ro m ise com m encem ent ex ercise s w ould fall w as effected by leav in g th e decision to th ro u g h . H e had receiv ed a no te from th e au d ien ce, uo stu d e n t beiug allo w ed o n e o f his team an n o u n cin g his en to vote. T ills w as a point g ain ed by g ag em en t to one of th e W h ite team tlie w om en, for th e m a jo rity of th o se a n d his conversion to th e v o tes for a tte n d in g such e x h ib itio n s a re u su ally w om en cause. A n other m em b er had told him th a t he d id n ’t giv e a tin k e r ’s of th a t sex. R ecognizing th is udv u u ta g e of th e ir opp o n en ts, th e m en stu cu ss i f ev ery w om an in E urope. Asia. d e n ts selected th e ir h an d so m est an d A frica an d Am erica h ad a vote. T h is m ost w in n in g s p e a k e rs in ste a d o f th o se d e b a te r confidentially an n o u n ced th at c a p a b le o f b rin g in g fo rw a rd th e best he had m et th e jo lllest girl in C h ris a rg u m e n ts. T h e c o m m itte e of W h ite ten d o m on th e opposing team , an d lie s tu d e n ts , h e a rin g o f th is, rele g a te d to w ould not only give h er his vote, bul th e b a ck g ro u n d an y c a n d id a te w ho w as h is head, too. if she w a n te d it. T h u s u ot a ttra c tiv e . T h e con seq u en ce w as fu r he had bestow ed upon h e r ten th a t tlie m ost e n g a g in g m en u ud worn p o u n d s o f candy. M iss S p an k er w as su rp rise d a t th is eu in e ith e r college w ere a p p o in ted d is p u ta u ts . w h ile th o se w hose reco m m eu in fo rm atio n because sh e had m et w ith d a tlo n s w ere in te lle c t alo n e w ere puss th e sa m e experience in h e r ow n team O ne o f h e r d eb aters, w ho h a d been ed o v er a s u n av ailab le. In th is w icked w orld w hen a q u es d ete c te d sm uggling f l o .e r s to her tion of im p o rta n c e com es u p fo r set room , had resigned from th e team , tle tn e n t. in ste a d o f eacli sid e m a k in g an s ta tin g th a t she h a d n ’t th e slig h test honest en d eav o r to d ecid e a rig h t, chi use fo r a vote. If sh e had one she c a n e ry is re so rte d to in o rd e r to secu re w o u ld n ’t know w h a t to do w ith It un nil a d v a n ta g e . Jo h n M arkiey , a senior, less sh e g av e it to au a w fu lly nice fel w as m ad e m a n a g e r o f th e B lack d e b a t low , w ho w ould do h er v o tin g fo r her ing team a u d D rucilla S p an k er m an soon n f te r she had been g ra d u a te d a g e r o f th e W hite team . M ark iey had A n o th er had ad m itted th a t sh e had a s is te r iu W hite, an d M iss S p a n k e r lost in te re st in th e su b je ct, w hile a h a d a b ro th e r in B lack. M ark iey laid th ird ren eg ad e to h e r sex d eclared th a t out th e cam p aig n iu tills w ise: lie no w om an could be d riv en to th e polls w ould in s tr u c t ids d e b a te rs to c o n triv e p a s t a d e p a rtm e n t sto re In w hich to e x h ib it the u n fitn e ss o f w om en to b arg ain sale w as In p ro g ress A m u tu a l d isa p p o in tm en t b rought vote by b rin g in g in to th e d e b a te p o lit Mr. M ark ical q u e s tio n s upon w hich th ey m u st a b o u t a m u tu al sy m p a th y n e c e ssa rily show th e ir ig n o ran ce. T h e ley w a s one of B lack’s m ost p rom inent ta riff, th e in itia tiv e , th e refe ren d u m , u n d e rg ra d u a te s, and M iss S p an k er th e recall, w ere to be tired a t th e g irls w as a young lady o f g re a t refinem ent, w ith c o n fu sin g ra p id ity . If th is did to say n o th in g o f h e r com eliness. T hey n ot p ro d u ce a p an ic th e “ re a so n a b le held sev eral p ro tra c te d m eetin g s and n ess” o f n re c e n t decision o f tlie U nit a t th e end o f ev ery m eetin g w ere far ed S ta te s su p re m e c o u rt w as to be se n t n e a re r being In love w ith each othei in like a c h a rg e o f c a v a lry to tu rn Hit* th a n w ith th e s u b je c t th a t brought th em to g eth er. e n e m y ’s right. T h e a rra n g e m e n ts fo r th e d e b a te P ossibly n victo ry m ig h t h a v e been g ain e d iu tills w ay h ad u ot th e m a n w ere now in su ch an u n sa tis fa c to ry a g e r o f th e w om en s team in d u ced s ta te th a t th e co n d itio n cam e to th e M iss E m m a M arkiey to m ak e a fo ray e a rs of P ro fe s so r o f E locution At in to h e r b ro th e r's room w hen tlie tw o wood In B lack college, to w hose de w e re a t hom e for th e sp rin g recess in p n rtm e n t It belonged. H e so u g h t P ro s e a rc h of in fo rm a tio n of th e e n e m y ’s fesso r C u m m in g s o f th e co rresp o n d in g plans. S he d isco v ered a list o f th o se d e p a rtm e n t In W h ite, an d th e tw o put b ra in s p littin g q u e s tio n s in his p o c k e t th e ir h eads to g e th e r w ith a view to T lie re s u lt w a s t h a t a copy w as g iven se ein g w h a t could be done to sav e th< to tlie d e b a te rs fo r tlie p u rp o se of d e b a te from fa lllu g th ro u g h . B u t bad luck seem ed to a tte n d th e “ b o n in g up” on th e problem s. M e an w h ile Ned S p a n k e r w as sp y in g m ovem ent fro m th e first. E verybody on his sic te r w ith a view to se cu rin g k n o w s th a t s p rin g Is th e seaso n fo r love, and th is sp rin g seem ed to be es p o iu ts In th e p ro g ram of tlie worn e n 's te a m . U n fo rtu n a te ly fo r him , his peclally a d a p te d fo r th e p u rp o se In ta le n t fo r sp y in g w a s not u p to his th a t vicinity. P ro fe s so r A tw ood w as s is te r ’s, a n d he m ade poor h ead w ay , a bach elo r a n d P ro fe s so r C u m m in g s n l i e a s k e d her lead in g q u estio n s, th e m aid. T h e re su lt o f th e ir p u ttin g ouly reply to w hich w as a w ry face th e ir h ead s to g e th e r w as n o t condu a n d " D o u ’t you w ish you k n ew ?” Jo h n d v e to n so lu tio n o f th e problem . S everal s tu d e n ts o f W h ite college M arkiey, w ho h a d su g g e sted tlie m ove, receiv ed N ed’s re p o rt w ith m isgivings. th e day b efo re th e o n e ap p o in ted for H e recognized th e f a c t of w o m an ’s th e d e b a te got to g e th e r to In su re Its s u p e rio rity in a gam e o f dup licity . H e com ing off n s an n o u n ced . T h e se young called a co n feren ce of his team , and ladies w ere of a very d ifferen t ty p e an all n ig h t d iscu s« ’^ a s to w h a t w as from th o se w ho h ad th u s f a r had th e to lie d o n e took place, w hich resu lted m a tte r In ch u rg e. ta k in g a real In ter in a proposal for a co n feren ce betw een e s t in th e su b je c t to be d eb a te d T hey th e te a m s w ith a view to e s ta b lish in g solved th e problem a t once, so fa r as c e rta in ru le s by wli!<h both sh o u ld be W h ite college w a s co n cern ed , by np pointing a real cap a b le s u b s titu te foi guid ed d u rin g th e d e b a te T h e tw o te a m s m et on tlie cam p u s each and ev ery w o m an d e b a te r. T hese o t W h ite college on tlie first S a tu rd ay s u b s titu te s w ere uot en d o w ed witli a fte rn o o n In May T h e sp rin g had b eau ty o f face or figure; th ey w ere com e on. th e day w a s d e lig h tfu l, aud Intellectu als, sta n d in g high iu tbeU both m en an d w om en, especially th e classes nnd In ev ery w ay fitted to rep la tte r, w ere d ressed becom ingly F rom resen t It lu nny cap ac ity . W hen th e day a n d hour for th e de th e ir Im m a cu late a p p e a ra n c e an d th e d e fe re n tia l b earin g o f tlie m en they bate arriv e d th e hall in w hich it w as On th e would never h ave been tak en fm th o se to ta k e place w as cro w d ed ab o u t to e n g a g e In h o stilities of any p latfo rm sa t th e s u b s titu te s , b u t not an o riginal a p p o in te e ap p eared . T he kind R ules w ere proposed an d dis cu ssed , th e m en g a llan tly gtv tu g w ay m an ag er of tlie m e n s team w alked fo rw ard n nd an n o u n ced th a t th e re w as to th e w om en oti all points U n fo rtu n a te ly a bit ot an a ffa ir had no necessity for u d e b a te on th e quee been going on b etw een one >f th e girl tion so fa r a s bis college w a s concern d e b a te rs. M iss M aud Je n n in g s, and Hi since every m an ap|>olntecl to arg u e Mr. l>lck T u rn e r M iss Jc i.n ln g s said ag ain st w om un s v oting bad from th e th a t sh e had a proposition to m ake first show n a m ark ed Indifference In w hich sh e p refe rred to sound one *»t th e m atter am i finally h ark ed out from ttie m en upou an d invited Mi T urner serving ns a d e b a te r. H e had called to stro ll off to w ard th e c litp e l fo r th e for su lm tltu tes. b u t none bad volun > irpose. Mr. F red iio tv .trd d eclared teered. O ne th in g bad been dem on th a t he w ished to c o n s ist M’ *s Roll« F ra te d th a t tb e s tu d e n ts o f Black col U pton upon an Im p o rtan t m allei co n lege w ere not so u n g n lln n t ns to arg u e c e rn in g tlie com ing d eb ate n M th ey on the n e g a tiv e sid e of th e q u estio n took tile p a th to w a rd tlie t.a*.rouomicnl “Shall w om en be glveu th e v o te?” He o b se rv a to ry Mr F.dward B a rk er and reg retted th a t tlie au d ien ce sho u ld he M iss P ella S to rm s d ep arted :it d ie dl d isappointed, blit th a t could uot I n rectum of th e lib ra ry , w hile Jo e W in helped. C hester an d M arian T h o rn e p n • • ded The au d ien ce th e n stro lle d o u t on to In th e d irectio n ot th e lab o rato ry th e cam pus. T h e re w as m uch Individ T h is left A rchie Tn H r a i d H - i c t ua! com m ent e x p ressed , hut on » noth S m ith sole o ccu p an ts ot th e cam p u s, er m atter th a n tlie d e b a te th a t bad not a n d th ey m ight w n « n !t on n n r **ut> ; Come off. It w as co n cern in g (he mini Ject th ev pleased w ithout being o / e r ber of e n g a g e m e n ts th a t had been tin h e a rd B u t th e position w as pxntmed. only resu lt of tb e pro|»o*ed d iscu ssio n 0. C. »AMPHO, Aa.l, Ciihler . C O Q U IL L E FIRST N A T IO N A L B A N K STUDIO o p c o g u i l l l i s , ORBQON. T r a n s a c ts a G e n e ra l B a n k in g B u s in e s s George & Gibier, Props. Board of D l r . o t . r . , i C rr.tp o n d .o t« . , R. 0. Dement, A . J. Sherwood, National Bank o Commerce, New York Cl L. Harloeker, L. H. Hazard, I Crocker Woolworth N'lBauk, 8an Franol Iaaiah Hacker, R. E. Shine. Firet Nat'l Bank o f Portland, Portland. 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