PAGE FOURTEEN TV-1 MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 192.1 ?AGE FOURTEEN SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1924 r T r, ± 7"Tv, 0 lllo ; L; ?, to."p-co""rSitty omen -A . WOMEN TO FILL IMPORTANT POLITICAL POSTS IN 1925 The ontibuion 1 Lcina Hisdae SoneList 011 Over 100 Includes Two Governors And One Congresswoman By Katherine Fitch Lucinda Hinsdale Stone, one of Michigan's greatest educators and finest women, belongs particularly to the University of Michigan both be- cause of the interest she took in stu- dents of the institution in her own' day and because of the lasting work* which she did in opening the Unix er- sity to women. The history of edu- There was need of a special building in Ann Arbor for the use of the womn- eni students and Regent Levi L. Bar- bour was ready to give prop~erty valued at $25,000 towardl the erection; of such a. building. More money was neededl and Mrs. Stone set herself to securing pledges to this fund. Hund- reds of women became small donors' to the women's building through the cation tells of her work as a teacher;j personal effort of this woman. The the story of the growth of civic in- matter was presented by her to the terest among women in Michigan is a State Federation of Women's clubsI' story of Mrs. Stone as an organizer;! and before individual clubs and club1 the tribute of her many friends is women in different parts of the state,! sufficient comment on her personality: thus dloing something towards de-1 the enrollment of more than 3000# veloping a public spirit towardl the women students in the University of lIUniversity among Michigan women Mich.igan today is a partial record ofI which was hardly second in impor- the fruits of her labor.j tance to that of securing the needed} Lucinda Hinsdale Stone was born; funds. Barbour gymnasium was com-c iii a village in Vermont in 1814. Her lfeted in 1897 at a cost of about forebears were men and women of $40,0130. Mr's. Stone's last great work: Culture and position. One of her an- t er the U niversity of Mlichigan wasj cestors. Robert Hinsdale, was the f; st ! cxrirplotC(1. mnan in America to propose free Focr many years Mrs. ',tone broad-l schools, and another ancestor was !e!ned the cop of her interest by ac-~ among the founders of Harvard Uni- itive work in the formation of women's versity. The future educator grew uip ;(hibi and -,he was prominent in club in an atmosphere of learning. Her I circles throe hout the state. She early education was received in her !alSo wrote a great deal for news-E native village. At the age of thirteen i apr' nd was a charter member 0!. she enteredl the Hinsburg academy, a the Mich1igan 'Women's Press associa-, co-educational preparatory school, tion. Primarily, however, she was an and from there she event to Middle-; educator. In 1890, in recognition oft bfury Female academy, then in the! her work in this field the Regents of who was denlrived of his office because; Pillsbury, Mrs. Mary Chapman, Mrs. of impeachment p~roceedings on I Imogene B. Emmons, Mrs. Maca S. charges of misapplropriation of state I Hilton, Mrs. Nellie J. Page, Margaret funds. She was vigorously opposed jI-I. Bafrden, Jennie Fortier, Victoria by the Ku Klux Klan but won the eec- Langlois, Helen J. Young. Lion against them. B~oth the, women!I New Jersey-Mae Carty, Mrs. C. governors are Democrats.l Finn, Mary A. Thorpp, Mrs. Lila Mrs. 'Norton Oii~y (,ogresswomnn.j Thompson, Madge I. Ebert. Mrs. Mary T. Norton, of New Jer- ' New York-Mrs. Rhoda Fox Graves. sey, also a Democrat, will be the only North Carolina-Mrs.. Julia Alex- ;woman memnber of congress in the antler, Mrs. Giles Cover. new house. She is not a prohibition-j Ohio (incomiplete)-Mrs. Nettle 1B. ist, she says, bult favors a mnodifica-I Loug head, M\rs. Maude C. Waitt, Grace tion of the Volstead Act, although not! 1. Makepeace, Nettie MW. Clapp, Mrs. the i estcratiomi o1 the saloon. Shep Clara Wttood Derr, Mrs. Viola D. Ro- favors increased pay for postal man::, M~rs. May D1. Van Wye, Mrs. clerics and'~ carriers, oppo:wes the Klan Florence H. W~ells, Mrs. C. J. Otts, andl it, is thought she miay be counted Osa Penny. on to imliold the Child LUior Amend- Pennsylvania--Mrs. Flora MW. Vare mant.( (to Senate), Lillie H-. Pitts, Martha Mlr S.1Florence E. S. Knepp, lRe-! C. Thomas, Hlelen Grimes, Alice MW. publican, was elected sccrctary of the! Bentley, Man tha 1M. Pennok, Maude state of New York to serve under the 13B. Trescher. I)emiocratic governor, Aifred Smith.' South D~akota (Incomplete) --Mrs. Ivrs.,lKnapp is the dean oi the College Mabel Moody, Gladys Pyle, Celia 1M. of IMinhe 'conornics at Syractise uni- Kelly, Christine Olson. versity. Following is a p~artial list ;lTath--Mrs. N. A. Dunyon, Mrs. of t he su c cstf l candidates in their, Julia Smart, Mrs. Arthur R. Grahiam, various state legislatuires: Mr. ,i Itunroc Paxuinan. California--Cora1M. Woodbridge, Washington---M~rs.- Belle Reeves, Anna L. Saylor, Esto B. Broughton, I hrs. IHarry John Miller, Mrs. Maude Crace S. Dorris and Eleanor Miller. Sweetman. Connecticut - Marjorie C he n ey,' West Virginia----Dr. Hlarriette Jones. Hannah ID. Townsend, Corinne R. Al- sop, Elizabeth W. Coe, Mary MW. Ho-01 er, Julia .Emery, Sarah B. Crawford, e d ' 1i A Mlary B. Weaver, Helen A. Green, L d ~fL id Edith Raymond, Edna C. Penniman, ( lai issai Nevins, E1thel M. Ryan, HelenI._ P. Kewis, Annie E. Vinton. ___________________________ Delaware --Forence MW. Hanby. 3 Illinois-Mm's. Lottie Ilolmian O'Neill, Mrs. Katherine Hancock Coode, Mrs. ha it it~ena 1Birodl and Mrs. Florence Fifer flrer. Ilndliana (incomplete)-Antoinette. rcial eeticl api 1('. lagenwald andI Mrs. Edward Patcleetia pl Franklin WGhite. ances make the most appro- S Kansas-Mrs. R. H. Trueblood and, Mrs.Ben icke. priate Christmas gifts. At Maine--Mrs. Katherine C. Allen. Ernst Brothei s Electric:'Shop 11Vassachusetts-M. Sylvia Donald-, son and Mrs. H-arriet Russell Hart. you will find numerous clever Minnesota-Mabethi Hurd Paige and Mrs. Hannah Kempfer. sgetos Nebraska-Mrs. Clare C. Humphrey, .~l . Muir and Mabel A. Gillespie.In t B r s Nevada-Daisy Allen,. Florence S r s Shazey and Maymze Schwebble. ILE T ICS O Eleven Flected in N1ew HlampishlIra. E EC RCS O New Hampshire-Dr. Zatac Straw, 104 N. 4"th. Ave. Phoine 2814 M. Mrs. Arnold S. 'antis, Mrs. Hobart first rank of women's schools. In a fragment of autobiography she speaks of her education there: "While a student in the young ladie's seminary, I often felt irritated at the petty rules of the place. It is folly to contravene thle laws of na- ture. The stricter the laws against all association of young men antl young women, the stronger the incl- nation to break them, hence, in my later days as a teacher, it became a study for me how best to direct their associations during those years when 1)th are pursuing an education. My school dlays at the seminary made a deep impression on me in favor of co- education, and awakened an irre- pressible desire for the higher, more thorough college education for wom- en which would cure the affectation and pettiness of school girls,-in short give them something worthy to live for and to do for others." Mrs. Stoneis later work was largely based on these experiences. Following the years spent in edu- cation, Lucinda Hinsdale taught in various, parts of the country. She spent some time in Mississippi act- ing as governess in the family of a wealthy planter. While in the south she acquired much first-and infor- mation on slavery, an issue in which shep later took a vital interest. From Mississippi, Miss Hinsdale went to (rand Rapids. While here she mar- riedl Rev. James Stone, at that time a Baptist minister and later president of Kalamazoo college. Mrs. Stone actively cooperated with him In his work. She taught in Kalamazoo col- lege and later became principal of the woman's °department there. Both Dr. Stone and Mrs. Ston were (deeply interested in securing the admission of women to the Uivvr- pity of Michigan. The story of this movement which culminated in the resolution of the Regents which ad- mitted to the University "any person who possessed the requisite literary and moral qualifications" goes back at least to 1850. In that year records of faculty meetings show the receipt of an application from "a young lady for the privileges of the University." It is not statedl what reply, if any, was made to, the application. Dd. Haven, before hle became presient at Michigan was an active advocate of coedu~cation.. He observed that people generally considered the idea wild and insane and considered his approv- al of it rather a dangerous ;joke. In 18$58 the Board of Regents adopted an unfavorable resolution. It is about this time "that Mrs. Stone began her work for coeducation. For a number of years women students at Kalama- zoo college were maintained at her expense, and she influenced Dr. Stone to plead with the legislature for the. admission of women to the Univer- sity. In newspaper articles, before tie nunerous'women's clubs in which she took an active interest, by per- sonal letters, she constantly pled the cause of higher education for women and steadily won friends for it. In 1867 when the subject was againi brought before the Board of Regents the legislature, largely through the ef-i forts of Dr. Stone and Mrs. Stone an co-workers, was constrained to de- Clare unqualifiedly in favor of the ad-i1 mission' of women to the rights and 11 privileges o" the University. In Jan-1 wary, 1870 the resolution was intro-1 duced and passed the Board of Re-( gents by a two to six vote. Mrs. Stone's interest in the Univer- sity and the women who were study- ing there never flagged and to the end of her life she was constantly using her influence and exemting personal effort both to aid individual students and to mold public opinion in regard{ to the high ideals of coeducation. 4th Al Ide !1 i IIf il 19 oft tic t' of ol z th, he University of Michigan conferred pon her the (degree of doctor of phil- soh LcnaIlndlStnan lice Freemnan Palmer were the only ,o women to receive this honorary legree from this institution prior toj C :l ";:::<:<;: .00. ::"1 The last few years of Mrs. Stone's ' fe were spent in travel and rest. [er long life of usefulness and ser-! {: ice ended in March 1900.! Many glowing tributes have beenI )oken of her by those who knewI rid loved her and by those hundreds r ictured .above .ire mu few i'vo ifpeople who received the benefits { Sitsi eNoeue lc c f her great work. In the fall of 1 'lre l lt ye fc 905, the Michigan State Federation : -'uson of Texas (10), and M; i'c-N] ifWomen's clubs, through. the initia- 1 ightly are : () N sU4, yve of the Twentieth Century club of I liudtia la, suprf rife t(ouli ; (a) 3lrs:. Ialamazoo was able to give into the j im) ' 1i'(I n(). reasurry of the University of Michi- RrlllC r r~at4Nar~ eloin .Itvlr 'aIi ,n the sum of $5,000 for the purpose i ilrWsumitu1at em ifendowing a perpetual scholarship f 1" Mrton, country's onily conigrt'4 or the use of women students. Itj One hundred womecn in politicatl, vas provided that the .interest on the ofceinaloths brdUi- mount of the fund was to be loaned! it to young women desirous of an edl States does not sounid vjwi~ - lucation, without interest until the posing (does it? Th'lat nu11ifl or 'te of maturity. As a memorial to ha 'Pg lbeen ofies won inim lie ro-1 he life and work of Lucinda Hinsdale t having hen offices 'won in the re- ;tone this fund originated and today l cent November elec'tions. Butw.. eN cr ears her name. During the nine- it is considered whata short time it een years since the sum was deposit- is since women have been eligible 1d 65 girls have benefited by loans to public office and liat those eleceee rom this fund. Women' students of represented but a small proportion tie University of Michigan today may!1 of the women who influenced the ('lc(- rfit because Mrs. Stone has lived, tion in one way and another a.1d( that sthe women of her own day profited nmany received nomination who did y her life and teachings. !not win out in the final oeetion, it, the inerly l00 Wom(n w ho,1l-weeelectled to Inil off~iie ice e UuI'lied (. enter, tin' cominy'sfirst two women g.ovcrnors, MIrs. Ntiia Ia ta e lk Taviom' boss ed Wyonihig (112). . r'la , othaersi, reading from left to ;..head, 01hio stazte scaa-i or: (') 3Mrs. E'd ward F. W1ite, re-porter for t he F'lorecie E. h aapp, . Ner York state attorney; (-t) Mrs. -Nettie :3t. Clapp, i, Gladys pl'ye, mm ssistant s;ecretary of state South Dakota; (f,) Ars. sta~ sn~ e O) Juia E-ne-', (Gimmeeiceul legislmd oY; (S) Mrs. Ihirry, senbiir°e ; ( 9) Mras I'iz c nre 13o1rcr, Illinois scnator; (11) iYrs. Mary sll c .ril; (13) -frs. Lo!'Ie !H. O"eihl, Illinois legzislat are. mu st hbe impressed upon the observer of m g political that women are a. factor to be rtecuoned with now and will c'ontIinu(e to 1)e l more, so as the vream'S roll around. 'Iwo wiomfenl governors of stat es, one ' congregswoman, one secretary 'o ,at least; one assistanlt sec- ret ary of state and over four score state senators and representatives, were successidm in tile campllaignl. } 's, Voss First1 W i min Goa ,err~or. 0 O l m s- ht' ~eves of the con a- Ii'y- will be ulon the first twvo wo- H.c~i s1igovrno rs. RMrs. Nellie Ta y- for Ross of Wyoming,will fill theI place left vacant by her husband. the late Governor William Ross, vhu- died su~denly last October. ,The" voters of Wyomnig insist 0( thajt she take his glace to0 cagiry out his plans, so SO rttiiig aside her grief she, conl f sented andi rolled uP a. huge majority Iat the polls. Everyone has heard about Mrs. Fer- guson's sensational fight in. Texas, undler the slogan, "Me for MVa;" to get