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Show L LTEACHERS TEACHERS AND CUPID . LDiscrimination DiSCrImInatIon against ngamst \ women omen school teachers who marryha marryhas marry marryis ha has bccome become wIdespread 'lnd lnd ind ' the AmerIcan FederatIon of Te'lchers Telchers Te'lchersis TelchersIs ' is mar nnishallmg m'llshalhng mllshalhng ' shalling ' its 'lts lts forces in their behalfThey behalfThey behalf behalfThey They ask the pertinent pertment question questions ' . "Why Why " , , should teachers be bebarred bebarred bebarred barred from their thclr profession " when "hen hen they marry , , while . hIle stenog stenog- stenographers stenographers stenographers - raphers , bookkeepers , , clerks and other " women "omen omen " wage "age age earners are arenot arenot arcnot not subject to dischaige dlschmge discharge for this th1s reason , so long as they acceptablyreform acceptablyreform acceptably acceptablyreform reform their thcIr duties duties7 duties ' ? " Among the champions of the mirned m'lrned mlrned m'irned ' ' teachers teacher Is \ Mrs l\Irs l Irs Helen HelenTaft HelenTaft HelenTaft Taft , "Manning Manning ranmng " , daughter of Chief Justice Jushce Taft , she herself holdIng holdIngthe holdingthe holdingthe the ImpOl impoi impoitint hnt tint position of dean of famed Bryn Mawr ColJegeTo CollegeTo College ColJege CollegeTo To a fair minded mmdcd person Itould it , would \ould ould \ appear that the onlv onll only te test testwhich testwhich t t"h1ch "h1ch h1ch which " should be applied apphed to an anvone anyone one in m a public or private posItion positionis IS that of fitness for the duties to be performed and the WIlhng willing WIlhngness willingness willingness ness to pelIol111 perform pel form them faithfully |