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Show COLLEGE WOMEN TOO OFTLN FREAKS New York, Dee 1 Professor Leslie Les-lie J. Tompkins of New York I !n I versify, ver-sify, president of the National Association Asso-ciation of College Graduates, is the authority for the statement that the college woman h.xs ' not made good." He had the cour;ige, too. to make the statement In n b'eture before tho National League for the CUlo Federation Feder-ation of Women. Ho sa.ld: "The college woman has not made good There are, I think, about 12.0u0 or 1...0M college women In the United Unit-ed States. Three-fourths of these are so nice that they are married already, al-ready, and the remainder are freaks. The married wonifii don't take so much interest in out-dde affairs, and freaks cannot accomplish anything, anyway." Discussing the question of woman Buff rage, ho Kald. "'Some womeu do not realize how very powerful Is their intluenee without with-out the ballot. Isn't this Indirect Influence In-fluence worth nmrc to you women than the very uncertain power that would come with the ballot that you are 111 prepared for? I mean ill-prepared In the sense that the vast majority ma-jority of women have small comprehension compre-hension of the functions of government. govern-ment. I'll admit that about 40 per cent of the men who vote are not fitted fit-ted to exercise the franchise. I II admit ad-mit also that I will h.ue no special objection to the otes of women when women as a lody are as well quall-Iled quall-Iled to vote as are GO per cent of the men. But that time lias not yet come." |