Show TEACHING HYGIENE OF SEX TO SCHOOL SCHOOLGIRLS SCHOOLGIRLS GIRLS CHALLENGED Delegations of Women Argue Pro ai and arg Con Coo Before Board of Education Difference of opinion amon among women as to the wisdom o of tc teaching sex hygiene and sex ethics to high school girls developed at the special meeting o of the school board Iwar la last t. t night A t dele dele- gation of or six or 01 seven wen headed b by Mrs 1 I C C. E. E Allen presented a petition and and arguments asking that the tile sex sex h hygiene lene education cease censer while a minority dole dele gation gatlon headed b by Mrs Alis A. A W. W ardle t Cook ool up the cu cud cudgel ol cl In defense c o of wh what t S School hool Matron Martha Jennings Is tellIn tell tell- inn ing In the fair co 0 Mrs Allen AHen as spokesman for tor the tile pe petitioners petitioners pe- pe observed that Mrs Jennings was wag as a hl minded high woman but that that i the petitioners believed NI sex questions I should hould on only I be bo discussed with tho the I i young People b by the parents She added that Mrs Airs Jennings Jennings' strong personal persOnal per per- onal views on th th subject had not riot met with the approbation of 01 parents so so o far as UJ she and her hel colleagues ues had been able to glean The Tie Allen Alien forces d denied that their petition was In an any wa way vay an attack on Matron Jennings s When hen Mrs Airs Allen Anen had c concluded her hel address Mrs l Ear Eardley Eardley Eard- Eard Ie ley spoke e as follows tollos Cites Daughters Daughter's J Example It hits has been reported that Mrs Jennings Jen lungs lungs' teachings s have been shocking to many of ot the school pupils My 01 daughter Is in the high bight school and she he never nc heard anything shocking from Mrs Jennings s. s La Last t night I 1 talked with five o girls all an of them senIors In tho the high school and they all aU sal said that Mrs t Jennin Jennings Jennings' 8 sex cx ethics talks talles' were were not nol shocking Mrs Eardley gardle proceeded to relate an instance in iii which Mrs Jennings s had ministered to a a. school girl who was waH serious seriously ill III endearing herself to that ailing pupil by her kindly help and talks There were plenty plent of ot other Instances and most moat of or tho the girls g loved Mrs Airs rs Jennings she added In this crisis the hoard board of education education I tion apparently remained calm None of ot the members asked the delegations elc-a elc lions of or women any questions Instead some one moved that the board go into executive not not to discuss sex h hygiene gleno but to tako talco up tho the matter of or teachers' teachers appointments In the cour course e of this star chamber chambel session th the tho board emitted the information that It proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed to do nothing at nt all with regard res-ard to the petition presented b by Mrs Airs Al Albit Allen Al- Al len bit and her allies an and signed by byJ J one ninety l one net persons mostly women Text ext of Petition The petition as presented b by Mrs Irs Allen and ren read to the board hoard follows follows' Believing that it Is not tho the function function tune tune- tion of ot the public schools to teach leach sexual hygiene Iene or sexual ethics but that It is the province of tho the parents exclusively we the und undersigned un un- d d respect respectfully ull ask asIc the board of r c education to eliminate these subjects entire entirely I Irons from the chool j-chool curriculum or adopt tho the Chicago plan of oC lectures by physicians ph- ph to the parents In the vanous varIous various vari van ous school buildings Attached to the petition were t the tho names name of Mrs Airs J J. J R. R Letcher Mrs Irs J. J AI M. Dart Airs C. C E E. Allen and some ninety odd others mostly women With Mrs Irs Eardley in her minority delegation was Mrs Airs II J J. hayward Mrs Airs Allens Allen's delegation was larger but reticent Mrs Airs E E E. Shepard ono one of or orthe the Allen forces said Oh Ph no this petition must not be bo construed as an attack on Matron Jennings Jenning's Others of oC the delegation preferred not to have ha their names mentioned |