Jarvis Magnet - 1905 Volume 1 Number 4

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Literary and Scientific Society II' was a larg-e a i cl enthusiast ic meeting- o f the Literary Society th at assembled on the last day of :VI arch to hear the cl osing and perhaps th e m ost a ttractive and anle debate of the season. No t only did a majority of the s tud ents a ttend th e lll ~eting but man y ex-pupils sho wed their interest in th e Society by th eir presence. .ui er some s uita ble music was rendered by M iss Keyes, th e chairman a nnounced the debat e and ca lled six char m ing' young ladies to the platform to s pe a k on the question II Resolved that co-ed uc a tio n in Hig-h School s should be abolished. " The speakers on the affirmative were: Misses Smiley, Jewell and Parke r of Form IIIH and on the ntgative :\Ii sses Sneath, Pea ce and :I'IcTavis h of Form IliA. It would be o ut of the question in this brief note to a ttem pt to g ive in d etail the argu me nts a d va nced on eit he r side. It will be sufficient to state that th e affirmative loo k th e ground t h.it there is a fuud nm cn tnl d istinction in th e 'co ns titution of the se xe s which necessitates different t reatment in ed uc a t ion: that woman was created a m ore d eli cate org-anism than man, both m entally and physi call y. u A ul d N atnrc SWC ;lI'S t he lovel y d ears I J l ~ I ' Ih.Jhlest work s he c1as ...cs, 0 ; l Iur 'p l4e n tice han ' she t riud o n m au , An' t hen Sh l~ m .ulo t he la sses, O." >, For that reason it is foll y to educate woman in th e s .une way as m an, that her restless ambition makes her s t rive to do what she has little inclination fo r a nd also to attempt to work beyond her strt'ngth to the great injury both of he rself and of the race. Econom y is th e only jus tifica t io n for co-ed uc a t io n and as wealth in crea ses there will be a g reater number of girls' schools than at present. The result o n th e boys would be better without co-ed uca t io n a s there .wo uld then be less d istra ction during an imp ressionable period of life. . While on the one hand th e refin ing influence of g irls is an a lh'a n tag~ to boys, th e presence a nd conduct of b oys is a distinct loss to gi rls. The neg ative contended th at men and women were intended to be eq uals; that they have the same faculties which should be developed tt)g ether' and no t by segregating' the sexes . Separaticn leads to narrow-mindedness and superstition. They aretog-ether in th e home a nd should be tog ether at school. The m ost e nlig h te ne d nations have co- education w h i ~ h alwa ys results in g ain to woman without loss to man. The presen ce of the opposite sex s u pp resses impurity of langua g e a nd stimulates nobl e and true thoughts of each other. The debate was so well handled on hath sides that the judges Messrs. Keillor ~ Darke, and Gray, found great diffi culty in arriving at a decision but fin ally awarded . ~e debate to the negative .
j -:J After the d e oa t e Mr. Harry P. .\tills m .r.le a very intere-;ti:lg" experiment in chemistry which was visible to e very one by a lantern projection. This expe riment whia had been first made just a week before by Professors Lang a nd Ken rick ofTorons Un iversity, consists of pouring a solution of aluminium chloride on a solutionIi ( potassium hydrate when the reaction shows a most peculiar, animal-like twitcning a nd working, suggestive of a very intimate relation between things ani mate and inanimate. The Society's year wen~ quickly, and all too soon came the last meeting. 00 Friday, April rq.th, A successful season was brought to a close by one of tbe most interesting me etings o f th e yea r. The g enera l invitation exte nde d througb the columns of TH E MAGNET was a ccepte d by not only practically th e whole school, but by m any ex-pupils and friends as well. All of th e four hundred seats were filled, and window-ledges and disused steam ra d ia to rs g ave a number of the ho)"! some a d va ntage over those wh o had standing ro om only. The a ttenda nce far exceeded th at of any other m ceting in the history of th e Society. Draped in black, the judge's high magesterial seat and the desks of the coun officials, gave the sc en e the req uis ite degree of solemnity and gloom. Promptk a t a quarter a fter four the court commenced to assemble. Colonel Buzz Fuzz, the leading lawyer for the defence, was t he first to make appearance on the staKe; sh ort ly afterward Major Stubhin, K.C., and his junior counsel happen ed a lon~; , then followed a crowd of witncsses, jurymen, cons ta bles a nd co urt officiak There was great laughter and exci te ment a s Fanner a'll l ~'1rs. C lo vert op. the princip al witnesses, ente red th e room; the di sgui ..;es of
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