IN 1925.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 698, 26 August 1914, Page 7

IN 1925.

i ■ —i ; The lady dean of the university had given orders to have the 1911 cor-ner-stone of the demolished academic building brought into the administration office. Borne on the sturdy shoulders of eight lady undergrads, the trestle on. which the stone rested was deposited in the room. "'We will inspect the contents here," the dean remarked to the lady resident, who entered the room accompanied by the lady arcbaelogist. "'No doubt," she.said, "we will be ed'ified and entertained. The, habits and eustoms of primitive thinkers (have a certain comparative value that must not be regarded too higWy. Two of the lady employees stepped forward with short crowbars, and presently lifted the upper stono and uncovered the receptacle. The dean, sneezing slightly from tha cflecta of the dislodged dust, leaned forward and lifted the first object that came in view. As she hsld it up she suddenly laughed. 1 hen she turned it so her associates could read it. They all laughed. The object of their amusement was a large card which bore, in staring black letters, these three words—- " Votes for Women !"

The dean placed the card on the desk. '"Does it seem possible," said the lady archaeologist, im her impressive maaner, "that it was necessary for our lady ancestors to resort to such means to secure an inalienable d £ hfc? " -■ > ■ ■■„"' To* "It doesn't, but it was, replied the dean. Whereur.on the three officials went out and had their noontide salad and basque. - "Cleveland Pla'in Dealer."