`` I 'll speak for two since the Chairman ca n't , and Jack wo n't go against those who pet him most to death , '' said Joe , who , not being a favorite with the girls , considered them a nuisance and lost no opportunity of telling them so . `` Fire away , then , since you are up ; '' commanded Frank . `` Well , '' began Joe , feeling too late how much he had undertaken , `` I do n't know a great deal about it , and I do n't care , but I do not believe in having girls at college . They do n't belong there , nobody wants 'em , and they 'd better be at home darning their stockings . '' `` Yours , too , '' put in Ralph , who had heard that argument so often he was tired of it . `` Of course ; that 's what girls are for . I do n't mind 'em at school , but I 'd just as soon they had a room to themselves . We should get on better . '' '' You would if Mabel was n't in your class and always ahead of you , '' observed Ed , whose friend was a fine scholar , and he very proud of the fact . `` Look here , if you fellows keep interrupting , I wo n't sit down for half an hour , '' said Joe , well knowing that eloquence was not his gift , but bound to have his say out . Deep silence reigned , for that threat quelled the most impatient member , and Joe prosed on , using all the arguments he had ever heard , and paying off several old scores by sly hits of a personal nature , as older orators often do . `` It is clear to my mind that boys would get on better without any girls fooling round . As for their being as smart as we are , it is all nonsense , for some of 'em cry over their lessons every day , or go home with headaches , or get mad and scold all recess , because something ` is n't fair . ' No , sir ; girls ai n't meant to know much , and they ca n't . Wise folks say so and I believe 'em . Have n't got any sisters myself , and I do n't want any , for they do n't seem to amount to much , according to those who do have 'em . '' Groans from Gus and Ed greeted the closing remarks of the ungallant Joe , who sat down , feeling that he had made somebody squirm . Up jumped Grif , the delight of whose life was practical jokes , which amiable weakness made him the terror of the girls , though they had no other fault to find with the merry lad . `` Mr. Chairman , the ground I take is this : girls have not the strength to go to college with us . They could n't row a race , go on a lark , or take care of themselves , as we do .
They are all well enough at home , and I like them at parties , but for real fun and go I would n't give a cent for them , '' began XXXXX , whose views of a collegiate life were confined to the enjoyments rather than the studies of that festive period .
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