Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1919 — PURDUE GIRLS DECIDE TO BAR MEN AT DANCE [ARTICLE]

PURDUE GIRLS DECIDE TO BAR MEN AT DANCE

Lafayette, March 12.—A “manless” dance is the latest thing«at Purdue « university. The , Purdue Girls’ Club has announced a ball to be held in the Memorial gymnasium tomorrow evening, men being barred. It is the first time the coeds at Purdue have attempted to hold a social affair of this kind without the co-operation of men and the men students are wondering whether it is the opening skirmish in a war of sex emancipation. No reason is given for the sudden diversion from the usual routine. Heretofore the Purdue girls, when they have arranged their annual ball, have invited the men to be their partners and the men have called for them in customary fashion and escorted them to and from the ballroom. But this year the annual dance is to be purely a girls’ affair.