The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1889-06-10
The Way to Go- Education.

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deal at its present Session, Is that Of
the admission of women to the Uni
yersity Il Is one " the questions
that Will not down. Ithas its an
nnal agitation before the Board, and
its intermediate agitation before the
people, and its biennial agitation bel
fore the Legislature. And it. will
continue to be sgItsted until the
doors are opened, It = one Of the
things, that viii mol be put aside, be.
cause II ought nor II ~ PIT aside.
Co-education is coning like destiny.
It is right and the voice Of the peo-
pie will not be silsncea until their
demand is heard and granted.
To those who Do rot favor the Co
education Of the sexes, the difficult
ties in the way Of admitting women
to the University seems t. be very
great, but to those who are willing
the way seems very clear and easy.
It is not to be expected that the
Boards could perfect the provisions
for accommodating both sexes in a
few moments Or during d single ses-
sion Of the Board. But every thing
must have a beginning. What the
adyocatesof Co education ask is that
there may be d beginning, however
incomplete and inadequate tile be-
ginning may be. They may not be
able to provide Immediately for the
accommodation Of . thonsand young
ladies next year, but that is no rea-
son why they might not sccemmo-
date a hundred, OF fifty o. twenty
five or ten, or even eve. There would
be nothing hazardous, for instance,
iii the Board declaring in formal
manner, that from and after the first
Wednesday IN September next, the
privileges of the University shall be
open, to young ladies 50 far, and to
the extent only, that they can find
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diti0ns as shall DO approved ~ the
Faculty.
That would be a beginning. That
would settle the principle. That
would satisfy a reaso nable public
sentiment. ~.
What then, would follow The
Board would. during summer vacaz
ton, make such arrangement for suit
able privacy of the young ladies
while at the University as necessary
for their convenience and comfort.
This could be done at triding
expense and without any serious
difficulty whatever. There is abb
solutely no difficulty about it.
The next step would be for the
President to ascertain how many
young ladies could be suitably quar-
tered among the boarding houses
in town, and publish notice of that
fact; at the same time directing
those who desired to come from a
distance to first correspond with the
President. This they would do, how
ever, in any event. A number of
young ladies who. have homes in the
vicinity Of the University would en-.
ter and these IN = eetion with
such number from abroad as could
find accommodations would consti-
tute a fair beginning for the first
year Nobody would be inconyen-
fenced. Nobody would be seriously
disturbed, and there would be alb
solutely no hazard to the reputation
of the University, or the welfare Of
anybody concerned. In the mean
time committee ofthe Board or the
Executive Committee could be study
ing and maturing such questions as
might present themselves in connec-
ton with the subject of co-education,
and at the next annual meeting Of
the Board could be able to make
such suggestions as would indicate
the needs of the situation, and en-
able the Boards to make any further
provision or ask for any appropria-
l|tion that the necessities lof the case
| might require
We submit that such action as We
have above outlined would be not
conservative but absolutely safe and
without undue hazard of any kind /:
and would moreover satisfy any rea-
sonable demand that the public
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