The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-18
WOMAN COLLEGE.
NOT CONSIDERED
Educational Commission Post
pones Further Action
Until May.
COLLEGE GIRLS DON'T MARRY
Most OF Them Stay in PROBES
sion-Byrd Wants Three RS
Taught in Schools.

mating wonlan's college at the Univcr-
sity of Virginia. tho Virginia Educa-
tional Commission adjourned last night,
after an all-day session at the Capitol,
| 20 meet again on May 26. Probably at
| mat time tho matter OF the womun's
college will be taken UP. In accord
ancc with the instructions Of the last
! Legislature
The day was spent in hearing from
| representatives. of the various state
schools on two topics-thc general
proposition OF the mill tax for the sup
| port OF public schools of all grades
and It's relation to the particular in
Htitution. and the desirable amount OF
coordination which, should exist be-
| tween all those schools supported MS
whole or In part from the public treas
ury. M Hi
Change mt OLD College.
| Perhaps the most interesting problem
before the commission was that of the
status of William and Mary College 1t
WAS very evident that this institution
| III all respects docs not measure UP to
| the position which at least some of the
members of the commission think ii
should occupy. For example. President
r. y. Alderman, of tho University OF
| Virginia. commented on the anomalous
position of William and Mary, with both
normal and academic departments
granting degrees. saying that ne knew
Of no other State in the Union having
| two institutions offering courses lead
/ ing to the master of arts degree.
| 1T may be s,lrmscd hat the Educa-
tional Commission will recommend to
the Legislature that William and Mary
BIO hereafter conducted purely as an
institution for the instruction OF men
| in the profession Of teaching, and that
| the academic department as such be
81 hal RI nj od rl,nr
on the fact that there are but three or
| four teachers at the college who give
! instruction In what the State supports
! the school fora normal training coll
| lege for young men.
| TO the objection that the abolition
| of the academic department would cost
1.-the college half OF its students. the an
| swer made by some members OF the
commission is that with a stronger
course the normal students would
greatly increase. and that William and
| Mary, the second Oldest college in the
! United states. would be able to train
men TO MI the great demand for male
| principals for high schools and for d
vision school superntendcnts.
Wants Three RS Taught
| The proceedings were cnlivcned by
| the demand of Speaker X. 4. Byrd. OF
! the House of Delegates, for more train
ing in the schools in essentials. lie
| said he wished the normal schools
would teach young women how to spell
and something of he meaning of words,
Instead OF pursuing the idols of various
kinds of arts. lie thought a little in
struction in the dictionary might be
| for the good OF the young people whom
the State is supposed to be training 10
teach others.
DIR. Alderman added to this the COM
ment that some learned theses handed
Ii. M b. Nft-ar ~, =, to
for the masters degree would he the
better for 4 little wholesome instruc-
tion in spelling.
DR.. j. L. Jarman, OF the State Female
| Normal School at Farnvillc, in reply
10 this. told Of the special efforts now
made 10 teach spelling, saying that
some members OF his senior class are
obliged to be members of the special
class in spelling DR. Julian a. Bur
russ. of the llarrisonbur~ School said
he followed the same rule, while Pro-
fcssor 4. IL. Russell told how the same
thing was proposed at Fredericksburg.
College Women Don't Marry.
y straw on the effect of higher cdu-
cation on women was mentioned by DR.
.Jarman. who said that but small
percentage Of the State Female Nor
NAL school girls marry. During the
nine years he has been with the
school about 500 girls have graduated
and of these about so per cent are
still serving the State as teachers.
Only about 20 per cent. have married
and have homes. DIR. Jarman deplored
this. IL
All Of the educators who spoke in
dorsed the mill tan proposition as pro
vidlne IL stable means for the support
OF the institutions. and obviating tho
necessity Of lobbying for approprS- :
lions at each season Of tile General
| ,1x. Nf Nm,
wanted more money than suggested in
the table drawn up by Secretary
Maphis, which was merely Suggestive.
SchooIS Represented.
General T.. ". Nichols represented
the Virginia Military Institute; Prcsi-
dent Paul y. Iarringer the Virginia
Polytechnic Institutes; Professor .Tohn
". Rltchic. William and Mary Col
!, lego: Dr. T.. y, Alderman, the Univer-
: silly OF Virginia and Presidents Jar
man Burruss and Russell the three
female normal schools.
Many suggestions were made as TO
Joining forces and co ordinatinE va
, rious lines Of effort. but when all was
said IL WAS the opinion OF the com
mission thai there is much less cdu-
catioHal waste and duplication in Vir-
Sinia than has been generally be-
licved There is, however. a big task
ahead of the coinmiss ion.
All members Of the commission were
present. as follows DR.. II. a. Alderman.
University Of Virginia, chairman; Dir.
j.. l.. Jarman,> Farmville; DR.. Charles
NJ. Ifazen. chesterfield: Senator John
r.. Saunders MiddleseX; Speaker II. Il.
BYRD. Winchester: Or. W. w. Smith,
, Randolph Macon. and State Snpcrin-
icndcnt !. p. EEgleston, IL, with Sec
rotary G. G. Maphs. of Charlottcs-
/, willie.