The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-05
4 College for Women at the ,,n,xer,,,,

l. Sir,-Thc question Of a womon!s enI =.
or 70 pe SUPPORTED by the State at
| itta tie university has caused much
throughout the State.
| ne matter mas been argued before
| az az vo.iIhlttSGs Of the House and SEN
! ws,, J.H aoiiity, and the result will be
- SseIeu win much Interest by All
| of education u 'i'e cause
be : notable ;h thing about the argumen,
| interest displayed By those adyocatin,
W opP1"ihE the measure. which reach, ,
~ a. ciilnaN when 81 leading lawyer in
| NJ sueh I, PHI became a law he wouiI
not send his son to the university
F ror myself. must say that apart
cio oIh tne question Of the States nnurl-
LIB statement Was tho most poiont
| argument heard against the prono.
Since the letter OF tho Hon Aruts-
tead e. Gordon. rector OF the board
81 visitors, addressed to me- has becn
b tng subject Of criticism by a mem
richmond alumni who oppose this
| measure. l desire 70 say fow words
as TO the Early Rison bill. This meas
urG commits the State TO woman;s
college at or near tho universi,y and
after eliminating the expenditure Of
any money for the college by the pres
vht General Assembly. and making pro-
nun IN terms against cocducatiOn 81
| lows the board OF visitors of tho mi
versity large latitude In it's direction
and management.
much feeling that persons on the out
sac may well wonder IL univcrsitv
framing makes dIsputants and advo-
rates only. Or whether II enables mon
.nnd women 10 Judge OF great ouoa
lions after the Socratir method
| me amendment offered by Senator
non cf certain alumni TO cocducaiion
IN inc post graduate and deere.
Gourses-,the original bill iorbidiiSs
u mnn ana ,, women TO be taught in the
Ettssroom at the same time. bill
before the General Assembly is moi
Hhe common law declaration, which
II amended. may put the party out :. Z
court. but is rather the statement Of
a proposition. which IS liable 10 hs
mounted to meet objections on the
t mr. s ., az least III men Ghe House
the amen dmcnt is made il is then thn
| rev Pill that should be discussed and
~. me oiu. Yet the argument upon
the amendment sounded as II an effnrt
nhd been made to change the Language
81 Holy Writ Or clause In Magma
The solemn torbodirG If evil in con.
hevtlon with the building of a womnn's
ooHcSe AT or near the university SOUND
S Sa IKE The the doom which the Delpnc
pease Minos or Crete when sevsr
youths and seven maidens were sent
as a, an oHerinS every nine years by the
, rth,i.t ma, When tho question is up
"ne'her Virginia will have woman's
college of the first rank to lie near.
SS,oiSh 70 nave the benefit of the great
,ouhuatlon Of Thomas Jefferson, why is
IL necessary 10 describe the biz as This
most ihgerlously worded bill?" Why' is
ms not Il time for rhetorical etfurt
.ii1ner In speeches or letters: not a
word pictures of co-ordInare col
iegc, but Is time for persons who
thavc tho welfare of the university at
isi 70 examine carefully the pro-
ity' pPto'''s
! hold that there never was time
when brilliant speech like that OF
Or. Alderman was more in order than
now, and why may not the prcsiuent
OF the university and the rector OF the
BOARD BOARD OF visitors. who have done so
nave the welfare OF the university at
heart? If objection is made to rhetoric
anu beautiful phrases and word MIC
cures lures Oh a co-ordinatc college. what
Sah ne said against tho simple state
ncnts made by three or four represcn-
.htlNes of the peonle of virginia
whom the legislative committee Of the
iiouse heard. remember that ono OBJ
lection rnade was that he had oot
| read the bill" Is II man nrrutnr for
principe to be dscreditei in this
10y IS not such an objection rather
sity? "
another representative of the Rich
mona mono alumni says In Tuesdays Times
Dispatch; The question OF establish
lnS college for the higher educatlon
or women is not before the Legisla-
TYRE, ,in, but the enactment OF this par
.lcniar plan for womans college as
contained in the EARLY Rison bill is
me only question up for discussion"
do not know how to meet sucb n
statement, 1 confess If the college
mentioned Toned IN the Early-Riso bill il
not the question of establishing a col
regS FOR the higher education OF wo
men then he is right in saying IL is
not before the Legislature: but II il
-. then II is before the Legislature
the representative of the Richmond
alumni a.. opposing this bin to the CO. ira
ny Notwithstanding. Why is il ncces-
sary to say "thc faculty are m,souot
cd; the board of visitors are mis-
quoted: that lit is error TO say that
the people want the bill': that tho
Board of Education do not want il:
| that every claim is unfounded": that
| DR.. Alderman was forced to answer
| q few questions Of unmistakablc mean
| ing, etc? The suggestion made of
delay is as old as the race; put 1t on,
| put If OFF, is no new cry
There is no mystery about this bill.