The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-17

FEATHERSTON HAS BILL

- am opposed to -coeducation and
would oppose the measure II 1t meant
that declared DR.. Edwin A. Alder
man. president Of the University OF
Virginia. speaking yesterday after
noon before = joint legislative COM
mittee on public institutions for q
bill to stablish a coordinate wo-
mans college at Charlottesville.
Il think coeducation Is especially
unwise at the University OF Virginia,
he continued, but what We are ask
Ing for 10 not coeducatton. The Uni
versity Of Virginia and Princeton are
the only really great universities In
the world that do not concern them
selves at all about the education OF
women. This Ia a great question and
you need to give 1t deep thinking.
1t 10 not q local movement. but we
are only belated disputants in world
wide idea. 1t IL coming and II you
yourselves do not do It,, those who
follow you here will"
Roosevelt Page, Professor Jarvis
ID. Matthias. of the university, and Mrs
Beverly d. Munford spoke for the
bill. Don p. Haisey, Of Lynchburg. q
former member OF the Senate. spoke
against II.
No Money Asked For.
The committee met At O'Clock IN
the House chamber. There were more
than a hundred interested listeners.
Mr.. Featherston. of Lynchburg. pro-
posed. that the committee consider
both the coordinate college At the
university and a memorial wofnanS
university mt the same time. Bills to
establish each have already been In
troduced. Chairman Oliver ruled
against him.
Roosevelt Page, first speaker. ex-
planned that. the bill does not ask for
money from the State at this time.
but only wants endorsement by ths
Legislature so the movement can DO
launched. Women Of the State. no
said. only demand an equal chance
and do not want to be placed in
the class ROOM with their brothers.
Mrs. Beverly Il. Munford. intro
tsuead- by g. Risnn, in - fifteen
minute talk. told why a coordinate
institution was wanted instead OF an
independent woman's college. Link
ed with the University Of Virginia.
she said, the school would draw heavy
endowments before put on its feet
and 1t would be given . prestige that
Oe6s
cure. RI given encouragement by this
session of the Assembly. she saio'
hackers of the college wanted to come
back another session and show the
legislature what they had done.
The address Of Professor Matthias
was largely statistical. He traced the
advancement Of woman's education
in the United States and showed hg-
ures telling Of the large percentage
OF women engaged In teaching the
American youth. He declared there
was not a normal school in Virginia
that offered higher work than the
State high schools, and added that
only one woman's college in the State
is graded as college.
Replies TO President Alderman.
Mr.. Halsey's address was a reply
TO President Aiderman's plea for
woman's institution.
III we have men and women at
work In library and laboratory to-
gether." he said. and then separate
them In class rooms. II IL tweedle-
dee and tweediedum. President Al
derman says he II against sco-educa-
ton. II we are going to give women
higher education. let's do II right. A
woman's college Mt CharlQttesvilie
would be overshadowed by The uni
versity, and viii never be great In
college for the State by itself and not
In any way connected with the uni
versity? What In the matter with a
school as proposed by Senator Feath-
erston. Of LynchburEs"
The committee decided to meet
again at the cali of the two chair