The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-20
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! ciety as the result of experiences should
, De respected he said. lie would adj
! wise that. If Dr. Alderman and eIem
inists established this so called co-or-
/ dinated college. the alumni do not send
F! their sons to the institution which the
i so much revercd.
Mr.. BYRD dilatcd somewhat or. the
! fact that there was much prejudice
against tho establishment of such n
| college, near the university, bu, sn Id
! that preJudiccs must be taken as "a fact
l ana must be considered in their reiu-
! llon TO society. lie pointed out that
! the state has already provided four
/ normal schools for women at heavy
cost. and that few women would want
! TO take higher degrees.
! IL the bill were to become q law, he
! said, the result would be IL loss of IN
tercst in tue part of the alumni, anu
that they would feel that their own
children should not go to that institu-
! ton.
The real reason behind the BILL"
lie exclaimed, lis that they want 10 put
women alongside men III everything;
/ that they want 10 destroy the difference
between tho sexes"
with hls face q little flushed from
! cNcitement, MIR. Meredith TOOK the tloor
IN opposition 10 the Mcclure resolution.
pcIioVc solemnly and absolutely
ne said earnestly. that il you nstcn
to the voice of the mother-loy,nE and
domestic woman you will not support
these resolutions. know that women
are praying that men do not tako alt
the iaVors. IL you call them the weak
er sex, then you should do more for
'heih. Is education so poor thing
that you should condemn il for women
ana ucnouncG this proposition to estab-
lish coordinate woman's college as
citcminiStic?'
That is not the question replied
MIR. BYRD. The question Is whether
University OF Virginia"
DO you think t"at education of wo-
men Win he stoppeA?; asneu Mr.. Mere
ditn DO you tnink il wil be Stopped
because d lot of mussbarks oppose THIS
hiii?' he cited oxford, harvard anu
Columbia Universities as institutions
wher. coeducation had successfully
been established.
Opposed by Mr. nunton.
MIR. Ilunton stated that he had ro-
celred long Instance telephone mes
sage from Professor Thornton. of the
University OF Virs mia, ASKING that ac-
loh by Richmonu alumni be aeIayed
until The members of the faculty could
DC heard on the question. MIR. HunIon
refused, because he deemed that immu-
diate action was Imperative. IN.
speaker sad that Tor one thing the State
! treasury was not in condition TO
hnance such proposition. 1T is a
movement" he said, ITO break down
the barriers between the sexes. wntcn
Is absolutely foreign to the genius
ana history of our people. l am taking
not of OXFORD, but OF our own peopte
Inc Giil is the entering weuSe for the
coeducation OF the sexes" 1t may feau
he said, TO decrease in the appruprta-
lions Tor the university, as there is
even now some tank OF diminish ming
them
Il have been nagginE DR.. Alderman
LOT TWO or three years." he saiu, FOR
ms reasons in supporting such a move
inent, but have never been shaKen
are We t comins on to ns f ho skcIa mna.
when women wat to vote and men
want coeducarion In fair Virginia!"
But ] am not surprised at AR Mere-
dith, for l remember that before a
meeting OF the Bar Association. when
ne htu the promise that all his friends
] hitting women To the bar. and there
was not one lota OF applause"
! No." replied MIR. Mereuith. They
were all under the table"
MI. Hunton saiu that In their i'm
Pressionlsuc ages. the young peusie
| OF botn sexes needed all the saIegua rus
"hlch nome ana society could throw
Henry Taylor also spoke in favor OF
the resolution and against the bill,
saying that the latter was an entering
WenSe for cocducation.
James Ii. Drake. Jr.. spoke in favor
of the resolution. John Stewart Bryan
stated that he had worked for many
Years in the public schools, ana that
| the majority of the teacners and the
| best We're women. and aniu that me
university was built to educate the
was opposed to some forms OF CO.
! education OF the sexes He continued.
saying that % per cent OF education
Is done by women. and that the teach
I ers must be taught the higher courses
| somewhere and by some one.
tell you frankly" he said, "that
II the alumni say the university sha n t
teach the women then, we wall lind
| ourselves neglected and alone. There
is no surer way to get the apps
priattons cut down than by preJudi-
J cially refusing TO perform service"
John 3. Minor wanted more light
| on the question, while S. Dabney Cren-
shaw said that he had made some In
| vestigation into the field of coeduca-
| ton and had not found that it caused
impropriety between the sexes. Ajax
wen wallace. a recent graduate. de-
clared himself In favor of the Mcclure
| resolution.
William Lamb moved for adjourn
ment to Monday afternoon, 80 that the
1 g a side might be be more fully heard
a. b. Guigon opposed the motion
| Tor adjournment. saying that IL was
| q grave situation: that no time should
be lost, and that the time to act was
| now.
| Il beg and pray he said. that you
| don't dodge; that you don't postpone
| the consideration, and Let the other
| Chapters be notified at once"
Vote OSerwh Ginning.
| Some one called foI n vote on the
| motion to adjourn. and Eugene c. Mas
| no
| that adjournment he had until this
! afternoon. The amendment was not
| accepted, and Mr.. Massie withdrew 1t.
| The motion was defeated almost unan-
| imously.
Finally. vote on the original resolu-
| ton as amended by Mr.. Taylor was
| cd no hall