The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-24
GRAVES VIOLENTLY
OPPOSES MEASURE
Law Professor at University Writes Letter
Against Establishment cf W oman's COLLEGE,
at Leading Virginia Institution.
Presents his Views

o. the Confederacy. ! think this nron.
ositioh should antuEonizc the eco ordi-
n"'e collcgo' plan. OF course, ut pres
| ent the State has not tho money for
ei.ncr. but DR.. Alderman has caicu-
inted that the location here win oolv
anVo 70 cents in the dollar, and rho
| etato would better wait untIl fl can
, an tho difference for sepnrate
school. which would help the women
without harming the university
fitth. That tho coordinate colIcge
"'uia harm the university 1 think eau
oe demonstrated. This university was
os'" pushed az mems school and tho
situation Is very different from thu
"herc. as at tho University Of Texas.
/ schooi Id cocducationnf from the
start. DR.. Alderman has recognized in
th's respect tho genius loci' and the
! hioues OF thought" here. | believe that
siris IN evidence everywhere would al
""sh DC resented by our students
Alumni Oppose Agitation.
Again. l believe the prent nato,i.v
OK our alumni are opposed to the pres
cht agitation, whether called coeduca-
/ uon or coordination. This chang.
VIII chill their ardor, and no insti,u-
non can afford to alicnatc tho alumni.
hesiae6. 1t will never be possible. even
| 'hpush substantial difference does
| exist TO persuade tho general public,
with 4 catalogue containing the name !
| or Mac" "Mayme." Kitty" etc, that
INC institution lis not coeducational in
the ordinary sense with which they
are familiar. This will do US harm Mr.
| ~ is certain now that thcr. Is rcuc.
tion against coeducatioH and demand
| LOT school Of high university grade
! Tor mon only. About half of our stu
| dents arc from other States. many of
J them from tho West Who can :elI
| how many of them are attracted by tho
very iact that there Is ono place whera
| they need not mingle with women as
| coeoSE More seriously, perhaps. the
| university Will suffer from tho appro-
priation by tho women OF n teaching
| forco. part of them at least, for part
Of their limo What Ia thus taken for
tho women Will be taken from tho men,
| who have not been supposed TO receive
! TOO much instruction. Nor have the
| professors been supposed 10 have idle
| time on their hands TO bestow for com
pensbtion on other schools coordinate
or otherwise Ono can readily see the
| lure of this extra pay. with low salaries
ana the high cost OF living. No man
| can serve two masters, nor one master
ana mistress. where the latter has a
separate establishment and tho master
| needs all tho servants time, and yet
| -------eays confidently that our pro-
| lessons can tcHch tho women also, and
| ought to do so, because such high grade
teachers cannot bc found elsewhere!
Again, coordination means res an
gusta don't for the university. WRIving
tho question Of the States appropriation,
| aow about private endowment? Here.
again, ---- says our visitors must
etAir themselves and beg the money.
so The next million DR.. y. gets will he
Tor tho co-ordinatos. The uniyersity
needs all the money It can got WIZ
at
Toman's college and Its visitors do
their own begging?
seventh. And now. in conclusion, just
a word as to tho university belatcdly
falling into line and doing what has
Already been done almost everywhere
else
% II this argument has force (aud
II suggests an. inquiry whorhe. the
dniTersity's success and prestige were
because OF her unique features or ID
I'm spite of them). II demands coedu-
cation in the full sense, for that Is
what has been done for women gen.
orally where their claims" have been
recognized.
Schools Highly Endowed.
90 But 1t is said that co-ordinated
colleges exis; and arc successful at
othor places--Tulanc (Sophle New
comb. Harvard CRadclife), Columbia
'Earnard). To this there arc two an
! swers: ta) Those schools are all mighty
endowed by private munincence and
connected with private corporations.
and arc not dependent on state apnro'
priations; (b) they arc connected With
| Institutions In large cities whore the
| comparatively small number of women
cNerts little influence on the character
! OF the Institution. Here in our "aca
! demic village" all this would he an
Trent. and the presence OF the women
everywhere tsave with tho men in the
same lecture room in UNDERGRADUATE
coufses) could not but profoundly In
! huencc che university nfe That no
would become epicene, to the injury. in
| my Judgment, of both sexes. No State
mas ever established TWO uniyarsi,ia.
| side by side. one for mon ana tho otber
Tor women, supported by State apnro.
pfldtions' Coeducation Is more eco
nomical. and II we arc to 20 ne f,r g
| the Early Rison bill provides 7 thinII
We would better 20 the whole lcnrtj,
and frankly coeducate. Tho bovx ana
slrls arc together on the lawn. under
, the arcadcs. with the same ieaf.b..,.
IN many classes. and In others thev can
elbow and jostle one another as thov
move 10 lecture rooms on opposite
| sides of hall at the same hour or sc
the men come out OF n lec,ura ro,,,,
| Inc girls can go In. and vice versa
with SO much coeducation. who
| aoubt that there Will soon be more"
AS the financial side presses. the uni
seiaty wlil be expected more and
moro 10 take over the annox and n
| chan3e in tho law can provide a,
tline FOR fuller coeducation. lie must
DC Il rash man who. not believing in
! coeducntion, IS yet willing to tak.
such risks Perhaps the women hone
Tor IL as contamination devoutlv 10
| - says that th,,
| i'auehters OF the Confcdcracy are he
| hind the movement. ana that ,ne,. ~
| jcct the separate school. ana ave-
titled to say how they shall be hon.
| ored thought tho Confederate Me
! mortal was to honor their Erandmotb.
ers' tho women Of the war. And T
thought all OF us. mon, women and
chaidren. wished to honor them, and
90 not know how tho ITndfeh rn...