The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-21
WOMEN AND THE UNIVERSITY.


Gators, and in face of the support o
the president and faculty of tho Uni
Fersity OF Virginia. the Ricnmon,
alumni OF the university bitterly, an,
almost passionutcly. oppose the bill /,
establish II Coordinate" woman's col
leEe at or near the university. Pre-
JUDGES are facts to be rcckoneu Will
stone, or earthquakes OF storms. Also
prejudiccs arC not necessarily wrong
The prejudice against sleeping unpro
tccted III the night air was right 10,
tho people who held that IL was a wis:
prccaution against malaria, because II
diminished the risk of being bitten by
mosquitoes, even though 1t wae Their
thought that chills and asue were
caused by dampness. So to-day the
deep and moving objection TO admit.
tins any women 10 the university mas
be an instructive protection against /.
course that the alumni feel would dc.
stroy the worry essence OF the institu-
ton they desire to see pcrpetuated.
The bill that has been offered and
already reported by The Senate com.
mittee, IL It becomes law, VIII enact
that "co-ordinate State college for
women shall be established at or near
the University or Virginia, and shall
be affiliated WITH the University OF
Virginia."
The meeting of the alumni of Rich
mond clearly and absolutely establish
ed that they at least feared such an
utilization would really mean n woman
izlng of the University of Virginia. The
opinion OF the alumni was no, based
or the question OF detail as T.. how
many women should be admitted to
graduate classes, or how many should
be. excluded. 1t cannot even he said
that the opinion OF the alumni was
coidly reasoned and intellectually un-
assailable. But as Blaise Pascal once
remarked in another connection: THE
heart has It's reasons which reason
cannot understand; because the heart
Is OF an infinitely higher ORDER
The Timcs-Dispatch has for man,
years earnestly supported education il
IAN its aspects in this State. we recog
>nizc the crying need for tho fullest
deepest and most scholarly education
OF women, since. If for no other rem.
son, 30 per cent. OF the teaching in tho
cubic schools Of this State is done b.
women Virginia will never secure an
educated citizenship from uneducated
teachers. The demand. therefore. thai
ihe women of this State be given the
best educational opportunities that car
be afforded, is not only scntimcntally
but economically md politically sound
and The Timca. Dispatch feels that tn,
alumni Of the University of Virginia
whether they be in Richmond or GU,
S'of Richmond. VIII applaud commend
ana support Il demand for higher edu.
cation of woDleN,. not as Il question al
Gn;valry, rot --a- AN indication O,
kntshuy condescnhsion 10 lone ladies
put as statcsmanlike appreciation OF
me best way to solve the problem OF
st'ieicnt education for the people o,
This State.
We may then dismiss the question ~
nisher instruction for women with IN,
remark that this paper. ana We beli.y,
she other papers and people OF lhii
state, VIII support that proposition.
The question then resolves itself in
20 the advisabi!!ty Of placing a co
efdinnie coiies% .or women at lie Uni
Nersity Of Nirainia, ana affiliated viii
IT, On this question there is thc ercu,
EST diversity of opnion. Undoubt,1Iy