The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-20
COLLEGE PLAN
PRESENTED TO COMMITTEE

not change the appropriations for
the coming Two years. 1t VIII
take some time 10 put the plan into
effect, and to arrange the courses 50
that students would not be thrown
out in the trdnsfe" We would hope
10 maintain the hospital ut the Uni
ycrSitT OF Virginia IN any case. If th':
state appropriation - continued
several members Of tn. committee in
dicatcd that they would not favor any
curt iilmeLt of the wori. OF the Uni
versity Hospital. which seemed TO
them one OF the most valuable chart
ties tho state is conducting.
Roosevelt rage and Mrs. y. B. Mum
ford ably presented the claims OF the
proposed co ordinate college for no
men. 10 Toe located IT Charlottesville.
Don't associate this with any other
movement OF suftragettcs or anything
like that that might be made light
Of said Mr.. Page 1T is simply
problem OF whether or not the state
Is going To make provision for the
higher education OF women. They are
going OFF to Brown and Barnard and
Radcliffe. Why should hundreds of
cur women have TO 20 out of the state
TO be educated?
Scpnrnte and Distinct Institutions
We want separate and distinct
Institution. away from the University
OF Virginia but within walking or
riding distance. 10 he the woman's
college OF the University OF Virginia
We want You to give the same facili-
ties To the women OF the state that
YOU give 10 men, though not I'm as
large an amount. The normal schools
teach young women how 10 teach in
the primary and elementary grades.
ana they are doing a great work We
nave rot 30 have place where our
clever daughters can have the same
opportunities that our sons have.
Only the rch can send their daughtcrs
10 private institutions We wan, our
daughters 10 have the degree Of tho
WoInan's college OF the University Of
virginia 1t has been suggested that
GU take one or the normals and turn
IL mo "onan's university. You
can't move the university library with
out enormous duplication in cost II
ism the work OF delivering few lee
lures week that makes n professors
services valuable. il is the life long
prepare ton the professor has made
4oF that course OF lectures We arr.
not gong TO fenlinlze' the University
OF virginia We don't want any CO.
euucation We want the state to take
advantage OF great opportunity to
use inc prestige and name and stand
ana taclHtles OF the uuiVcrsitv
!or the launching OF this college for.
women" 40
Only S"5.0OO First icnr.
MIS-. Munford presented :, hiI mo
losing an appropriation of s25. 600 for
Tue trst year for land and buildinps
ana $4,000 the second year for hujid,
ihsS. NO maintenance fund would he
needed until the first buildings are
ready. ana she was certain that as soon
as the institution was q going concern
recognized by the State and with
buildings In course OF erection cndov-
inehts would follow. She suggested
mat the bill provide that the first pay
Weht would not be available until slo-
oVo mas been raised by outside friends
ana paid over to the board of directors
OF the university. For every boy vyhn
graduates from the high schools OF
Virginia. she told the committee. there
are TWO girls. Yet the State provides
no place for the girls higher training.
About 80 per cent Of the high school
teachers Of the State are women. vet
Inc State has no provision for tho
training of these teachers. The univcr-
sity is just establishing a school OF
education by the aid OF the Curry me-
mortal and Peabody funds to provide
for the training of the male high school
teachers of the State.
The idea that 4 cocducational institu-
tion was advocated was Il great mis-
conception, she said-it was To he an
entirely distinct institution. but with
the atmosphere and prestige Of the uni
Vcrsity behind its diplomas. and the
Facilities OF the university under
proper regulations at its disposal
'Co-ordiEate colleges had existed for
forty years In this country, and lon
ger ut oxford and Cambridge ana
i'll no instance had they ever devci-
oped into cocducational institutions.
while several cocducation institutions
such as Richmond College and South
Carolina University, are now going to
the coordinate woman's college plan.
Not SuHrnEisf Movement.
ut is absolutely not sufrragist
movement" said Mrs. Munford and
1T is not coeducational movement.
But by the coordinate plan we can
secure for the instruction Of ouv
women the services Of professors who
have spent years i'm preparing courses:
we can get the academic prestige of
being associated with one OF the five
first grade educational Institutions In
the entire South. Just AZ II would
be foolish for II merchant to throw
away Trademark known around the
world. 1t would be waste to attempt
to create new institution out and