The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-01
W0MAh'S COLLEGE
CAMPAIGN PLANNED
BULLETIN TO DE ISSUED SHORTLY
NY THOSE FAvoRING
TO DECIDE
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA BOARD
MEETS ON JANUARY 5TH TO
TAKE ACTION FOR OR
AGAINST.

When the board OF visitors Of the
University meets in Charlottesville on
January 9Th to take action for or
against the proposed coordinate co.,
lege for women At the university they
will have in their possession, In bull
letin form, hundreds OF letters writ.
ten by educators OF State. national
and worldwide note favortnJ Auc.a
In addition to these letters
and to the digested arguments.
made before them few weeks ago,
they will have the names of hundreds
Of individuals in the State OF Vsr-.
the coordinate college. the names or
many alumni Of the school and the
names OF q score or more organiza-
tons Of the State which have endorsed
the college, speaking for about eightf
thousand people OF both sexes and all
professions.
To issue Bulletin.
Mrs. b. b. Munford, president OF
the Cooperative Education associa-
ton OF Virginia. a leading educator
Of the State and one Of the leaae.s in
the movement for the co-ordinate cel-
lege, hopes that the board will en-
dorse the proposal and join with
them in asking the legislature to rass
the bill! which has been drawn. To
the end that all may better under
stand the plan and learn something
of the success which has been the
rcftion Of other coordinate colleges
shs and others are preparing bull
lie tin containing mass OF letters, IN
formation and names OF those favoring
the plan. The worlds best educa-
tors contribute to this bulletin. From
Oxford university and others in Eng
land and on the continent: fran
Canada and from the best known coli
leEes in the United States she has let.
tiers. Brown, Harvard, Tulane. the
United States department Of educa-
ton, the University of Virginia and
other institutions and State and ma
tional departments have written to
Mrs. Munford giving their views on
coordinate education in general.
their experiences In their own coll
feges and their ideas--not all Of them
long range ideas--as to the wisdom
OF such q college at the University
~sssss WAs Favor.
Secretary Of Agriculture Houston.
former dean at the University
Education C1axton. K c. Babcocke.
SpeElAIl&L HIHHeI 60UC8AOu IH9
United States government. who spent
some time In Virginia studying har
Institutions Of higher education: Sid
ney Ball. OF Oxford university; A. n.
Whitehead. of Trinity college, Cam
bridge, England: W. Fl. Faunce, OF
Brown university; Charles w. Eliot.
Of Harvard: Robert Sharp, OF Tulane
university: President Nicholas Muir
ray Butler. of Columbia; President
Charles w. Dabney. Of the University
OF Cincinnati: President Harry Pratt
Judson. OF the University OF Chicago:
DR.. Armistead c. Gordon, rector II
the University of Virginia, and a Ions
list Of professors and alumni are a
few Of those, said Mrs. Munford last
night, who have written. The bulle-
tins will be distributed as soon a.
printed
Mira Munford said that In the event
that the board OF visitors OF the Uni
versity of Virginia endorsed the plan
the fight would be made before the
general assembly At the coming ses-
sion. A small appropriation. cea..r-
gent upon the raising OF another small
sum by subscription will be asked Of
this general assembly. BY the end
OF two years II II hoped that the CO.
ordinate college will be In operation
and that the finances OF the State will
be in . better condition.