The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-04
COMMITTEES HEAR
ELOQUENT DEBATE
Pretty Fight by Adherents of
Both Sides of Coordinate
College Question.
Eppa Hunton for Opponents
and Mrs. B. B. Munford for
the College Heard in Con-
test-Others Argue.

Before a joint meeting of the COM
mittees on schools and colleges of
the senate and house of delegates last
night in the chamber OF the senate,
the great question of coordinate
college at the University of Virginia
was argued by the alumni of the uni
versty and those trying to place the
woman's college at Charlottesville
The fight lasted until nearly mid
night. with Mrs. B. r. Mumford lead
ing for the advocates and Eppa Hun
ton for the opponents.
The discussion was opened by Judge
Charles Graves, a professor at the
university. representing the opponents.
Judge Graves took decided stand
against placing the woman's college
In Charlottesville, declaring that it
would hurt the university more than
anything that could be done to IT.
would harm the university by what
the speaker termed as TRANSMISSION OF
blood
He said the legislature should take
care OF It's women, but should do just
as much for the man. He told Of the
drain the coordinate college would
be on the overtaxed faculty of the
university, declaring that 1t would
old institution
Calls 1t Parasite.
Judge Graves outlined the work at
the university. showing the deficiency
now existing. and said that the CO.
ordinate college would only be a para
site on the funds of the university.
He said further that although 1t was
not leap year, the women had pro-
posed this alliance. but this bride
would come without a dowry. His
remarks we're received with roars of
q nnlanSa from the xrd baf vaOkeS
both the floor and the gallery.
H. n, Downing. also an opponent
OF the college. followed with a few
remarks Speaking through his love
for his alma mater. he begged that
the coordinate college be placed
somewhere other than Charlottesville.
He said that there would be too much
love and the girls wouldn't let the
university boys remain free. This
nearly two hundred ladies present
Take Care OF the Children.
Mrs A. p. Montague. of Ilynchburg
one OF the States foremost educators.
closed the first period for the oppo-
nents. opposing the coordinate COL
lege because it wpuld hurt the chill
dren's schools. She said that it would
be absurd 10 put the woman's col
lege forward as a capstone to the pri-
mary school when the primary schools
were in such deplorable condition.
She told of her experience as a
teacher. and told of what was needed
for the Juvenile citizens, pleading
their maintenance rather than start
ing something new which would drain
the treasury.
r. f. Blackwell. of Randolph Ma
con college. made a short talk against
the college. stating that there were
only 500 women in the State taking
an A. B. education. and OF this num-
Der $50 were at the Randolph Macon
college. He said the other few were
going ott of the State to get their
education and for these few the ad-
vocates wanted to duplicate the uni
versity DR.. Blackwell agreed with
Mrs. Montague. saying:
Let the outside colleges take care
of the few women and let us take care
OF the children and put that money
where it should be put He also said
the coordinate college would be the
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