The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-17

so in the case OF Virginia, which, ii
trihc NOR. conservative. is certainiy
not hind Its sister states in refine
ment, .sclf-respect OF good sense. pub
nc opinion, the acknowledged reguia-
tor OF a civilized people, Is as high
mere as elsewhere. and Is, We believe,
10 he as safely trusted tn the Old Do
fnlnlon as In the state where coordl-
nation has been tested. Bu, how the
spirit OF an institution can he virilc.
manly, the finest In the Western
hemisphere, and at the same time a
source OF constant menace to an un-
connecting. noncomp. ting, unoffcuding
c!ic; the more so In view OF the many
family and home ties. the blood rela-
ilonships, that VIII necessarily exist
between them.
In the beginning. when tho ques-
ton OF coordination WIS tirst breach
ea, We were led by over anxious
phlsticated youth or an excess OF CON
t!suous saccharinity, eliminating per
chancc In n repetition OF the Sabine
,act : when. 10. we arc told Eek cathedra."
ny one VINO knows, who stands lin loco
parcntis' TO the Identical youth, who Is
convcrsant with he spirit OF their
temper and the temper of their spirit
81 the invuinerabi!ity Of the modern
Ninos, to whom the "vox angelica H.
WITHOUT charm. whose pericardi am
m ,.h barb nor bolt can ippinge,
whose is the intleNioie. relentless Shirt
OF hostility, and for no greater cause
IMAM The use OF tho library for home
study. OF the laboratory ia unconaict-
ing hours for certain science work
with the privilege OF listening in The
seclusion of the clo:stcr 10 some az
me same same protessorial lips. But with
aJent 1ueii nnilagohistic results SO con.
nuehtiy anticipated oy one and the
same side. may reasonably be exncctmd
another and different conclusion-the
Again, the failure OF some To distin
Euish between coordination. win -
arpn.ate buildings. half a mile or moro
noales togcthsr, with merely tile priv.
ieGe of walking through the univ.
Sly grounds. public park. and 60
caucaiion. which Is close, intimate and
absence OF all signs. the confdeut ex'
pectation OF ultimate coee,cation th,.ra
rom stranger.
The argument ndya ncod TO-
that randolph Macon having estahiisb
~ nsI woinan's college elsewhere we
Snou'u 20 hkewise. Is, like most areu
taliacious. II is because OF this verv
.nnr me asiinre IN concentrate our re-
X WEISS as as pointed out by Presiaen,
WIN this question: II IL took Thomas
ogn erson and DR.. Alderman 81 100 oo0
" nc = hundred years TO buila up n uni
more to build one for women
IN me two together, however. each
oeH.naiiy helping the other. ana n
cohtributory territory from the Gnir ~
we nave splendid possibilities hef"rn
~ Shail we take advantage Of them
~ me arguments against Ii while
sohc are ABLY presented. others arr
n9t unlike the one formally prooom@d.
ca ny DISTINGUISHED alum nus against
a presidency Of the university: SUP.
pose We get president. and good
one; now about his succcssor?r pari
p'nsh then we should not now. noliti.
cally Speaking. have Woodrow Wilson
VINO must have Il SUCCESSOR
ior coeducation In our secondary
schools the co-orGinate terrnrists
would probably have predicted murder
or mlarriaee inside month.
We cannot, however, help n feelinp
oi sympathy with those who would MOI
natrnnize co-ordinated university is
II the vagaries "de toilette" witch
orend, hut which exist independently
q. coordination? Ia 1t the feeling
somehow that the whole thing Is hmt
scheme TO pcrpetuatc the festive flsh
waltz IN veritable tango hall? Or
~ !. merely the inconEruous relatively
S. w. ARLINGTON
Secretary Petersburg Alumnus Chap