The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25
Voice of the People
woman's n.ght to Learning.

To The Editor OF The Times Dispatch.
VIII Nirgino give TO her sons bread.
10 Nc: dauShtcrS = stone?
| That the unrest uf women to-day S.
doubtless cpocIi1i and, IN fact, rcNo-
sacred. Is Shown by such symptoms as
the persistent and logically sustained
demand 81 women Tor every right ana
, privilege belongings TO citizenship. Aud,
further, this unrest and demand by
women for equality before the law has
brought INTO startling promine nco the
lofty intellectually OF women Though
iul publications arc giving to us to
day notices of what both men and
Women arc "aying in this baJtle cf
women Tor what they believe to be
thuir civic liEhtS. 70 ignore this
movement to refuse TO study what IT,
said ANA written by the leaders i'm This
the part of the ostrich that hides its
uuthinkinH head. ANA assumes his on
right or wrou@. it is moi to be 9 lti,,.
tioned that. 80 FAR. Woman has Tie best
o Ike fight
The demand cf women Tor some
University % NirHinia is 80 reasonable
that opposition seems pitiubly absurd.
Argument never disturbed facts. but
argument must rest Ton its lilo on
Facts and facts are overwhelmingly
against those who deny to the dIuEh-
tcrS 81 Virginia mcHns OF acquiring
l.uoWlcdegC equal to those granted To-
Nirgini3's sous, IT Is the proud boast
ot Virginia that nor pot school, where
her daughters are denied admission. is
the ultima thule of educational op.
portunitics. TO answer tho brain
hunger OF women praying for light at
the Lates OF the Temple of Light by
pointing 10 schools in Nirinia open to
women IS either TO smear At this lofty
craving, or to mock at ii by Offering
Il stone whore bread is asked.
Let me give some facts that are. part
Of my personal experience:
First I am u Nirginian by birth and
antee cdents Those Who chance to
II is my privilege. 70 he nm aiumnus OF
what is now Washinrton and Lee Uni
vcraity. But the traditions OF my fam
ilv arc linked so peculiarly with the
University cf Virginia, that feel free
to speak 10 this question
Ny life has touched closely life at a
teacher ct Kenyon College. ohio, !
hold for six years az the State College
Of Kentucky, now the state University.
at Lex inSton, Ky. my home: the dean
ship OF the department OF civil en-
gimeerine, There wc had absolutely
coeGuc9tion Young men and women
worked side by side III laboratories.
physical, chemical biological. geo
LOGICAL, botanical and mechanical We're
"uidcu UcuticallN by men who stand
forth to-day in tl,cir several departments
ts scholars and leaders, one OF whom
tile University of Nirg mia, and never
WAS there any reason for me TO fan
To rejoice that /. who had entered
that faculty, prciudced against CO.
cducatior, "u.. the truth. accepted IT.
AMI learned to marvel why | had ever
doubtcd the right OF wom;tn 10 knowl-
edge equal in its every dimension to
that offered ia men. And. further.
saw THAT this could he done, not only
Without harm 20 either man or woman.
but, on tho contrary, with Quickcning
81 the intellectual life OF each aud
Win q knowledge that in the republic
OF learning sex is unknown.
To-day ut the state University Of
* kentucky arc nearly LOCO students of
whom about onc-third arc young Won
entrance there would be q Grim"
the thonght OF some OF tho eininont
alumni Of The University of NirGini;
To srcnd = daN ut the state University
OF kentucky The sllcptic souls would.
unless hopclessly. bird, see great
light. rs from their eyes fall the blind
! ing scales.
Moreover, at Lexington, Ky. is Tran
SyiVDuio University, the Oldest iusti-
tuition Of learninG vest o. thc Allie
gh:tnics. Her alumni have stood with
the foremost in our nations life. and
are, TO-DAY, lenders III civic affairs
Here. is absolute coeducation ana here
the life OF the student BODY is ;s clean
rs ever Virginia could demand. or
I over heel ~ the lives Of her sons &nd
, daughters. I'-luit !ic 10 Say that at this
| sitting with Young men, aud rcciing. on
cudGl terms with them, and mT dough-
ter was student ut the state College
OF Kentucky.
'rhu proof OF tho pudding is in the
chewing Of the string"
the right TO get knowledge on an equal
fOptInC with mon in, this STATE have