The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-26

tees. The new Is the shrine Of mod
eeTn times, and many are Its pilgrims.
bad.
The projected coordinate college for
women at the university is an limo
walton. Let US examine IL closely and
demand its credentials and antecedents
before we take II into Virginia.
II halls from the North and West.
ana NirEinians cry that II Is good Let
US get from our heads the idea that
anything that is good for the North
and am wes, is good for Virginia. Adyo-
as arguments the successful operation
Of their cause elsewhere. They forget
POISON or anotRea 19r eaes
the coordinate plan cry out in stem
t9rian to tones: Look at Columbia! Look
have coordination" l saw n negro
in the. most comfortable seat In the
club library at the University OF Penn
at Virginia. Look Mt 'Pennr They
have coeducation OF the races" Why
not Virginia?
Virginia has long been conservative.
she has been too conservative. re-
action is imminent In the full tide of
ms popular wave many, undesirable.
watch! II the co-ordlnate university
goes through; win i be good. pro
We must not be swept OFF our feet by
the tide. Many men indorse 1t who do
not know the university as 1t Is. The
alumni should rise up In q clamor
against 1t before II is too late They
know, 1t and love it. They should not
be silent.
The co-ordlnators argue further that
the prestige of the mems university
would be shared by the women,,s. Who
believe that the prestige of the mems
university would suffer. II we make
n woman's university from the rib or
the mans. the former would be minus
b. being IN
constant menace OF the Eve thus Gre
atcd. believe the womans unlver-
ular and less efficient than If separate.
I know many women VINO would not
attend on account OF the coordinate
are not wanted.
In the preamble to the bill for CO.
ordinati ton which is to be introduced
are set forth. a child could see that
every argument is not for -ordina-
ton, but for woman's university. to
which movement | have 10 hear the
, FIRST dissenting voice. After giving a
splendid-yea. an Observation-Disclosures
ment tor q womanss university. they
present. to establish n separate uni
versity for women-thus admitting this
to be the ideal systein-hence IL is alb
solutely necessary that a coordinate
one be established If we can't get a
good thing. take n bad one say. let
us walt until we can get the ideal
years we could found a separate wo-
mans university
The co-ordinators say their system
Is democratic. What Is democratic?
Answer: what the people want. To de-
eide whether coordination be demo-
cratic or not, we would have to vote on
II. and dare the co-ordinators to sub
nit 1t to the voters. / claim the dual
system would be democratic.
The co-ordinatorS and co-ordlna-
tresses insist that jefferson would have
favored their scheme. Perhaps so.
Perhaps not wonder If they have
dug the old gentleman up and "seanced"
him out OF nm interview on the subject.
Seriously, / doubt il lie would have
favored co-ordina ton; how about you?
| Some OF the evils accruing from CO.
ordination would DO sex feuds and sex
hostilities, intersex intrigues and inter
sex loves. And the most deplorable of
all, Il lowering Of the standard of chiv-
airy and courtesy at the mems uni
vcrsity OF Virginia. Would the code OF
noblesse oblige operate to Its full meas
urc towards o-Ord'?
| Don't let's be afraid TO act for our
selves in our own way in Virginia.
hope / shall live to see q great Vir-
ginia university for women at some
suitable place in old Virginia--and
there are a plenty of such places walt
ing Then shall Virglnians and their
posterity DO Justly proud of Virginia q
dual system. 1t Will be Individual 1t
will DO virginian. IT Will be demo
| cratic. IAN ALUMNUS." #
Surry. Xa