The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-03
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Careful study OF the arguments nd
state College for Women has con
WINGED us that Virginia must look for
ward 10 the establishment OF such col
lego elsewhere than At tho University
OF Virginia. and that the State cannot
now afford TO oXpcnd the money nee
essary for such y school.
We are opposed TO the establishment
of the college at the University of
Virginia because we believe that such
be subordinatcd to another college or
forced 70 take its traditions In any
degree from an existing institution. It
is not Improbable that tho establish
nent OF woman's college in conjunc-
tion with the University of Virginia
would save the Commonwealth some
money. We are willing 10 concede that
1t would, though we are not con
vinced that the saving would be as
large as some have intimated. But
even were coordination to save the
state twice rs much money as by any
possibility il could. We should prefer
the additional expense for tho sake
of advantages which we roel will be
even greater.
Experience has shown. we take 1T.
that the great schools Of this country
are those which have built upon their
own foundations and have made their
own traditions Bryn Mawr is un-
doubtcdly the greatest college for worn.
Ia,
ranked Smith. Nassnr and Wellesley.
Not one OF these has risen In con
junction with any other: all have had
distinct and separate life. On the
other hand. while We would not dis
credit the standing of colleges like
Radcliffe and Barnard, we are con-
WINGED that if they do not suffer now
from their utilization with male coll
leges, their growth has been less sure
by reason OF that connection.
We are frank to admit that even
rs we believe the proposed college FOR
women would lose by any relation with
the University of Virginia, so the lat
ter, In our Judgment. would lose by the
establishment OF coordinate col
lege near it. Tho University of Vir-
ginia Is an institution unlike any
other IN the country. The people OF tho
State, who own II and can dispose Of
and regulate 1t as they please, know
that II is not similar to those schools
which are held up as models for State
universities by i certain type of edu-
cational rcformers. 1t has little In
common with Michigan or Wisconsin.
and It's greatness in it's own sphere is
due, in our Judgment, to ita Individual
ity. We want the university to be or
service to the State. we want it's stu
dents and its teachers to be public
spirited and active but we do not want
tho university TO hazard it's distinct
life by oniliation or CO ordination with
any other school. 1T matters not how ad-
mirable the latter may be-
We want then, separate college
for women, supported by the state.
building itself TO greatness through
service and accumulating with years
those traditions OF scholarship which
arc above endowment But We do not
think the time has come for this With
It's present obligations ana It's great re-
sponsiblities. Virginia cannot increase
her appropriations for the education of
women.
For Virginia now is spending tho
public revenue literally for the train
ing of her daughters. denied though
this fact may be by those who advo-
cate a coordinate college for women.
Apart from its approximations for tho
e.