Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-03
ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY
COORDINATE COLLEGE
Women Given Chance to Share in
Scholarly Standards of
University.
THREE TYPES ARE NOTED
Views Expressed by Dean Keller. Of
Westhampton College, That Two
Institutions Should BE Within "A
Short Distance of Each Other.

\ few wears a1o tho two types Of
educational institution with which
every one was familiar consisted Of
the coeducational COLLEGE. on the one
:. hand. and. on tho other the separate
colleges for men and women The
West has been IRE home Of coeduca
ton from the beginning. while the
East and South have leaned toward
the separate college. To-day third
typo is slowly evolving. namely tho
/. co ordinate college. which 1" many
seems TO possess the ADVANTAGES of
both the separate college and the CO.
educa ticnal college. with very few Of
-,he disadvantages OF either.
Tho State and the denomina ticnai
college most assuredly have an equal
responsibility for training men ana
women for high efficiency in their
respective service 20 society. The CO
ordinate college may thcn conserve
many OF the advantages Of both the
coeducational and separate institutions
III community where time -honored
traction iorbids The minclinr Of men
and women in the classroom on equal
terms. and where economic pressure
dos not allow separate institutions for
men and women
y
institutions, the Grst one of which may
he dismissed with word II il a
segregation Of women within a great
university 1t has no separate faculty.
the teaching STAFF is ASSIGNED by the
president, the loyalty of those en-
ployed is all for the mems college, and
the women receive what remains after
the wants Of tho men are adequately
supplied This type is 10 he avoided.
and does not train its women a. Eff
fciertly a. it, men.
MEN on SMALL SALARIES
DO THE EXTRA WORK
The second type has its instruction
from the college staff Al an equitable
rate OF payment, but il is still case
of extra work for extra pay The Ten
dency here is FOR the young men ON
small salaries to do the extra work
while the older m"n. who are fun pro-
fessors. avoid the additional lahor ara
continue their own research work At
the expense OF tho woman. Radcltfn
even has suffered to some extcr, trori
this method, although enough public
spirited professors have given their
services to save the situation.
TSe third type consists Of college
where are found two separate fGeul-
ties. each chosen primarily for service
to one or the other foundation, set
chosen 20 supplement one another in
high scholarly specialization. In this
way the women receive equal advan-
tascs with the men in specialized in
struction, while possessing all the
privileges Of separate womcn's
college
OnA Of the essential features Of the
coordinate system Is that the tw" IN
.stitution,. should not be more than ten
-.linutes' walk from each other. This
distance enables the professors to ex
change Classes freely. while. ~ the
same time. a :uhicient decree Of
privacy Is secured for the women's
campus
The COS, of the co-ordinate college
is -rtatei than that Of the cocduca-
tionai school. nut less than that Of
tic separate COLLEGE is, women The
CO. ordinate school requires a dean NJ
women woInen'S residence as a, pres
enr administered. hall> separate a'h-
letjc fields and social ,en,e~s b,!' the
teaching force is ~ more highly
specialized character than is ,nat Of
the separate college
Equal BENEFIT RECEIVED
B1 rHE rWo COLLEGES
Ey giving courses in their special.
ties TO roth colleges. two professors
of equal rank may he employed hy
which the two collercs receive equal
benefit whereas in the separate col
leee only one professor could lie en-
rioyed tor tho same cour,cs when
siven IN a single College Therefore.
il is PLAIN that the coordinate col