The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-09

No. 8.
H the Stats piAcesa cc-ordinate-co i-
|lese for women at charlottesville,
even though Il BE first established on
the far side Of the city. the expert
encs Of other Institutions and the ire
sistibls force 81 sconomy will result
in destroyiug the university Ms . mans
Institution ana In putting It In the
same class 40 the other forty odd CO.
educational State universities. And
lit Ia generally agreed that co-education
at the University OF Virginia would
be fatal mistake.
The experiences OF Richmond Col.
iege and Northampton College wa1
pointed out in an article In this paper
published some days ago. AT that in
stitution. after one years trial at CO.
ordinate education, the authorized
have found It more economical and
convenient ana logical to return to
lco-education. in It least one class. and
how many will follow suit will be de-
termined by. the necessity for saving
| time and money. II is stated on ex-
ceilent authority that at least Sec
ond class hass deHe SO, and 1t La ru-
mored that several are again in the
happy state Of co-education.
Radcliffe College.
Former President Charles W. FL
liott, OF Harvard University. In let
ter Ia that yellow Pamphlet" OF LETT
ters circulated by the advocates or q
coordinate college, states that Rad
cliffe College = kept separate from
Harvard. "becauss its property, us
government and its discipline are All
Its own. He s1ys:
Radcliffe College 10 carried on by
corporation separate from the cor
poration which has conducted Har-
ward College since 1850. The prop
erty OF Radcliffe IL, therefore. com.
pistely separate and apart from thar
of Harvard. 1t lives on the income or
it's own funds and the fees paid py
its stud ents'
And these fees are consid erable, be-
ing 1900 per annum, according to the
report OF the Commissioner OF Educa-
ton. whereas the fees at Harvard are
set down at $3.50. which, by the way.
does not Indicate that education Tor
women is rendered cheaper by CO.
ordination.
proposed Cc-ordinate College Cannot
ne Self-Supporting.
The institution proposed for this
state Il NOT to BE thus separate and
independent, and will not be able 10
1--we on the income of Its own funds
and the fees paid by It's students the
students for whom college Tor Wo-
men in Virginia Is asked are young
women Of the State, and are to pay
no tuition fees whatever, as this
college Is 10 be an institution for q
liberal education leading to the b. A.
degree. ana why should women from
outside the state be expected to pay
enough fees to aid in any material
manner In the support OF this Col
lere,, when the men from outside the
state do not make such payments
| now? The catalogue shows that In
fal44fs there were 422 men In the
I"collere" department 1T the Uni
verxity Of Virginia, at whom 27s were
y,rginians, paying no tuition fees, and
only tS4 came from elsewhere and
had such fees to pay.
IN the graduate department there
were forty-five men. only eight o.
whom, paid tuition fees. The expenses
of these two departments, salaries and
other charges that war were sloS,-
salaries. The tuition fees paid by stu
dent. In these two departments were
ss.s01.s7 leaving $e4.10o.62 to be
! provided for, or ss1.i0s.11. II salaries
| only are considered.
+ Now let s,s add even ore-haaf gtsie
! salaries in the college and graduate
| departments as the amount wntcn
yautd be called for by the additions
II fssarv 10 tnke care Of the women
college on equal terms with the men.
and lot Us say that. the income from
| the wemen's college would be one
third of that from the men which
is liberal. We would thus have an
I increase of s45,ss2.5f. in expense, 20
be credited by s3,20o.s6 IN tuition
! fees, or a net increase In the amount
10 be made up from elsewhere OF sst *.
1 651.Ss, and the total deficit for the
college and graduate departments o.
| the university and its coordinate COT
lege would be $13s.752 So
/ Each of the nonresident students
| in these departments In i914-1s also
paid $40 university fees, whereas Nir-
| xin.ans paid only $40, but this IN
come is devoted to general expenses
| which II rs fair to aszurne include
4 salaries for business administration
/ and these fees from an the students
in the university combined were mol
sufficient. by more than $500, to take
! care of those general expenses, SO
these fees can be dtsregarded. IS
1 matter OF TACT. the burSdTb iSP"t'
shows that IN no department excep'
Law did the income from students
fees pay the expenses OF the DEPART
merit. The entire amount of income
/ from students in rents, etc, otne'
1 than tuition fees. was less than sl9,.
! 600. and but for considerable income
from endowment, scholarship, De
! quests and donations, added TO sl3s,
$40 from the State, the UNIVERSITY
would have been In bad way II
lief4-l5.
It is easy to see from the foregomi
WIN Radcliffe has a separate life from
Harvard--ofly because It can live
on the income OF its own funds ;tnt
the fees paid by It's students, Wher'
! would the University of Virginia D.
] IL IT could not call on tho State o.
I, Virginia for help? and how long would
/ 1t take the coordinate college to be
come co-educational when there wer;
| two such calls for the use OF tht
! same university at every session Of tins
/ Legislature? Ordinary business sense
would show that there need be bn'
one call, provided the classes in the
two departments Of the Institution met
al the same time, in the same halls