The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-28


front-wAlton Moore. Of Fairfax
lined up those who had spoken foi
/ the co-ordiuate college. The nrs
/ witness. he said. was Mr.. Stearnes
superintendent of public instruction
( who Is elected by the people. Thu
( second was the board of visitors
through Mr.. Craddock. and the third
/ President Alderman. of the univer
! s.ty He endorsed the words of th'
/ three speakers mentioned and urgec
+ that they be saken against those o.
! the boys, Mr.. Moore declared tina
/ talk OF destroying old traditions is ne
argument against the coordinate col
/ lege.
| Mr.. Cooke. OF Roanoke questioned
| suggestion that the coordinate colleg'
| be placed a mile distant from the uni
| yersity, and said IL was an admission
OF the feeling of lack of propriety fol
undergraduate work. which is done II
the sa me Institution. He declared hi
loved the University OF Virginia, but
that he loved the State more, and
feels that the proper thing to do II
to provide n separate woman's college
He suggested that commission be
appointed 70 investigate methods. and
to report the best way to secure such
an institution. He declared he was
confident there would be no co-ordi-
nate college at the university. IT
would be q subordinate college," ne
said.
Delegate White, against the bill, told
the committee that II will have before
II for consideration a measure TO pro-
vide better education from the common
schools through TO a separate college
for women One OF the normal schools
might he converted into a standard
hn
would 70 10 tie ordinate college
proposed in this bill would be women
OF wealthy families and would want
TO travel In Europe; they would not
want to condescend to teach the chill
dren Of the mountains and of the val
leys OF Virginia The coordinate col
lege would be step toward aristo-
cracy and AWAY from democracy; II
would be for the millionaires and the
rich. Mr. White. after DECLARING that
he was going to beat this bill wanted
to know if the State was going to
educate Its women at the University
Of Virginia TO teach schools when as
high a grade could be secured at the
separate college for women he pro-
loses r.
The speakers who followed for the
bill were brief. They were Miss Ag-
new who said there were hundreds OF
girls in the State who wanted higher
education: Mrs w, A. Burrows, presi-
dent OF the Mothers Clubs, and Misses
Scott, Taylor and Idndeman. and DR..
w. NJ Thornton, OF the university,
who urged that the General Assembly
recognize the fact that the faculty OF
the university did not want TO injure
the university but believed that the
coordinate college would be help to
the university.
DIR. BlackweII's Speech.
Or. Blackwell made telling speech.
He was loudly applauded. He empha-
sized the fact that there were prac-
the North and that the expense of
attendance upon women's colleges In
the North were very much greater
than attendance upon such colleges
in Virginia He showed that Rad
cliffe and Barnard had very few stu
dents comparatively from outside OF
the cities where they are located
while Wellesley. Smith and VassaI
we're much more largely patronized BY
the women He declared II was mis-
take to say that Virginia was neglect
ing her daughters. In the last two
years State spent 100000 for high
or education for girls and s403,0 900 foI
men, including law medicine. engi
! neering, agriculture and mllitar,
i training. He also emphasized the fac
/ that the State had expended larg'
sums OF money to establish private
colleges for women, which could b.
! patronized at much less expense thar
attendance upuon Northern schools