The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-12

| charlottesville to Farmville ought nat
urslly TO appeal 10 me. as I am ma
tive OF the adjoining county. But his
very able argument would carry more
weight with me IL his letter did not
ave the impression on my mind that
he was thinking. not so much of bene-
Ming the Farmville Normal and the
coordinate. college as Of diverting an
/ imaginary calamity from the Univer-
Isity Of Virginia
The whole spirit of the letter Is dis
tinctly strategic. Indeed. the points
/ ne makes are subtly suggestive OF the
lmaneuver OF the partridge that draws
the dogs away from it's nest by fiut
tering over the ground as II badly Grip
pied. or. 20 vary the figure. he is
like a lover who, in his trembling fear
of an injrudinE rival. endeavors to
turn that rival from his own charmer
by pra.sinE with vehement fervor the
beauty and destinations OF some other
woman.
Measuring Tnfnitesimal Space.
Professor Minor shows a remark
able ability in measuring the space
between the northwest side and the
northeast side nf a hair when he as
serts that Farmville prices are cheaper
han Charlottesv!lle's This he de-
'lares is the first advantage which
The Vomans college would enjoy
should IT be established in the former
town in these times of nigh prices
K Ia Consoling to hear that there Is at
least one urban community in Viz
ginia which can he recommended for
comparative cheapneSs in the cost Of
living But admitting shat that cost
is lower in Farmvlle than in Char
iottesviie, Is this supposed ineNpen-
siveness likely TO he maintained after
l,trg N
heen erected there? I'arnNille would
then be what Characteristic and Lex
ingtou are nova small town Occur
uicd by large body Of students.
Whom this comes to he the case, why
should there he any real difference
in the cost Of living in any of these
ihree communities? | venture 10 pre-
dict that there WIN be none whatever.
\ ike influence viii produce "A like
condition.
Hut what about the other points
which Professor Minor makes? Right
here let me ask parentheticaliy Does
not much or the opposition to granting
women all the opportunities enjoyed
hv the other sex arise from provin-
etalIsm2 Who can see anything OF
the world and not he convinced that
the day is fast approaching when wo-
men, la all free and ENLIGHTENED coun-
tries at least. will acquire every right
now enRrossed SO selfshly and so
supercil!ously by men Resistance to
THIS consnmmatiou will. in the long
run. be quite as futile as II has been
to all the reforms which have Gre
ated that benchCent gulf which lies
between our own times and the mid
die ages Our Mrs. Partingtons IN
brooches had just rs well put away
their brnoms They can no more
lsweep back the swelling tide Of wo-
mans trinmphs than the real Mrs.
Partineton could the waves of the
Atlantic
Why Make Change?
But to return to Professor Minor,
lie atTirms. as his second argument
and afflrms correctly, that the Farm
Vile Normal enjoys n very high spe-
cial reputation. and no doubt, too, a.
he asserts would welcome an cxpan-
sion OF it's usefulness Bnt why We
may ask, should we GO and obscure
this special reputation 10y grating on
that stem another and an admittedly
higher institution? The Normal
school. now so clearly individualized,
would be practically lost, and as
separate organization. forgotten in the
amaIcamatiOn. CoaiesCenCe might
mean much for the Normal School; II
could mean little for tho coordinate
college. For whence would come the
inspiration for the college? Would
nc college bc brought at Farmyillc
under the moulding and eleNating i'm
9lfence OF tAa&e sa}Atle1 those iDdcfin-
aide traditions that pprvadc the halls
90 every ancient seat Of learning The
intellectual and moral atmosphere
there might Nr excellent. az it un-
douhtedit is, but it could not give
that, peculiar stimulus that springs
from the atmosphere nf very old
-0@tijutIou Normal school and CO.
ordinate college alike would be new.
and their reaction on each other.
borcfore, would be lacking in one OF
the most vital clements that belong TO
Old and renowned foundations.
Would Not Bc Wanting in Inspiration.
How different 10 would be II the
woman's college We're Co-ordinated
with the University If Virginia Here
r,ould he two Institutions formed ON
tho same model Every aim Of the
one would hr fully participated in by
TIE other. The Identification in praC-
deal work and in intellectual aspira-
tiuu wcmId he complete. There would
not ne wanting here that inspiration
which springs from the splendid ira
diti0Us Of achievement that hover
around every long established seat OF
learning of the highest grade, Apart
from sharing IN the material resources
~ the university. the coordinate col
leee would he stimulated by a gencr-
oas rivalry and also by natural
pride in forming a part of so re-.
Huwned a foundation. The standard
Of scholarship. for women throughout
he South would he raised by this as
ISOLATION with the foremost educa-
tional institution in our own division
e the Union. Above all the effect or
this direct intellectual and moral con-
tact with a mans university would do
much to prepare women for that
competitive field in active life upon
which they are now entering in such
numbers, and where they are rightly
d ..-''-~-'reA 70 hold their own.
Professor Minor advances as his
third gainent the fact that. should
the wonIan's college he established az
Tarmvll,c. il would enjoy at the very
start the membership OF 700 which the
Normal school now possesses, Is II
not reasonable. however. to expect
that should the coordinate college
Ne placed AZ Charlottesville, 1t would
from the BEGINNING have a large at
tendance (Which would rapidly m
crease from year to Near) -hfst'
through the Influence Of the supreme
,erutatton of the university; and sec