Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-24

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Mf. McfHir, must ACKNOWLEDGED Of
course. thn' tie public 1f Virginia has
Hs hiN'" r.'ft :" revise 'Ic Judgment
"i 'he tncn IS st"dcuts n"d alumni of
nc HnIN"rsity ass tue general American
p'hhc has u revise The opinions 81
'"' general stan. officers ana enlisted
'"'" OF IN" army "Id navy Ola tn.
i"IN""" 81 TN" functions 90 ihr service
"' not suggest tina, as merely au
interesting ""aI"@. rhi k IT is "a
S""tY ''Sui"''tt.
Nj, Mcclure. however. with al that
opinion among TIA, alumni OF which h.
is good repre- cu't,tve. uucouSciouslv
assumes that tho ,lUmui of tn. uni
ycrSitv is. o. should DO ihn ovucr Of
the university. n viii BIZ" noticed that
b" constantly comD.,r,.s tho lir,ivnrsit,
with Harvard NaI" ANA rriuccion-iIl
private, OF practically. private. corpora
lions. | DO no, say Mir Mc,;uir.
actually thi ks the university q private
institution. aud o. ,ot,rs. his ,,s, of ,
comparison with the three great East
'rn colleges waS merely Legitimate
argument. hut I do G. i attention 10 one
significant statement ne makes After
Swing that Mn taru"rie's contribution
'"'ov.""D /" the universities cndow-
W"nt was given only because OF the
existence or an INCORPORATED alumni ass
ISOLATION t" Whose ear" II would bc
tHmmi'ted VI M.GGire adds. The
endowment fund is held BY % board of
hi"innl trustees, ne by tn, State Of
IGlh'a not by tho board Of visitors "
rs MI Mcclure truly says. ting y,luo
of alumni surco,t is hard to estimate
"Speciaily when 10 speaks thus snftly.
and wi"ldS a 100000 bi. stick of car
n"3ie money in I'm .at"u,ug attitude
Over thoSc lovers OF the unN"rSiiy and
Virginia VII" believe that tho uuivcr-
S'iy should b eft tho women us we'll
"S '"' men "' tho state
I'm not irwin. 10 be p.rsou:.llv dis
agreeable. ! have not mo -ii,rht.., .t,I
mostly toward Arr N.,;,i,.
keep quoting him ONLY b..a,,g, v.,rt
10 10" specific In coinbaifrr tl.r ,tii
iudc toward the University vhtc, No
=" well represents do no, suppose
he IS even aware that he is us.n,, :,
threat when ii" reminds Tho public
mat the opinion he stands for is backed
hr i3oG,"o" Of cold argument niunt
IRIS TO Interpret his views. hut ay
would be very likely TO bc uuHisf 10
him viii merely po.nt ruf au,f,,
mat MIR. McGuir" writes as il the UNI
v"rsity Of Virginia were a priyat. rouu-
"at!ou owned by such q corporation Of
alumui as control Harvard ;,,d yaIo
! Viii merely ADJ that ,ybor .r,.,,,i
the university j., l>sc il vy,s m -
t"u-rcpcai.h wish on mo mar, a., 800,
professors. students and aIi,,,r r.j,i,
nrtyors!,u rn,,iI go, ,nS, ,i'' . In,
ahacllcs az S,o,o co,,ro, @
tne p~opor:y Of tho alnr,,i vc ,,a
an r.s.i,. 49, N'i'
,i.,l rn,,r,1 ,.''i ''',,' "i POL
..,c,o,,s ,,.o,',t', "l''"'' any
''''"'!"h L" our needs 50
~, ,'. an" "" were certainly not
~, .l NOR" 'nan Mr. Mcclure
g,fx,,.. n"" No on" great
"'"" 'h"n which me is
I'N'"t S''!!. was I" forgot THAT wc
"'ie maj" Tor tho state. rather than
'h' Hihj" For rs VI that time. hy the
way. - p"il Of the students would cor
"inly hav" shown So per cent nuno.od
:" higher education for women i'm Viz
riuia whether given bv ON. ir.,i.,,i,,
or another. let alone cocducotio, ivh,,
the sturdily virilc students az ,h.
stood for was tho "hloor, M, ,h., ,,,,,, :.
Tho '.clin-iu. yi,.. ~ ,.' a.
uustatuod by iro tcGlo,,a.,.
.dgc as r.vc i'm t,, 80 "''" i
ON. moro ,,a, -,
"a. o,a N'. Mc''ulr" thinks