Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-06

To inc Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir-May have few words in your
paper relative to the coordinate col
lege bill. so soon TO be before the House
Of Delegates ! observe that the
main opposition is based OF financial
reasons; that il, the representatives OF
the state who oppose this bin cannot
sec the way clear for the State OF Vir-
ginia 20 donate one cent TO her daugh-
tcrs for higher education.
Now, let's see: no appropriation Is
asked for. but the reply 10 this is that
one viii 10 asked for just as soon as
n charter is obtained from the State
and site agreed upon jthc university
board would Influence the location. II
not determine il. granted the college
was co-ordinatcD. The patrons Of the
coordinate college bill conccde to the
opponents this: they pledge themselves
not 10 ask one cent for the coordinate
college until they have obtained for
this school $3.50. 900 How can one now
explain the reluctance OF certain rep
rcscrtatives TO 'Hmbarrass tho state
iiuauciallv.' unless they fear that the
women arc such phenomenal workers
that before they can get Virginia men
up TO the paying point, women will he
there" with IN. $4,000 in hard en- sh :
If this be so. where will this cash come
from? In the state Il large part OF IL
IL taxable and not a penny OF the
taXcs AT present going toward. TN"
higher education OF the Nirs mis-,
women. where these women wish il
10 20 Ii out OF the state. then there
must be most excellent reasons for the
States founding a college so nobly en-
dowcd By outsiders interested i'll Nir-
rinia women. Who will dcny that in
,crest represented by 100000 is not
just sentiment
have ia some instances claimed that
the collcr. would blonG to Il few. The
University of Virginia at present,
though presumably Il State school and
the one state university. exists for far
fewer OF the youth OF the state than
IL would ii il had attached to IL the
college for women. don't think that
so per cent would he too low q figure
TO represent This present capacity for
its service. 10 the states youth. ] judge
from the high school records. which
show thai less than 20 per cent "f
its graduates each year are boys, and
a much smaller figure than this repre-
s.'uts the honorS carried off by boys.
What does the state do for these girls :
Their brothers have several State
Scholarships offered to them. Will the
co-ordinar. college belong TO a few" =
There was far more reason in opposing
the original charter to the university
because it could only belong 10 few
AT The time ii was founded. Yet 1t
stands to-day Il monument 90 those
vino could look ahead and h;>1c their
faith IN their own flesh and blood. The
women ~ Virginia ask for faith in
them: they ask for charter for n
college at the official university of the
state. ana not for money; they ask
AN acknowledgment by the state of
their need and their rights and the
right 10 work for the endowment fund.
y recent newspaper article speaks
OF this movement as backed by "a few
mnucyrd women" Mrs. Burrows, presi-
dent of the Federation OF Mothers
Clubs Of Hichmond very promptly an
swcred this, and showed that the move
mcnt really started with the mothers.
the woinen's clubs and few school
teachers II was turned over TO those
who, III addition TO having the welfare
-, the women AT heart. had also the
leisure Ia do the work and the UNI
sciiiShncS$ to give time and means 10
il without remuneration Work inn.
women contribute To this work OF the
means which they have; Tor example, a
stenosraph"r giving time and work
when off And for what and why: =
because they believe in the future Of
this college for the women OF the State.
and because they are willing to- work