The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-12
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their ideals furnished or their dignity
diminished by proximity to their CO.
ordinate female colleges.
! am not aware whether a normal
department is proposed for the CO.
ordinate college or not But | for one
do not see why this college should not
be placed on precisely the same foot
ing as the university itself. The lat
ter is seat of learning designed pri-
marily for the general education of
young men with subordinate schools
of law. medicine. engineering and the
like. Why should not the coordinate
college become in time at least prac-
teal counterpart OF all this--an in
stitution for general and special In
struction all along the line, including
AN the professions. / am in favor of
training women for every pursuit in
life If only to make them more in
dependent OF those citizens who pro-
Tess TO think that their mere proximity
as students is a cause of disaster to
he ideals and dignity of our male
seats Of learning.
Might Prove FOrmidab bic Competitor
Professor Minor in his closing para
graphs sums up the practical that is
to say. the mechanical and financial
advantages OF establishing the CO.
ordinate college at F'armville. Does
he not, in his solicitude for the uni
Versity. overlook the possibility that
u great consolidated woman's seat of
learning at Farmville might become
a formidable rival of the university
itself in seeking large annual appro-
priations from the State? But the
promoters of the coordinate college.
IF I am rightly informed. are willing
to put aside all hope Of early assist
fvnp1 If thnV
are only granted a charter which
would leave them free TO raise by
private endowment the funds which
they would require in the beginning.
BY the time the Commonwe alth would
be able to help. these Jealous and
energetic women would quite proba bly,
have secured a very large sum for
THEN. purpose--a sum. perhaps. large
enough to insure the full counterpart
of all those material advantages which
Professor Minor asserts are now open
10 them at Farmville
When | recall what has heen done
SO unselfishly for the higher life OF
our communities since the war, by our
mothers wives and sisters, it seems
10 me that there would he something
iungrateful in not listening TO the al
most pathetic appeal which those
noble minded, spirited and earn
est hearted women are making to the
LEGISLATURE: Give us q charter for our
CO. ordinate college AZ the university.
even II you cannot give MS anything
more We viii help ourselves If the
State cannot now help US"
Contemplating all this untiring zeal
in cause designed for the public
welfare alone. I feel that, so far from
the proximity Of the coordinate cox
lege working disaster" TO the ideals
ANA dignity TO our greatest seat Of
learning, 1t would be a stimulus and
an inspiration by setting before the
young men Of the university a per-
manent object lesson of what female
intelligence, persistence. energy and
public spirit can accomplish. They
might we'll hear that splendid example
constantly in mind and initiate it with
all the ability and earnestness which
they could command
PHILIP ALEXANDER BRUCE.
Norfolk, Va, Feb. 3, 1916.