Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-25
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE


dcplorahlc. Perhaps these good ladies
90 not know that in some counties OF
NnrI ma every penny OF salary received
pE teachers in county schools Is pad
by III" state. aud not one cent Ly the
iocaiity. Where would our city schools
be. or any public schools anywhcrc If
such u lack of local rcsponsibilitv n,,
encouraged. OF the twenty four non
Taiitoad counties cited as having "A per
capita OF only $40 for the education OF
their children, sixteen have les. ib.,,,
tn. maximum local levy.
INC mnN imun local levy plus a fair
assessment Of property Will also go far
toward lcngthcninE the school tern,
ana increasing the pay of teachers
nut money alone cannot do ii. we
says IN HIS article SO freely quoted hv
the icaGnc opposed that 'but,dinr Of
public sentiment" ASK any broad
NiSi"n"d school man what is porhnI,.
the largest factor in lcnrthcnint. tLc.
s"hooi term. and he will toll YOU Tie
aLniy cduca,rd teacher and the truly
Slnl't counties ii is the selnshucSs of
parents that keeps the school closed
n ,i, IN. farming month. Of sprin:;
ana i"ii. The alert. we'll trained teach
rr ai"u"eS the school patron 10 lis
duty and Interests him into providing
i T., proper school term for his child ana
MN IN paying the salary that will Sc
cure Tor his child the services Of a
i ra,,her IsI iInS The h:sh school
mother trained ~ the univcrsity-cvcrv
Intelligent woman citizen trained q, ~.
university viii bc :, leader in building
up that public sentiment on which INC
we'll being OF the common schools in
any state depends.
Tho endorsement, OF tho coordinate
college by the state Teachers Asso-
citation again this year trcprescntint
some H.ooo tcachcrs). It's inclusion in
the ialS program OF the Legislative
committee Of twenty-five of the Wiz
rinia Educational Conference, and the
hearty :rrroNal given the movement
ny an our progressive Superintendent
"t Public instruction in recent years
show that fnr-sceInE common school
forces look on tho development Of wo-
man cduCS ton 1T our stat" univcrsitr
as :. 'itar factor in jacking uu our
"hoie system of public education.
Nor does TN" red flag Of expense so
aFd"htIy waved By the forccS opposed
10 the coordinate college excite ,hcS.
men. They know that the bulk Of com.
mon school funds so per cen, in
III '-bclong By law to the common
Srho"I aud cannot be diverted from
t,htmi-capitation tax. school tax. in
h"ritancc TAN. interest on the literary
t,,m' etc. Th"y know that thcs"
prosperity OF the Statc. and that no
higher institution for mon or women.
present or future. has any claim what
ever on thcm. they also know that
me annual running expenses Of Il CO.
nTdinat" college. even at the figure set
ny Dean rag" for 300 students at tho
cud OF ten years, would be an outlay
OF on!% cents a year per school child
I ON tn" basis Of ,gl5-lG cnrnIl,nnn,
They consider the coordinate college
ia" best "-Ccut investment possible for
the common school ch!ld-an invest
men; that VIII yield rich returns 10 all
sections OF our state.
In peace limo it was good invest-
incnt. IN war times II is an iinpcra.
lively necessary investment. SIpcriu-
,cn!"ntS arc realizing this. as evidenced
by ne f1iiow,ins expression from su-
p"rint"ndeni Leslie u. Klein OF ..iarha
and Frederick Counties and the city ~
Manchester. an :,!umnus OF the unIver-
SHY: e.! io.i thar the state should como
10 tn" aid OF its school system and
prepare It's young Women adequately
TO perform tho new duties that they
are "c;nE called on TO perform. il order
That III" very foundations Of our in
stitut!onS may not slip away from US
"hi.e our armies are winning Victories
on foreign battle fields. hay.
read carefully the arguments advanced
IN favor Of the coordinate college at
, ne u"i t:,Yi, and desire to indorse
present conditions. these argument,
AR" irrc$is, ihlr"
The LADIES' OF The league opposed ad-
ranccd three objections 20 tho co-ordi-
nate college. They are quickly an
s~crcd:
i. Generalization docs no, lead TO CO.
education The tendency is vice versa.
even la "a state institution as i'm ,he
case Of Delaware College once cocdu-
cational and now coordinate. II co.
education eyer exists at tho university.
alumni and their ass"cint"a Who have
created the DOGGY OF tho vast expense
Of the coordinate college To brighten
tho iGnoruU.--into what? cocducatiom.
tho cheap way:
. The necessary expenses 20 Virginia
! students at the university vii. not be
as great as at private colleges in Nir-
s!nia. our opponents are urtful. They
invariably compare necessary expenses
az private college with average or
more than average expenses at the uni
valued. Necessary expenses TO Nir-
g!nia men students at the university
for ial5-lG amounted TO $500 tscc uni
vcrslty record lal5-l6). Necessary en-
pcuSes at Randplph- Macon Woman's
collcr" were S202 for tho same year.
and ~ Wcsthampton s32o. Necessary
expenses for girls at tho university viii
be about the same as for boys: that is.
girl students at tho university will get
4 university education for onc-third
lcss than a college education can he
[ had At Randolph -tIacon or Wcsthamp-
/ ton.
5 Neither first cost" nor annual
cost Will fall heavily on the state
treasury. and neither arc 'indefnitc.'
|, would not only be nnpatriotic. but
/ stupidity foolish. TO put money into COL
/ lcSc buildings at this time other ar
ranScmcnts. leased quarters perhaps.
I must nc made during the period of the
I war. When normal times come again.
[ the two buildings necessarily Will cost
/ about $S0.00h apiece. This is carefully
( and comvincinEly shown in the pamph-
let. The Cost OF the Coordinate Col
/ lego" Dean Page has demonstrated
| that tho annual cost would be but $50.
/ 600 for up 10 800 students. in his "Pcr
| Capita Cost of Educating Women ~
/ tho Proposed Woman's College" II.
\ contrary 10 precedent, the coordinate
/ college should cause n falling off in
/ fees from men students from outside
/ the state there will be fees from
women students outside the state TO
! sunp!y the deficiency. The coordinate
/ college will make OF the university not
1 only the true capstonc Of Eirginia's
/ public school system. hut the true cap
/ stone Of education in tho South.
VIRGINIA :. Mex ENNEY.
] Vice Chairman Coordinate college
League.