The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-14
COORDINATE COLLEGE
BILL MAKES PROGRESS
Favorable Report Given by Senate
Committee, With Three Mem
bcrs In Opposition.
LONGER SESSION PROPOSED
Senator Trinkle Offers Measure to
Submit to People in November
Election the Question OF Calling
Constitutional Convention.

The Early coordinate college bill
was approved by the senate commit
tee on public institutions and 'educa-
ton yesterday by a narrow margin
The hearing lasted for more than an
hour, and for the first time in the
history Of the state not a person ap-
reared to oppose or advocate the
bfoposition, other than members of
the committee.
ITO extend the usefulness OF the
University OF Virginia and to give
credit TO women for work done in
The summer school leading TO de-
rreess' IL the general title to the meas
ure. Opponents OF the bill--Senator
Addison, Senator Conrad and Senator
Hobeytson---did their best to delay the
hearing in order 20 give officers ana
visitors of the university g. chance TO
appear and discuss the measure. SEN
ator STROBE, who wanted to see the
bin reported. agreed TO postpone con-
alteration 20 Thursday morning, but
that was defeated. That vote showed
the relative strength of the commit
tee on the proposition. Senator Con
rad wanted to have It go over to Mon
day next, and that motion went down
to defeat. Esnasor Addison argued
against the bin.
Reference was made to the change
of sentiment ON the part OF the board
Of visitors on the subject OF opening
the college 10 women. and then one
msuYeer declared that some reports
were TO the effect that the members
OF the board OF visitors to such in
stitutions often reflected the sentiment
Of the appointing power" leaving the
inference that the changes made were
for the purpose OF affecting the posi-
ton of the board on the suhject-it
having declared two years ago for
allowing women 10 enter the college.
This time the hoard is opposed 10
the consideration Of the matter at this
time"
The position of every member OF
the com mfttee is known and no ar
xument VIII change them. said Sen
ator Early. let VA report the bill
out and 10 the firing line, where we
can fight IN the open" The bill was
reported favorahly by a vote Of six
TO Ave
The pharmacy bill furnished the
subject for debate in the senate, the
measure being on its eHgrossment
The bill required in addition to other
things. that the applicant for license
10 practice IN Virginia shall he a
graduate Of a recognized school OF
pharmacy and stand the examination
before the state hoard In addition
20 that. the provision was that he or
she should also serve an apprentice
ship az two years with some registered
pharmacy in this state Senator
Mathews offered an amendment which
cut off the apprenticeship provision
and then the bin was attacked by
Senator West He and others were
opposed 90 placing tho technical
schools Of the state under the diree-
zion and control ~ n foreign board.
composed of pharmacy college facul-
tics He believed that when the stu
dents raduated tn Virginia and could
stand the board uinatior that they
were competent and ready 70 prac-
ice their profession.
Senator West said that one ~ the
best known druggists In the state a
member OF the pharmacy hoard. said
that the association lis considerably
divided on the merits of the hill,
During the discussion of the bill
some one said that mistakes Of the
medicine men were buried under the
ground. Senator Gravait, a retired
navy surgeon, said that there was just
The difference between lawyers and
doctors: Tho doctors and rharma-
FtEfsN HilrV thRtT NifEiaHF% SIX ifFt W.
der the ground. while the mistakes o.
the lawyers are hanged ak feet above
he ground" The bill was engrossed,
The STROBE bill providing for sub
hitting 70 the people the matter OF
calling a constitutional convention "a
revise and frame a constitution came
up and was ordered TO it's engrossment
and third reading. Senator Strobe
said that the constitution adopted af-
teen years ago was already growing
obsolete in many respects; that con
ditions had materially changed; that
the state is going forward at such a
rate that in the course OF few years
1t would no4 suit. This was evidenced
by the many attempts 70 amend that
Instrument. the bills 10 this end be-
ing numerous this year. II the house
shall concur I'm the action OF the sen
ate the matter may he submitted to
the voters al the regular election in
November. The next legislature would
have to make provision for the basis
81 representation. The date for the
election and the time for assembling
Would Iengthcn Session.
Practically every session or the leg
islsture has seen resolution to amend
the constitution 10 allow for an ex,
tension of the session OF the general
assembly to ninety days. This has
already been introduced IN the house
and on wednesday Senator Trinkle
=" OF wythe. offered the same PROPOSE
ton in the senate IT is TO amend
the constitution, striking out the words
sixty" when the sessions OF the legis-
lature are mentioned and substituting
the word ninety This means thai
the state will have TO pay at least
100000 additional TO the mem hers
and officers for the extra time pro-
posed The matter Will he submitted
to the voters Of the state, and as they
have already voted once on the sub
ject and defeated it by n large ma
ioritv. there is little reason to believe
that they are ready for the return
to the ninety-day session and the at.
tapdant expenRR