Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-01
Danville. Va. Feb. 20. 1918. "
opposcd to Coeducntion.

To the Editor of Tho Timcs-Dispatch;
Sir,-Please grant me space in your
article WHICH appeared last Monday
urging coeducation at the University
OF Virginia and speaking OF certain
n, s9,n,,. ;T tions from five Richmond
cc-ordinate College has 4 large NOM
bership of women in every section and
every county in the State. Independ-
ent OF the alumni or other men who are
IN sympathy with their position on the
subject. This membership is steadily
growing' ard that without urging per-
ing the state. II represents the crys.
Utilization OF the majority OF public
opinion. definitely organized in 1917
TO core with the effort OF u small and
noisy minority that has been more
Tociferous thar convincing. Miss Nc
M,tenhey apparently infers. 2y !nnucndo
oeen from these five la6ies. when az
matter of fact. there has been wide.
spread opposition from PERSONS outside
me association and most OF the arti
cIeS referred To have been spontunnon.
expressions OF public opinion by per
SonS not members of this association.
,hcap puhninS on the Seventh Year
true. and In Keeping with ,hc stale.
incnt which follows that thea. ladies
cohiine their efforts aiorg e,IicaiIon,i
ines 10 appearing b!cnnially before The
legislature; May | inquire II Miss
;H HEh ehney is go intimately acquainted
N IN T.
lcd 20 state precisely how their lin,
IS spent Ii seems not. ono of ,hcso
1an,es mas spent ten years In doing
educational work In this State esInhs
fishing school-imp-ovemcnt Ieapuo. T.,
every community. bringing parent; inc
closer touch with school life ard proh.
tiona'I cona i ssGfneFahy lettering educa-
most OF her life In 4 co!!egs | r,,,,e
,nunitx, closely allied ana Intimately
tcrcst aud condition StiI, Other. .ra
teachcrs OF number OF years cxnerI
tho cr. VINO understand tho Situation
and GdI' nst frd iron iirat.hand knowledge
similar evan pies. nd inhnitum. Of wo,no
80, IN thiH ciation--co'lcge women.
are w e, she.- ,"r have been and still
along educational lines, quietly a nd NV
ccasirRly without tho blare OF trrmn-
s go amu INC lash Of cynbals which
"nucation. attempts to remain IN ,b.
limalisht al inc
s,0Miss arc glad to- be told that tho
sponsibiiity in the matter OF common
i iSn ola equation a, n that is true, then
ment 1 Of st an IT,, and threadbare argu-
The shocking illiteracy' rankin, LOT o,
TO '' r. ,oci Is s%ept away. Also pressed
mako tbe sel ev eon Mf these premises
urinary education Unnecessary.
,s IL IS probably for this reason: that
ttnat Char!ottesville and Albemarie
h nays offered Con paper as heretoforsS
Iqo,oo9, an attempt TO buy over the
Legislature which It is TO be honeS
f to tx Tir 1i, gssTntleman Will resent
or parents that keeps the school closed
curing the farming months of sprinc
ana tali;, 1t is n bit difficult to see
h hWW sui further increasing the tax
ppurdens or the farmer in order to pay
for favored few viii helm hi him Is
so!yc the labor probiem-a problem
which tho war has made more commit
Gatcu than heretofore. Or will this
university. trained teacher who Is to
DO evolved some four years after this
coeducational college is established be
such q marvel that she can work the
land on all surrounding farms out or
SScnooi hours SO that the children may
nave leisure TO come to school TO her
woman citizen trained at the univer-
sity' is an Utopian dream of tho widest
sort. Tho average woman could not
afford a university course. either in
expenditure Of time or energy. ignor-
Ing Ing the m1pney side Of the question:
finest education which hts a person TO
| successfully occupy her particular
sphere in life. The vast majority OF
women must either enter domestic life
in the business world. 4 college course course
| PREPARES for neither. 1t Is Of value
chiefly TO women OF the so-called
leisure class" only--and they arc
amply able TO pay for It, For the few
WHO are not able to do so. but who are
shins arc always available at any wo-
A RICHMOND WOMAN.
Richmond Va. February q. 1918.