The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-07

.TeSidenti A Burnett Rhetc, Harrison
Randolph, w. Gordon McCabe. Jr.,
Nath. 3, Barnwell, John Marshall, ].
y. NathaEs, Edward f. MemminRer.
Ed~ard W. Hughes, Edwards f. Par
ker, Augustine T. Smith, " 8. Sloan,
Edmund L. Rhstt. W. C. Miller, Har-
dy r Buist.
From Savannah, Ga. the following
send in a protest: ". w. Douglas,
president; J. Randolph Anderson, vice
president; J. NJ. Rogers. Abraham
Minis, John NJ, Guerard, Emmett VIII
son. DR.. W. II Elliott. DR.. J. A. Crow
Their, Rt Rev. F. f, Reese.
The Central Kentucky chapter il
against coeducation.
From the Staunton, Va, chapter
comes 3 protest against the four bills
which have been pending, including
the ode-Shackelford bin. on the
ground that their objects are:
TO provide immediately or uftI-
mately for coeduc alton for men and
women at the University Of Virginia -
ana because the believe thst the in
PRODUCTION Of coeducation would re
suit In great injury to the institution.
II Is signed by the following we'll
known gentlemen; II. Mex Smith. J
". H, Pilson. Peyton Cochran, Carter
Braxton, J. Nd. Perry. F4tzhuxh Elder,
Richard s. Ker. H. D. Murray. II f
Scheele, Arnistead C Gordon, A. Stu
art Robertson, n. H. Kerr, j. Fl Nav,
Alex. F. Robertson, DIR. R. P. Bell, DR.
Frank Nj. Hanger. DR.. J. B. Catletr,
l.. " II. Peyton, George NJ Harrison
W, II. L.nes.
The claim made, that the provisions
Of the Strode-Shackelford bin only
offer 70 women what is in effect post
graduate work and facilities similar
to those granted by every other safe
university and every other first lass
university, except one. cannot be main
tanned. Do it's advocates seriously
contend that all such universities have
opened their medical courses to wo-
mon? A recent catalog of Western Re-
serve university with 4 coordinate
college for women contains these
words:
only men are admitted to the
school OF medicine"
| A Yale catalogue shows that the
same Ia true there. although women
are In the graduate school And with
out going further, suffice 1t to say that
recent registration lists Of number
of other Eastern universities of the
class under discussion show no women
at all in the professional schools. We
! hand whether they are excluded o.
do not attend because they have not
found the equal advantages" attrac-
/ tive, Moreover, the University o.
Virginia can have bat thirty-six stu
dents IN its first year medical course
The fleet of such a bin when the
men come back from the war and
/ tire classes fill again can be readily
foreseen.
J One argument advanced is that the
women to be admitted are to he col
j lege graduates ard are to do advanced
work only If 1t was intended that
the universit should be opened only
I to those seeking NJ. A. or Phi u de-
grees and the postgraduate work In
the school OF education. why was the
minimum age set at. eighteen? How
many students have fulfilled the re-
Quirements FOR the NJ A. and Phi. D
degree at eighteen years OF age. and
how many will do so2
And finally. the endorsements Of thin
bill which are being distributed
through the legislature and spread
elsewhere do not refer to it in it's true
light as the first step IN a campaign
which would result in a cosducation
systematically pursued for years and
now taking on its real complexion
They treat 1t as separate and distinct
proposition. which it is not. This
must be borne in mind when the vote
/ IL taken. Pass this bill and the frs,
step toward coeducation has been
TAX n.
EPPA HUNTON, Jr.,
HENRY TAYLOR, Jr.,
MURRAY Nd. MCGUIRE,
Committee from Richmond
Alumni.