Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-04
No Need for Cocducntion.

! To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
S,r' ~ reply TO Mrs. Burroughss APP
| girls and the public schooi mother
vino Is no, financially able TO send hei,
daughter to college, ! wish to present
I the following facts and figures:
!. 1t has been estimated that. with
IN, LIS. s.rr't est economy: students on
/ between $500 and $500 per year for
/ virginia students who do not pay tut
! There is what is known as a uni
/ rcrsity fee Of $40 per year
There is - contingcnt fee or $40
| from s. TO Sl5.
/ Room rent costs from $40 to SIS Der
/ month. or 500 10 sl35 per year Board
/ costs about 80 and up per month or
| S221 per year.
! Rooms on tho campus and board -,
| the Commons" would be out OF IL.
| question for girls. although n Tiny pcr
| cent cheaper. ON the campus howcvcr.
room and furnish heat and light. So
! mat the cost is about cqualized Thcr
laundry, medical attention. and various
| incidentals. These figures are based
on Il 1915 estimate.
Contrast this. nl"as-. with the cost
at womans college. and give the
three most prornincnt in tho state.
? AZ Randolph Macon College, II
( l.rnchburg. Naturalization and library.
$40: tuition. $40; board including room.
heat light: laundry and medical at
Total. $3.50 per semester or $3.50 per
year.
! In addition 10 this. war prices have
made 1t necessary TO add :, "maintc-
! nance fec" Of $40 per year. during the
/ duration of tn. war. or for tho term
iel'-lS. thus making a total of $500
.. At Sweet Eriar College. near Am
| herst courth"usc. Tuition. $50 pcr
room. heat. lights. laundry and mcdi-
cal attention; extra fec to meet war
conditions; So; Total. ~; per year.
Richmond. Tuition. 800 per year.
board. $50 per year: room. $50 TO $40
msr year: entrance fee. s25 nrst vcar
/ Total $500 TO $3"0 per year. For Rich
inond students railroad fare Is also saw
cd big item at present.
NJ present there are TO pupils IN
college, .neariv seventy Of whom are
/ day pupils. These. Of course. only pav
FOR tuition. sl"" The college can at
present accommodate ~ boarding. pu-
uilS and practically indefinite num-
be- OF day pupils The authorities on
poet 10 arrange to care for more ncX,
car. 40 applicants have been turned
away. Most Of tho girls there this
ycmr haye scholarsh!py
This wear there arc 800 students nj
Swc"i hrtar hni about COO at Ran.
doirh Macon. So far | have not had
Time 20 hear fast h.ui from the col
l"g". hut on inquiry among tho alumnac
! do not hnd Ventilation OF tho report
mat students wcrc turned away from
this institution although checl;- pav!n::
n advance had boon s"nt in There arc
somc students there who could not be
accommodated on tho campus; that IS.
they had 10 find board near the collcuc
" may h" seen. there Is more prob
ability OF increase in cNpcnses NJ 'hr
"n.ir"rsiiv than At the various wo'nan''
colleges. War prices viii noccsearil,
rorcc prices M I'm private boarding
pla"cs mare than ri largo ins'i,u-
tion. Then TOO. many OF these COLLEGE.
lttc sweet Brirr arc located on lar~c
country estates aud SO. IN large m"a-
sure. produce needed supplies
81 MI ~ the colleges = great many
from each COLLEGE ~ Ucarlv every inwn
soual district. also wherever yprc!u
in"rii or special need IS shown. In nG-
dl'ion 10 this. every wornau's coll.~e
offers opportunities FOR ambitious ,;irIs
"a work their way through wl,hou, IN
tho least iniuring their social stand
!nC or popularity.
courses AZ tho univcrsitv, student.
from virginia cn'"r on the same nnar-
i has been claimed tha, woman viii
be ahl" 10 cut expenses and make y
more chenplv than man can. but th'
cannot hc done, except At the seriou,
COS; ~ injuriug her health. permanent
-. physically. and thereby lcsscninC
mental efficiency also.
have cited these throc colleges. two
81 them Of a. rank. that Is. giving
degrees equal to any in tho country
aud ono coordinate for thos" who in
s,st on co,ordination. think these
figures definitely answer Mrs Bur
rourhs and also Mr.. I.assit"r. of Pc
t"rsburE. The latter would have done
own State before paying out 81 $50 per
year 70, n Northern institution. which
is, hv the way. noncocducational
snd lastly. a word or so about our
Richmond high school. on a hurried
estimate. VIC would say that about 100
girls arc graduated from tho John Mar
sh3l! High School annually. or about
hfty = term. OF these. possibly twelve
q '"rir intend to 20 to college. Foo
7 I. a. q .0v ooh nla
Shiu" give. but Of those graduating
in January. i'iS. "a class Of forty. there
away TO school. thcs" two going 10 IIol-
Inns. An overwhelming majority Of
M. y1ar's al last ycars GGrraduatcs
dcvotinr all their energies towards
tak'nr ur commercial work and passing
civil service examinations. in order 10
I'll the nuci-,alkcd- of war nccds'' bv
sane nd cilicicn; service now, rathc~
than by tho indefinite and hazy future
pupils. during their senior year arc
Specia tizinE on mathematics, business
English stenoGraphy. and Spanish.
Moreover those girls who do want 10
80 10 college are very we'll satisfied
with tie choice OF scholarships offered
trary. they IRE not complaining about
not being offered schoiaarship to the
! University Of Virginia. That. too. in
suite OF the fact that there has been
a, times some effort from outside To
create such sentiment or 10 force
such an attitude upon the girls.
Indeed. have yet to see one single
individual OF all those with whom 7
come in contact in various ways-So-
ciai, business or cducational-who ask
! cd this thing because she actually
wanted To use the privilege. Il is al
together forced demand. and not an
actual need.
Ii YOU wish to help tho teachers con
ccnt"ate. your normal schools. and set
tie this question of granting ccrtif-
Gates which is question heretofore
more less arbitrary
If you wish TO helm the pupils devote
Your attention TO the majority rather
than the favored few. Follow the en-
ample of Chesterfield. and put Into
every high school in all the counties a
course in agriculture for the boys. do
mcstic science and sewing for the girls.
and fylnnasi and physical trainin"
for both. In this way, YOU can touch
every home and make it happier and
better and more efficient, and your cdu-
cational system Will be p" living. vital