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278 THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
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At Length Another Step Onward In The Dir...
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l a adies use and in of the g entlemen University e girls cop in class ies London of lists the , " or examina but report " . the ' tion results papers willj , not for
ppear It does read a little as if the University had been doing good bstealthand now blushed to find it famebut we do not
y , ;—succeed complain and in t he t is leas alwa t , — th e ex immense periment will ain and be tried relie , f to will et
, ygg , into by ever that so of little actical a step work , ou . t of _ISTo the w that stag these _-e of examinations endless discussion have
pr gained begun , we solid have no thold fear of which their it being will * not discontinued we think be ; we difficult have
to N keep ext , and ear we which puts hope , furth that er no progress t onl" some within our ls in grasp London . "
ymay y g ano will th be getting citand * read town y for throug these h examina England tions their , but that le will many be
followedand y the experiment be tried again examp and again with success , until the standard of female education over the whole
country Nor , do is permanen we see wh tly raised in f . uture such examinations should
of necessaril the hi hes remain t imor li t ance y ted th to a g t irls of under women 18 ; f it is obviousl 25 who y
are preparin g g to p teach f , their youn live g lihood , should hav , w opportunit liich the y public of test would ing their feel confidence quiremen . ts b We y an are examina well satisfied tion in
the then future with with the step strengthened that has hope been . taken , and look forward to
pleasure In connection of quoting with from this subj forci ect bl , e we arti must cle in g ive lat ourselves e number the of
rea ¦ the d " Sco Mr tsman . Brown , " written at the in Social reply Science to the Congress rather feeble in f paper avour
of the y exclusion of women from University examinations , and degrees . We are sometimes inclined to complain that our
friends brings the do not same speak charge out boldl against y enoug our h opponents _^ but the . He Scotsman is not "
content Mohammedan till he belief logicall in the y forces inferiority them and to necessary confess an subjection almost
of women , fie says : — o "A n the otable admission instance of of women this is to seen University in the examinations method pursued and by degrees those who In
• sp ppose ite of feeling strongly , an unwise discretion appears to compel them . to speak feebly ; an exaggerated sense of the danger of giving all their creed ,
force leads gress . , them as Taking our to kee guide Mr p . back W , the . A so . arguments Brown much ' that s paper advanced the , residue read in at is public the lamentabl Social by the y Science defici opposition ent Con in
is party essentiall may be y briefl different y stated ; men thus are : — superior ' The mental , women condition decidedl of y men and and markedly women
278 The University Of Cambridge
278 THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1863, page 278, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121863/page/62/
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