Word: countersigned
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Yesterday we published a brief summary of a petition to the Overseers from several prominent New York gentlemen asking for certain changes in the regulation that the president of Harvard University shall simply countersign the diplomas which are to be given by Radcliffe College. The spirit which leads men of such eminence, many of them not Harvard graduates, to take such an interest in this matter, is most significant and most encouraging for the cause of the higher education of women. No one will deny this. To the petition itself there will be no objection. It is pretty safe...
...Voted, That in case the president and fellows of Harvard College accept the powers conferred by the foregoing vote, the said president and fellows be requested to empower the president of Harvard University to countersign the diplomas of this corporation and to affix the seal of Harvard University to said diplomas...