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...letter from J. G. Whittier, one of the corporation, to another member of the corporation. From present appearances no change will be made in favor of co-education. Of course there is a difference of opinion on the subject. The majority, however, are opposed to the movement. The plan of an "annex" is regarded favorably, but to admit women on equal grounds and to mingle them with the other sex indiscriminately is not regarded as desirable...
Ezra Cornell described his plan in these words : "I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study," a statement certainly broad enough to embrace the female sex. Accordingly, President White, in 1872, admitted the first young woman who presented herself with a State certificate, without discussing the metaphysical question as to whether she was a "person" and so came within the limits of the charter...
President Porter of Yale has been delivering some excellent observations on the two recent propositions which seem to promise results of the greatest importance to American university education, namely, the plan of establishing a great American school of Philosophy at Princeton and the proposed attempt to convert Columbia College into a great national university...
...precisely the former plan, it may be remarked, that includes Harvard's ideal of an American university. Towards the realization of such a plan she has already advanced a long way. In many respects her position at present is one of transition; her course but marks the change from the older to the newer methods of instruction - from college to university life...
...looked for a solution of the problem, has incurred much blame through its apparent inactivity. This inactivity has, however, been due to the impossibility of reaching any satisfactory decision as to the disposal or use of the courts. Last year the executive committee of the association drew up a plan, which they laid before the corporation, requesting to be given authority to dispose of the ground devoted to tennis in accordance with the plan proposed. The corporation accordingly voted to leave the matter of the disposal of the counts to the association. The plan proposed however, was not carried...