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resolution in 1874, formally defining the terms of admission for 

 students, and including women. Since then there has been abso- 

 lutely no question ; young men and women work together under 

 exactly the same conditions, and there is perfect harmony, ex- 

 cept, perhaps, an occasional unbusiness-like discontent on the part 

 of laboratory students, brought about by their voluntarily ex- 

 tended courtesy toward young women, and the thoughtlessness 

 of these in acceptance of this courtesy. There is only one point 

 of difference in the admission of men and women : men are not 

 asked if they are of age, and if everybody is willing to have 

 them take the university work ; girls are. 



Basle met the question first, as stated above, a little more than 

 a year ago, one young woman having applied for admission. 

 They were somewhat more conservative in this university, from 

 their long-undisturbed serenity of masculine atmosphere and 

 outlook, and this little rising of woman-ambition touched into life 

 a small cyclone of opposition. The earnest testimony, however, 

 of universities which had tried the experiment allayed the storm, 

 and the young woman bravely entered upon her work and con- 

 tinued through the year. At the close of the year the university 

 acknowledged that all was thus far satisfactory. In every uni- 

 versity, we need to remember, the terms of admission, conditions 

 of study, and all requirements, are exactly the same for men and 

 women. It is just as in our own high schools. 



For simple admission to candidacy for the degree of Doctor of 

 Medicine, the terms are the same for all, and are determined by 

 the university senate, with consent of the state Educational Coun- 

 cil. But if a student wishes to practice in Switzerland, the Gen- 

 eral Government must prescribe the terms, which it does as fol- 

 lows : The student begins with the Maturitdts examination, before 

 alluded to. This makes the following requirements : 



A. Languages. 



1. Latin. 2. Greek. 3. The mother-language.* 4. A second 

 Swiss national language. 5. The Greek may be replaced by a 

 third Swiss national language, with the same requirements men- 

 tioned in section 4. 



B. History and Geography. 



6. Ancient, mediaeval, and modern history, physical and politi- 

 cal geography. 



C. Mathematics. 



7. Algebra. 8. Geometry. Plane trigonometry, and the sim- 

 plest propositions in spherical. 



D. Sciences. 



* German. The " second " and " third " national languages mentioned in 4 and 5 are 

 French and Italian. 



