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about it, and from time to time reported that one and 

 another had given approval. 



Meanwhile I had laid the plan before President 

 Eliot, asking if there was any objection to carrying it 

 out. He called on me and told me there was no objec- 

 tion. In January, 1879, we began to form the com- 

 mittee of ladies, taking pains to choose such as did not 

 represent any "cause," or who would be looked upon 

 as "advanced," or in favor of coeducation. ... On 

 the sixth of February you were kind enough to agree 

 to cooperate with us, and from that time you know 

 the history of the movement. 



TO MRS. ANNIE NATHAN MEYER 



Cambridge, December 3, 1887 

 . . . Our movement here was of the simplest nature, 

 and it seemed strange that no one had made it before. 

 My object was to get the collegiate instruction for 

 women, and at the same time conciliate both those 

 who wished women to be immediately admitted to the 

 classes with the young men and those who wished 

 them never to be so admitted. 



In order to accomplish these desirable ends, with- 

 out which all former attempts had failed, I deter- 

 mined not to mention the subject of "coeducation," 

 as it was then called, or the admission of women to 

 the classes of men. This subject has no relevancy to 

 the present movement. Our sole and simple purpose 

 is to give to women the same instruction that men 

 have here — that is, instruction of the same grade, in 



