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the same subjects and by the same professors. The 

 instruction was to be systematic, — that is, it was to 

 be the same which leads to the first collegiate degree. 

 It was necessary for our purpose that a body of ladies 

 should be formed to give the public confidence that if 

 young women were sent to Cambridge they would be 

 cared for. In seeking for these we confined ourselves 

 to such as had no reputation as being opposed to or in 

 favor of the admission of women to Harvard College. 



Turning back to Mr. Oilman's Notes for 1879 we find 

 that the next important step was the issuing of a circu- 

 lar by the ladies of the committee with the assent of Presi- 

 dent Eliot. 



PRIVATE COLLEGIATE INSTRUCTION FOR WOMEN x 



The ladies whose names are appended below are 

 authorized to say that a number of Professors and 

 other Instructors in Harvard College have consented 

 to give private tuition to properly qualified young 

 women who desire to pursue advanced studies in 

 Cambridge. Other Professors whose occupations pre- 

 vent them from giving such tuition are willing to as- 

 sist young women by advice and by lectures. No in- 

 struction will be provided of a low^er grade than that 

 given in Harvard College. 



The expense of instruction in as many branches as 

 a student can profitably pursue at once will depend 

 upon the numbers in the several courses, but it will 

 probably not exceed four hundred dollars a year, and 

 may be as low as two hundred and fifty. It is hoped, 



