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daughter of the poet, and Miss Fawcett who carried 

 off the honors of the Mathematical Tripos one year 

 from all competitors, and was, I believe, Senior 

 Wrangler for that year, and there were several others 

 whom I saw and knew less, but who were very pleas- 

 ing. Miss Clough and Miss Fawcett were students at 

 Newnham before they became resident teachers. 



After lunch Mrs. Sidgwick took us over the build- 

 ing and showed us not only the lecture and class 

 rooms, but also the girls' quarters. Here they have no 

 sitting or study rooms, but the chambers are ample 

 and comfortable, and are occupied singly or as double 

 rooms. In order to give them by day the air rather of 

 a parlor than of a chamber the beds are broad couches, 

 which when covered by afghans and well cushioned 

 serve as sofas during the daytime. Still I think the 

 Girton arrangement is the pleasanter, and I am not 

 sure that the sofa in the long run takes the place of a 

 bed. 



The day of our visit was a fortunate one for us, be- 

 cause the graduating class was just coming back from 

 final examinations, and the successful ones were of 

 course the centre of interest. I remember seeing Miss 

 Fawcett as she caught sight of a student who had re- 

 ceived special honors with her Tripos spring on a 

 window-seat, throw open the sash, and greet her with 

 the greatest warmth. A little later in the day we dined 

 in the girls' Hall, where instead of a single table ex- 

 tending from end to end there were a number of 

 small tables arranged for groups of eight or ten at 

 each. Of course the examinations were the topic of 



