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grow under our own special conditions and in conformity with 
the national genius. We shall doubtless make mistakes and 
succeed only after patiently groping our way. My chief hope 
lies, of course, in a strong conviction of the need of our work, 
and of its beneficent results on the national life, but in addition 
to this I may be permitted to say how much my confidence is 
strengthened by a knowledge of the auspices under which the 
work is started. 
Our pecuniary resources and our equipment are not all we 
could desire, but we must be grateful for enough to start 
upon. I am sure.that this is an enterprise which, if successful, 
will bring the sympathy and support requisite for its main- 
tenance and expansion, and it is in many ways a less anxious 
business for those in charge of the work to begin in a modest 
way than under conditions which create a restless demand for 
proofs of success. 
I can only say once more I have the fullest confidence that 
the work to which we are setting our hands is good work that 
is greatly needed, and that it is work eminently worthy of the 
brains of a university. If we succeed here, as I have not a 
doubt we shall, other universities are sure to follow our 
example, and so it is my fervent hope that we shall see before 
long a widely disseminated higher education of women which 
does not carry with it, what has always been to me the 
melancholy suggestion of women drifting away from the 
grandest of all their vocations—the making and minding of 
a home. 
Note.—The Household and Social Science Department of King’s College . 
for Women is now (1921) housed on a site of two and a half acres on 
Campden Hill in beautiful buildings including Queen Mary’s Hostel. 
About 200 students are in attendance, and the London University has 
recognized the special studies in its B.Sc. degree, 
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