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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 codperate 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 
