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may not be a competent degree conferring institution.” 
Mr. J. B. Warner appeared for the Society, and was sup- 
ported by Professors Norton, Byerly, Goodwin and Good- 
ale, and Mrs. Agassiz. After the presentation of the 
subject, the remonstrants withdrew their opposition, on 
condition that the clause, “provided, however, that no 
degree shall be conferred by the said Radcliffe College 
except with the approval of the President and Fellows of 
Harvard College,” be inserted into the act —a clause, 
which, as was pointed out at the time, merely gave em- 
phasis to the original intention of the Society. 
An account of the hearing was written by Mr. Gilman 
in 1904, selections from his manuscript copy of which 
are published here. 
The room appointed for the hearing was all too 
small for the number of women who wished to attend. 
The audience was mainly composed of our opponents. 
. . . The chairman of the legislation committee 
wished us to present our views, and a member of 
our corporation made a plain statement of what had 
been done and what it was intended to do— namely, 
to give to women the same instruction that men had 
so long enjoyed, and said that the charter was asked 
in order that the Annex might be permanently 
established, and be authoritatively carried on with 
the aid of the President and Fellows ‘of Harvard 
College. Mrs. Agassiz was called upon to tell of the 
past work, and of the plans for the future. Her words 
made an evident impression. Professor Goodwin, who 
had taught classes of girls from the beginning, told 
