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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 
