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CAMBRIDGE.—The vote on the admission of women to the University will be taken on Thursday, October 20. The point at issue this time is as follows:—Grace I., which is accepted by the women's colleges as a solution and is supported by them, admits women to membership of the University with full privileges except for a vote on the Senate, the governing body of the University. On the other hand, it grants to the women the right to elect two assessors to sit on the Council of the Senate without votes—a measure that may be of more immediate assistance to them than the vote which the University refused to them last December. Women become eligible for University offices, studentships, and prizes. On the other hand, their numbers are limited. An opportunity for independent development of men's and women's education is offered which may prove very valuable in the future, and their discipline is also differentiated from the men's. One very important condition attached to Grace I. is that men's and women's colleges shall be, and shall remain, distinct.
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University and Educational Intelligence. Nature 108, 229 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/108229a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/108229a0