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July 15th, 1896. tion on the subject, and that they would oppose such legislation if it were intended to apply to this University only, to the exclusion of Oxford and Cambridge -bodies on the model of whose statutes ours were framed, and which have hitherto recognised our degrees." In replying to this letter on May 3, Miss Oldham, the Hon. Secretary of the Association, pointed out that "for twenty years Cambridge, and for a somewhat shorter period Oxford, without any legislation, have made large and effective provision for the higher education of women, and admit them freely to examinations and teaching, while the Board of Trinity College exclude them entirely, and are prepared even to oppose a legislative attempt to admit them. The example of Oxford and Cambridge has been followed by every other University and College in the Queen's dominions with the sole exception of Trinity College."
