“ On the other hand, if the degrees are equivalents, one of the other, the petitioners can see no reason why the women of Radcliffe should not leave their college with the same diplomas that their brothers receive. The petitioners cite the practice at Columbia as to the students of Barnard College as in line with what they ask. They also refer to the practice at the University of Cambridge, England, of issuing to women degree certificates which state what honors each recipient would enjoy if a man. ”

“ A petition has been presented to the Overseers of Harvard University touching the issuance of degrees to women graduating from Radcliffe College. The petitioners, all residents of New-York City, and most of them men well known throughout the country, ask that the Radcliffe graduates shall receive the ordinary degrees of Harvard University, in place of diplomas of Radcliffe College, with the seal of Harvard University and the signature of its President affixed. ”

“ Felix Adler, Richard Watson Gilder, Charles Collins, John Jay Chapman, and the following members of the New-York Local Committee on Harvard Examinations for Women: Mrs. Merritt Trimble, Miss Ellen Collins, Mrs. ”