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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), Radcliffe College. (search)
ociations, seems to me an important factor in a liberal education, as well as the home and social life which the students enjoy there, a life which is impossible in connection with a dormitory system. Thus the teachers appreciated the students, and the students appreciated highly the advantages that were offered then. In this, the first stage of the work, the seven ladies and their secretary cared for the business affairs of the enterprise, while a body of the professors which had Professor Greenough as chairman looked after the courses of study, and recommended the candidates for the certificates. Degrees were not given to those who had accomplished the work for which degrees were awarded in Harvard College, but certificates, which stated the facts. It may be said by way of anticipation, that these certificates have been exchanged for diplomas since Radcliffe College was created by the legislature. The secretary was the only officer on the ground at that time. He carried out