aminations as the boys, but
the subjects in which both boys and girls were examined did not follow
the precise curriculum of Eton, Harrow, and Rugby; that is, the
university, in making up its list of subjects for examination, instead
of adapting itself to the long established lines of study for boys,
conformed rather to the modern opinion in regard to the best system of
education.

Out of this experiment in examining girls grew a movement to secure a
higher education for women, which soon separated into two sections, the
one subsequently embodying its views in Girton College, the other in the
"University Examinations" for women above the age of eighteen. The two
parties agreed upon these points--that intellectual development takes
place in men and women in the same manner, and that the methods that
would be best for the one are also best for the other; and that, while
the methods at present made use of for girls are wholly inadequate, the
standard methods applied in the education of boys and men are by no
means in accordance with the best educational opinion of the time. But
the friends of Girton College said, "Admitting these defects in the
masculine system, it is, nevertheless, the existing system; it has
precedent and popular sentiment in its favor; its standards are the
accepted standards for educational measurement; and the education of
women will be at a disadvantage, in inferior repute, so long as we test
it by a different standard--that is, we can never get full recognition
for the intellectual work of women until we test it by the standards
accepted for men; and it seems to us that we shall advance the education
of women most successfully by falling into the existing routine."

The other party said: "We will not waste our energy in crystallizing
into a form that is not the best, and that evidently cannot long keep
its place in the education of men; we will start upon a plan consistent
with the most enlightened educational opinion, and by our results will
secure favor for our methods, and respectability for our standards."
Girton College, now located at Cambridge, holds simultaneous
examinations with those of the university, and uses the university
examination questions. The number of its students is small, and they are
for the most part those who are looking forward to teaching as a means
of support.

By the second, and what seems to be considerably the stronger party,
four years ago lectures were instituted