In our judgment the e rgument that women ought to
create their own university is irrelevant.. Such a thing could not be done ; the expense would be prohibitive, and the women are entitled to remind their opponents that Cambridge, after all, was the first of the old universities to allow women to enter for examinations and to attend university lectures. More worthy of consideration are the arguments against the women that as Cambridge is, and ought to be, primarily a university for men, it is undesirable that woman should have the power of sitting on boards to direct the course of studies. It was feared that they might do this in the interests of women whose needs are not always exactly those of men. Another reputable argument is that as Cambridge is geographically constricted, there would not be room for a great influx of women. It was pointed out that if there was such an influx the number of men would have to be limited and that Cambridge might become an institution for instruction rather than for education.
Previous page
