Last Saturday the Senate of Cambridge University rejected the proposal
known as Scheme " B " for the conversion of Girton and Newnham Colleges into a separate University. Under this scheme the new Women's University would be allied with and assisted by the men's University. The pro- posal was almost dead before it was voted on, as Girton and Newnham had let it be known that in any case theywould decline the offer. Only about 200 members of the Senate voted. The figures were placet 50, non-placet 146, majority against 96. There is a movement for a new scheme which would be a com- promise between reports " A " and " B." The idea is that the University should grant women's degrees, but that these degrees should not confer membership of the Senate. Moreover, the Senate would reserve the power to limit the number of women to be taught by the University as it is thought that congestion is one of the chief dangers.
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