Five of the Hitchin lady-students who entertained, or whose instructors
entertained for them, the modest ambition of proving their competency to pass the ordinary Cambridge University examinations, have been examined by the Cambridge examiners for the Little-go,' and the report of the examiners shows that four out of the five attained the standard required for a first- class, and the fifth that necessary for a second-class. Two of the five were examined in the additional subjects and approved. The classical examiners spoke very highly of the classical work of all the students. The Lady College at Hitchin entered on its second year last October, when, as also in the month of June, students wishing to enter it can be examined in London for entrance. Scholarships are offered for competition in connection with the next entrance examination in June, 1871. We conclude from what has already- been done that any girl who enters the College and masters its studies has a good chance of receiving a certificate atieast equal to a Cambridge degree,—and even, if they are not daunted by such a report, of going out as Wranglers, when they leave.
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