rom ladies of Germany, but
these were without hesitation denied. Failing to convince his
colleagues of the injustice of their action, Dr. Truman tried to
secure more favorable results from other colleges, and applied
personally to Dr. Gorgas of the Baltimore College of Dental
Surgery. The answer was favorable, and he accompanied the
applicant and entered her in that institution. This furnished
accommodation for the few applicants. The loss in money began to
tell on the pockets, if not the consciences, of the faculty of
the Philadelphia school. They saw the stream had flown in another
direction, swelling the coffers of another institution, when,
without an effort, they could have retained the whole. They
concluded to try the experiment again, and accepted three ladies
in 1872 and 1873--Miss Annie D. Ramborger of Philadelphia,
Fraulein Veleske Wilcke and Dr. Jacoby of Germany. Their first
year was very satisfactory, but at its close it was very evident
that there was a determination on the part of the minority of the
class to spare no effort to effect their removal from the school.
A petition was forwarded to the faculty to this effect, and
although one was presented by the majority of the students in
their favor, the faculty chose to accept the former as
representing public sentiment, and it was decided not to allow
them to take another year at this college. This outrage was not
accomplished without forcible protest from the gentleman
previously named, and he appealed from this decision to the
governing power, the board of trustees.[262] To hear this appeal
a special meeting was called for March 27, 1873, at which the
communication of Professor Truman was read and ordered filed. A
similar communication, in opposition, was received, signed by
Professors T. L. Buckingham, E. Wildman, George T. Barker, James
Tyson and J. Ewing Mears. The matter was referred to a committee
consisting of Hon. Henry C. Carey, W. S. Pierce and G. R.
Morehouse, M. D. At a special meeting convened for this purpose,
March 31, 1873, this committee made their report. They say:

Three ladies entered as students of this college at the
commencement of the session, 1872-73, paid their
matriculation fees, attended the course of lectures, and
were infor