med, by a resolution adopted by a majority of the
faculty at the close of the session, that they would not be
permitted to attend the second course of lectures. No other
cause was assigned for the action of the faculty than that
they deemed it against the interest of the college to permit
them to do so, on account of the dissatisfaction which it
gave to certain male students, etc. * * * The goal to which
all medical and dental students look, is graduation and the
diploma, which is to be the evidence of their qualification
to practice their art. To qualify themselves for this they
bestow their time, their money and their labor. To deprive
them of this without just cause is to disappoint their
hopes, and to receive from them money and bestowal of time
and labor without the full equivalent which they had a right
to expect.

After discussing at length the legal aspects of the case, the
summing up is as follows:

We, therefore, respectfully report that in our opinion it is
the legal right of these ladies to attend, and it is the
legal duty of this college to give them, as students, a
second course of lectures on the terms of the announcement
which forms the basis of the contract with them.

This report was signed by all the committee, and read by W. S.
Pierce, one of the number, and judge of the Court of Common Pleas
of Philadelphia. It carried with it, therefore, all the force of
a judicial decision, and was so accepted by the board, and
adopted at once. This left the majority of the faculty no choice
but to accept the decision as final as far as these ladies were
concerned. This they did, and the three were invited to resume
their studies. Two, Misses Ramborger and Wilcke, accepted, Miss
Jacoby refused and went to Baltimore.

The most interesting feature of this matter, and that which
clearly demonstrated a marked advance in public opinion, was the
stir it made in the press. The daily and Sunday papers bristled
with strong leaders, the faculty being denounced in no measured
terms for their action. To such an extent was this carried, and
so overwhelming was the indignation, that it practically settled
the question for Philadelphia, although seve