ose in all his majesty and was delivered of the following:

I have been asked why no provisions have been made for female
lecturers before this association and why ladies are not appointed
on committees. I will answer: "Behold this beautiful hall! Mark
well the pilaster, its pedestal, its shaft, its rich entablature,
the crowning glory of this superb architecture, the different
parts, each in its appropriate place, contributing to the strength,
beauty and symmetry of the whole! Could I aid in bringing down this
splendid entablature from its proud elevation and trailing it in
the dust and dirt that surround the pedestal? No, never!"

To quote further from Miss Anthony's letter: "Many of the ladies
readjusted their ribbons and laces and looked at each other as much as
to say, 'Beautiful, perfectly beautiful!' But a few there were whose
faces spoke scorn and utter contempt, and whose flashing eyes said:
'Such flattery as this adds insult to injury upon those of us who,
equally qualified with men, are toiling side by side with them for
one-half the salary. And this solely because of our sex!'"

The women had no desire to pull down the building, entablature and all,
about the head of the magnificent Davies, but some of them were aroused
to the injustice with which they had so long been treated. To the
astonishment of the professor and his following, these resolutions were
presented by Mrs. Northrop, a teacher in the Rochester schools:

_Resolved_, That this association recognizes the right of female
teachers to share in all the privileges and deliberations of this
body.

_Resolved_, That female teachers do not receive an adequate and
sufficient compensation, and that, as salaries should be regulated
only according to the amount of labor performed, this association
will endeavor by judicious and efficient action to remove this
existing evil.

An attempt was made to smother them, and when Mrs. Northrop asked why
they had not been read, the president blandly replied that he regretted
they could not be reached but other order of business preceded them.
Mrs. Northrop, having found her voice, proceeded to speak strongly on
the discrimination made against women in the matter of salaries, and
was ably supported by her sister, Mrs. J.R. Vosburg. J. D. Fanning, of
New York, recording secretary, asked that the resolutions be read,
which was done. Miss Anthony the