The letter which we print elsewhere from "A London Gradu-
ate" puts the main point at issue between those of the London University graduates who are in favour of granting degrees -to women, but who are not yet agreed on the time and manner of doing it, so forcibly, that we cannot but hope it may do much to remove the scruples of those who hesitate to gratify their own wishes from high constitutional scruples. And indeed, we sincerely hope that the long controversy on this head in the University, may be settled finally on Tuesday next. If the Senate made a mistake originally in proposing to adopt the Russell-Gurney Act, instead of proceeding by the method which required the concurrence of Convocation, they have cer- tainly showed- themselves willing even to turn the other cheek, rather than exasperate the misunderstanding between them and the popular body. If a soft answer really turneth away wrath,— and very often it does not,—the wrath of Convocation ought to be turned away. But whether it be so or not it would be a misfortune for the cause f women's edueation, and not a credit to the University, if the graduates reversed, on whatever ground, a decision which they have so often announced,—and reversed it, too, at the very moment when it might really take practical effect.
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