Waterville. Me. Aug. 25. 1890.<\/p>\n
To the Alumnae of Colby University:<\/p>\n
Dear \u201cGirls,\u201d
\nSo far as we can ascertain,
\nthe alumnae heartily disapprove of the new
\nmeasure at Colby, by which the young women
\nare placed in a department by themselves and
\nare thereby deprived of privileges which we,
\nwhen students of the college, possessed.<\/p>\n
After careful consideration, we have decided Our plan is to submit this to the ap- We already have the promise of twelve<\/span> sig- Though we may not be able to induce the We earnestly<\/span> ask your signature for this We must be as expeditious as possible<\/span>. Our action involves some necessary Please keep the matter a \u201cprofound se- Come up to Colby next commence- Yours for \u201cOld Colby\u201d, Mary L. Carver \u201875 P.S. I made a few changes in We have sent them around now to all the Yours, Waterville. Me. Aug. 25. 1890. To the Alumnae of Colby University: Dear \u201cGirls,\u201d So far as we can ascertain, the alumnae heartily disapprove of the new measure at Colby, by which the young women are placed in a department by themselves and are thereby deprived of privileges which we, when students of the college, possessed. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7698,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/698"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7698"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14667,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/698\/revisions\/14667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nthat it is our duty<\/span> and privilege<\/span> to appeal
\nto the trustees, asking them to reconsider their
\naction. With this end in view, we have
\nprepared the accompanying protest.<\/p>\n
\nproval of all of the alumnae and then, if a
\nMajority approve, to send copies containing
\nthe printed signatures of the petitioners, to the
\nfaculty and trustees.<\/p>\n
\nnatures which is more than one third of the
\nwhole number.<\/p>\n
\nauthorities to reconsider, yet we hope that our
\naction may have some<\/span> good effect.<\/p>\n
\npaper. If you are still a friend of co-
\neducation and of the higher education of
\nwoman, will you not co-operate<\/span> with us, that
\nour action may result in perfect success?<\/p>\n
\nSo please send your reply at once<\/span>.<\/p>\n
\nexpenses for printing, postage, etc. These will
\nrequire and assessment of about $1.00 from
\neach alumna. Therefore if you should approve
\nwill you please remit? Address letters to
\nP.O. Box 80, Waterville, Me.<\/p>\n
\ncret\u201d until we are ready to place it before
\nthe proper authorities.<\/p>\n
\nment and help us to organize an Alumnae
\nAssociation.<\/p>\n
\nBy permission:<\/p>\n
\nElizabeth Mathews \u201879
\nBessie A. Mortimer \u201887
\nWinnifred H. Brooks \u201887
\nAlice E. Sawtelle \u201888
\nHattie M. Parmenter \u201889
\nAddie L. True \u201890<\/p>\n
\nthe \u201cprotest\u201d, as you will see, in addition to
\nthose which you suggested. I think there is
\nnothing, however, that will be disapproved by
\nyou. We heard from Minnie Mathews and
\nshe promises us her unqualified approval<\/span>.<\/p>\n
\ngirls and I hope we shall get answers
\nbefore the end of the week.<\/p>\n
\nM.L. Carver<\/p>\n\n