The foe at last! With modest mien And gentle glance, at length are seen The seven women, whom to crush The noble hundreds onward rush, Undaunted to the fray! What if in idle tales of yore The man to guard the woman swore! Such trash is bygone!--_now_ men stand To guard their _craft_ from female hand, In nineteenth century! “_Women_ to claim _our_ lordly state!” Cries Reverend Phin in fierce debate. “_Women_ to strive _our_ gains to share!” Shrieks Andrew Wood in wild despair, “While five fair sons have I!” “That _English_ girls should thus aspire!” Quoth Christison in Scottish ire. “Though their princess to Scotland come, We’ll drive these errant damsels home, For hospitality!” “Great is Diana!” loudly cry, Be imprecations heard on high! Be mud upgathered from the street, And flung with ribald oaths, to greet The dreadful enemy! Seven women yield, they must confess On t’other side is _major vis_; Glorious Five hundred, O rejoice! Swell, each “brave boy” with tuneful voice, Pæans of victory! _Scotsman_, Feb. 10, 1871. NOTE M, p. 103. The following letter is an excellent illustration of the indignation felt by the more manly students at the events referred to:-- “EDINBURGH, November 19, 1870. “SIR,--As a certain class of medical students are doing their utmost to make the name of medical student synonymous with all that is cowardly and degrading, it is imperative upon all those who wish to be regarded as men, either individually or collectively, to come forward and express, in the strongest possible terms, their detestation of the proceedings which have characterised and dishonoured the opposition to ladies pursuing the study of medicine in Edinburgh. In the name, then, of all that is courteous and manly, I, as a student of medicine, most indignantly protest against such scenes as were enacted at the College of Surgeons on the evenings of Thursday and Friday last, and indeed on several occasions during the week. “I would it were possible to point out to public execration the movers and actors in such scenes; but it is difficult to decide where the responsibility begins.