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The lines by an old Oxbridge don—

“’Tis an absurdity to say
Women should try for a B.A.
To College honours forward looking;
They’d best confine themselves to cooking!”

can be happily met by this retort in the same words, recast by a Girton girl—

“Women should try for a B.A.,
To College honours forward looking;
’Tis an absurdity to say
They’d best confine themselves to cooking!”