"President of Harvard To Sign Parchments of the Fair Graduates". Students seeking admission to the new women's college were required to sit for the same entrance examinations required of Harvard College students.

The committee persevered despite Eliot's skepticism. The project proved to be a success, attracting a growing number of students. As a result, the Annex was incorporated in 1882 as the Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women, with Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, widow of Harvard professor Louis Agassiz,