Word: countersign
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After painstaking negotiations, Elizabeth C. Agassiz, Radcliffe's founder and first president, finally persuaded Harvard to take some responsibility for the girls at the Annex. President Eliot agreed to countersign the women's diplomas, Harvard assumed responsibility for approving Faculty appointments, and the president and Fellows were to be the "visitors of X College...
...President Eliot and the Fellows of Harvard College realized they would have to contend with the Annex. After painstaking negotiations. Agassiz finally persuaded Harvard to take some responsibility for the girls at "X College:" Harvard's President agreed to countersign the women's diplomas; Harvard assumed responsibility for approving Faculty appointments; and, the President and the Fellows were to be the "visitors of X College...