Petition written by Sarah Woodhead, Rachel Cook, Louisa Lumsden, Amy Bulley, Isabella Gamble, Rose Aitken, Jane Frances Dove, Mary G Hoskins, Mary A Kingsland, Elizabeth Welsh, Eliza Baker, Constance Maynard, and Mary Constance [or Constance Mary] Shorrock. The petition suggests that, as an alternative to the College 'certificate of proficiency' in a single subject, students should be allowed to become candidates for any Cambridge Tripos Examination without passing the preliminary examination.