▁gradu ation ▁cer emon ies , ▁but ▁Low ▁gave ▁the ▁class ▁prayer ▁in ▁Latin , ▁but ▁not ▁the ▁v aled ict ory ▁speech . ▁Col by ' s ▁website ▁now ▁calls ▁her ▁the ▁" grand m other ▁of ▁co ed uc ation ▁at ▁Col by ." ▁▁ ▁In ▁" The ▁History ▁of ▁Col by ▁College ," ▁Ernest ▁C . ▁Mar r iner ▁wrote , ▁" No ▁small ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁ag itation ▁that ▁arose ▁later ▁in ▁regard ▁to ▁the ▁ret ention ▁of ▁women ▁in ▁the ▁College ▁was ▁prompt ed ▁by ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁they ▁persist ently ▁ran ▁away ▁with ▁the ▁hon ors ." ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 0 , ▁the ▁president ▁of ▁Col by ▁initi ated ▁a ▁plan ▁to ▁divide ▁women ▁and ▁men ▁into ▁separate ▁classes ▁at ▁the ▁college . ▁Low , ▁along ▁with ▁Louise ▁Cob urn ▁and ▁ 1 7 ▁other ▁women ▁who ▁had ▁graduated ▁from ▁Col by , ▁sent ▁a ▁pet ition ▁protest ing ▁the ▁move . ▁The ▁letter ▁declared , ▁" The ▁issue ▁is ▁not ▁whether ▁men ▁and ▁women ▁can ▁rec ite ▁together , ▁whether ▁men ▁and ▁women ▁shall ▁study ▁this ▁or ▁that . ▁It ▁is ▁simply ▁the ▁issue ▁whether ▁the ▁men ▁are ▁willing ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁risk ▁of ▁having ▁women ▁sur pass ▁them ▁in ▁scholar ship ." ▁Although ▁Low ▁wrote ▁the ▁letter , ▁she ▁wrote ▁it ▁in ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁appear ▁that ▁Cob urn ▁had , ▁since ▁Cob urn ▁came ▁from ▁a ▁prominent ▁family ▁and ▁Low ▁did ▁not . ▁In ▁the ▁end , ▁Col by ▁did