The question has been raised, without my previous knowledge, as to the validity of the degrees given by Gen. E. N. Bates to his class taught in the Massachusetts Metaphysical College. They were as genuine as those that I conferred on my class. Why? Because I gave him permission to do this. The corporation did not grant this permission, but after I did, the corporation sanctioned his "management and instruction."
The records show that the corporation never elected but one President for the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, and that one was Mary Baker G. Eddy, its first and last President.
