There were still doubting Thomases on the faculty, and the dean wanted to be armed with stories from the women themselves about what they would do with a law degree, so that's why he asked the question.

教职工中仍然有很多怀疑主义者，院长想要从这些女性身上获取一些关于她们如何获得法律学位的故事，以此作为女性的证明，所以他问了这个问题。