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All are very glad to make the experiment with- 

 out involving Harvard, but when success has been 

 achieved we shall be glad to give the glory to her. 

 Very truly yours, 



Arthur Gilman 



The events that are recorded so succinctly above were 

 narrated with greater detail by Mr. Gilman many years 

 later in the two following letters, which are quoted here be- 

 cause they serve to set forth the exact nature of the enter- 

 prise with which Mrs. Agassiz became identified. Miss 

 Leach, mentioned in the letter, who later became professor 

 of Greek in Vassar College, had been distinguishing herself 

 by her excellent work as a private pupil of Professors Green- 

 ough, Goodwin, and Child. 



TO MRS. LOUIS AGASSIZ 



Cambridge y February 1, 1883 

 My dear Mrs. Agassiz, . . . The first discussion of 

 the subject of obtaining the services of the college for 

 women grew out of the fact that my daughter Grace, 

 having been at school in Cambridge for some years, 

 was ready to go further in her studies, and Mrs. Gil- 

 man and I were reluctant to send her daily to Boston 

 or to send her away from home. This was in the au- 

 tumn or winter of 1876. During our consultations it 

 occurred to Mrs. Gilman that some plan might be 

 arranged by which women could be instructed by the 

 instructors of the college. We studied the subject for 

 months, and at last came to the conclusion that we 

 could not get such instruction for our daughters with- 



