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out forming classes in some way, so that the expense 

 would be divided among several. Time passed on, and 

 w^e did not effect any arrangement. . . . We did not 

 give up our study of the higher education of women 

 here. I looked over the field, found out what had been 

 done and then tried to learn if there was any general 

 demand for such instruction as the Harvard profes- 

 sors gave. This led me to conclude that there were 

 a good many women who wished to get exactly the 

 same course of study that was given in college. . . . 

 In the meantime Mrs. Oilman and I studied plans to 

 accomplish our desire. We thought of hiring a build- 

 ing, placing it under the care of a matron and arrang- 

 ing with the professors to give repetitions of the col- 

 lege courses in it. Other plans suggested themselves 

 to us, before we decided upon the one since adopted. 

 WTien we had reached this stage, the matter w^as held 

 in abeyance for months, because I feared to present 

 it to any of the professors lest it should be received 

 with disapproval. At last ... I concluded to ap- 

 proach Professor Oreenough and ... I laid out the 

 scheme [before him], as it has since been carried out. 

 I told him that I had made out a list of instructors in 

 the different departments, and wished that he could 

 do the same, and that then we would compare them. 

 He expressed much interest in the plan and entered 

 into it with warmth. He made out a list of professors, 

 and it proved very much like mine. He told me of 

 Miss Leach, whose presence, he thought, would lead 

 the instructors to look favorably on the plan. . . . 

 He said he would speak to some of the professors 



