212 ELIZABETH GARY AGASSIZ 



the story of the so-called "Annex" and interest you 

 if we can in its future fortunes. 



The name is often heard in Boston, but we doubt 

 whether much is known of its character or of the work 

 it has thus far accomplished. This is not strange, for 

 it came into life so quietly, and has had so natural 

 and healthy a growth out of existing circumstances, 

 that it has attracted but little attention ... 



Our enterprise, undertaken with many doubts and 

 with a perfect readiness to abandon it, should it prove 

 wise and right to do so, is now in its fourth year. In- 

 stead of presenting special difficulties and complica- 

 tions, it has worked simply and well. Whether con- 

 sidered as a test of the genuineness of the desire for 

 university education among women, and especially 

 among women desiring to teach, or of their ability as 

 students, the result has been most satisfactory. The 

 standard of work has been high, — exceptionally so 

 in a number of instances, — and the interest of the 

 Harvard instructors has kept pace with the zeal of 

 their students. 



Since the first year, when we opened with twenty- 

 seven pupils, our number has averaged from thirty- 

 five to forty. . . . We have to confess in reference to 

 our numbers, that the Annex is, for the class of 

 women to whom it especially appeals, very expensive. 

 The charge per year for a full college course is $200 — 

 $50 more than is paid by Harvard students. It there- 

 fore costs those who enter for the whole four years 

 $800, beside the expense of living in Cambridge. The 

 single courses are $75 a year. This puts our instruc- 



