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ence in teaching and who come partly because they 

 value the contact with the broader methods of Uni- 

 versity instruction and wish to strengthen themselves 

 in their own special departments of work, perhaps 

 also because the change of attitude from that of 

 teacher to that of pupil is a rest and refreshment. . . . 



. . . To sum up the work of the Annex in the last ten 

 years. Having hardly a recognized existence during 

 the first two or three years and with a capital never 

 exceeding $75,000 it has become known during this 

 period as one of the prominent educational institu- 

 tions for women in the country, its pupils have risen 

 in numbers from some twenty-five to about one hun- 

 dred and fifty and are yearly increasing, its graduates 

 are scattered over the country as teachers and excel- 

 lent reports of their work come back to us, it has 

 given to a number of already well-established teach- 

 ers the opportunity which they greatly value of 

 studying under Harvard methods of instruction and 

 under scholars of known distinction in their different 

 departments of work, and it has enabled many young 

 women who have studious tastes to pursue them 

 under especially helpful conditions. I would add that 

 we have no instruction outside of Harvard and that 

 we have between fifty and sixty Harvard professors 

 and instructors on our lists of instructors. Of course 

 this is our best guarantee. With this preface I will 

 now bring forward the special object of our meeting. 

 A woman's postscript is, as you well know, the most 

 important part of her communication. 



We have tried to husband our means and to carry 



