238 ELIZABETH GARY AGASSIZ 



TO PROFESSOR JOHN C. GRAY 



My dear Mr. Gray: I am truly grateful for your 

 letter. The acceptance of such a scheme by the 

 Corporation would seem to me all we can reasonably 

 ask for the present. If later they should feel ready 

 for a closer affiliation they can themselves define the 

 terms. The Annex will plead its own cause, and I think 

 some of the lions will disappear as the Corporation 

 becomes more familiar with its work and its ways. 



We have always needed a name, and I hope 

 something ^^distinctive and appropriate will be found, 

 — something if possible which would indicate a rela- 

 tion to the College rather than a separation from it. 

 Mr. Norton once suggested Emmanuel College, as 

 being the one from which John Harvard came? 



2d. It would simplify matters much to retain the 

 present organization, leaving to us the financial re- 

 sponsibility with matters concerning the life of the 

 students, etc., etc. We offered to give all that, only 

 because we thought the College might prefer a com- 

 plete surrender. 



3d. Your idea of "visitors" had never occurred to 

 me, but if the Corporation would accept such a duty, 

 that in itself would be a tacit recognition of our re- 

 lation to the University. 



4th seems to me still more important — that the 

 appointment of instructors or examiners should rest 

 with the visitors. 



5th. To me personally it would be perfectly satis- 

 factory that our diplomas should bear the seal and 



