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and she gives most generously to the institution in 

 the management of which she takes so prominent a 

 part. Professor Sidgwick is wholly at one with her in 

 this and teaches in the College. He is as witty as he is 

 learned, a very agreeable, genial man, and of course 

 his residence at Newnham is a very important factor 

 in the success and growth of the institution. 



At this first visit we had not time to see the whole 

 building. It was toward the close of the afternoon, 

 and after a cup of tea in her drawing-room Mrs. Sidg- 

 wick took us at once into the grounds, where a com- 

 petitive game of lawn-tennis was going on. Our host- 

 ess evidently took as much interest in it as the girls 

 themselves, though her sympathy was impartial, 

 having good wishes for both sides. The game over, we 

 walked about the grounds and came upon one or two 

 pretty teas spread out in the shade under the trees. 

 At one, I remember, tea being over, the girls were 

 blowing soap-bubbles into the air and over the grass. 



This short visit gave me of course but an outside 

 glance, and the next day I spent the whole day there 

 with my friends and travelling companions, Miss Fel- 

 ton and Miss Gray. We lunched with Mrs. Sidgwick 

 and several of the resident ladies of the College. Here 

 again, as at Girton, I felt that the presence of these 

 ladies, their easy, sympathetic companionship with 

 the students, must form no small part of the educa- 

 tion which the girls receive at Newnham. Among 

 these resident teachers is Miss Gladstone, daughter 

 of the statesman, an exceptionally pleasant woman 

 of much personal charm. Then there is Miss Clough, 



