300 ELIZABETH GARY AGASSIZ 



I hear that there is much doubt and discussion 

 as to the future arrangements for our athletic 

 grounds and some idea of choosing a place where 

 all our buildings — college, gymnasium, dwellings, 

 laboratories, etc., as w^ell as land enough for sports 

 and athletics — could be combined. I confess that I 

 should be very sorry to leave the Fay House, — but 

 the question is a wide one, and I know too little 

 of what has been going on this winter to venture 

 upon any discussion of the pros and cons. 



For all these things we are going to need a great 

 deal of money. But I suppose that when we have 

 finally made up our minds as to the best method, 

 we shall be able to find the means to carry it out. 



I hope that all is well with you and yours. Best 

 wishes for your summer from 



Yours most cordially, 



Elizabeth C. Agassiz 



TO MRS. LOUIS AGASSIZ 



Cambridge, June 30, 1895 

 My dear Mrs. Agassiz: The year's work is over, 

 and my first thought is to write to you and to tell 

 you how much I have missed your presence here, 

 and how anxiously I have striven to do all that 

 would satisfy you without appealing constantly 

 to you for advice and suggestion. I think, on the 

 whole, everything has gone well, and just now the 

 future of Radcliffe looks very bright indeed. There 

 is so much interest and sympathy expressed and 



