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President of Radcliffe gives me much pleasure and 

 entire satisfaction. 



I am grateful for the length of years which has 

 allowed me to see the fulfilment of our cherished hope 

 for Radcliffe in this closer relation of her academic 

 life and government with that of Harvard. With 

 cheerful confidence in her future which now seems 

 assured to me, with full and affectionate recognition 

 of all that her Council, her Academic Board and her 

 Associates have done to bring her where she now 

 stands, I bid farewell to my colleagues. 



At the same time, I thank them for their unfailing 

 support and encouragement in the work which we 

 have shared together in behalf of Radcliffe College. 



Elizabeth C. Agassiz 



June 10, 1903 



EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF MRS. AGASSIZ 



June 11, 1903. — I hear that the meeting went well 

 at Radcliffe and Briggs is elected. I hope I am right 

 in believing that this is a great step upward and on- 

 ward for Radcliffe. I am sorry to hear from Henry 

 Higginson that he believes our building at this time 

 would involve a loss of $20,000 on account of the high 

 price of material and labor. This is a great disappoint- 

 ment. 



June 12. — The papers have full and pleasant ar- 

 ticles with regard to the election of Dean Briggs as 

 President of Radcliffe — my successor. This means 

 that Radcliffe is affiliated more closely than ever with 



