354 ELIZABETH CARY AGASSIZ 



D.AH-MKS. Bbxocs: It was a great pSu'; llT' 

 yournote after the RadcliffedaLelhther^^^^^^^^^^^ 



lie tact of your having been a "college girl" your- 



tha an Enghsh instructress from one of the Oxford 



college-bred woman among the officers -you will 

 find ^an immense help." I think she was right 

 With affectionate regard. 



Yours truly, 



Elizabeth C. Agassiz 

 During the time that the .«)rganization of the college 

 was be.„g effected, owing to the exceptionally high co 5 

 building, the work on Agassiz House was being debyed Id 

 rt was not until March that, according to the lord in 

 Mrs. Agassiz;s diary, the clearing of the sitl wi ch had 

 been beg„„ .„ ,^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ re uoied The 



building was not completed until 1905. when on 5une , 6 

 ;t was ope d for inspection by invited guests ^nd 'rw 

 19 the Auditorium was dedicated by the first performance 

 of Marlou,e, a play by Josephine Preston PeabZa 



ormerstudentofthecoUege. Like Bertram HallThebtld 

 ng owed us perfect appropriateness for its pur^o es td 

 ts beauty of proportion and detail to the architect Tnd to 



L: ZZT1 "' ^'t "^"^ ^^'*-"' who aCh 

 she did not hve to see the work completed, has in it, a. 



