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plot, to their surprise Agassiz seized upon the idea 

 with dehght — said his name must appear on the cir- 

 cular — he himself would give instruction. This 

 hearty cooperation of his made the School. At that 

 time, 1855, he was widely known in the United States, 

 not only as an eminent scientific man but as a most 

 interesting lecturer. Although it was a day school, 

 pupils came from far and near. I recall a group of in- 

 telligent girls from St. Louis who took the highest 

 courses we had. There w^ere also pupils from Buffalo, 

 a few of us from New York City, but the large pro- 

 portion came from New England, from Boston and 

 vicinity. 



The School opened in 1855, closed in 1863, and was 

 a success in every way, educationally and financially. 



Associated with Professor Agassiz in teaching was 

 Professor Felton, afterwards President of Harvard 

 College. Professor Fel ton's mind was a storehouse of 

 information from which, like the householder in the 

 Bible, "he brought forth out of his treasure things 

 new and old." He taught History, English literature. 

 Rhetoric, Greek, Latin, Greek history, American 

 history. But, apart from his regular courses of in- 

 struction, the incidental facts he told us have re- 

 mained with us for a lifetime, recurring to illuminate 

 our own experiences, whether of reading or of travel, 

 and I cannot but recall, also, the courtesy and kind- 

 ness shown by this distinguished and scholarly man 

 to us ignorant girls. 



Mr. Alexander Agassiz had the classes in mathe- 

 matics, geometry, trigonometry and chemistry, lee- 



