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tures on astronomy, and on chemistry with experi- 

 ments. Miss Helen Clapp, afterwards head of the 

 well-known school in Boston, taught Latin, botany 

 with Gray's text-books, and arithmetic. Miss Clapp's 

 winning personality endeared her to every pupil in 

 the School. She was associated with it from begin- 

 ning to end, and was greatly valued by Mrs. Agassiz. 

 Miss Katherine Howard and Miss Emily Howard, 

 Miss Augusta Curtis and Miss Katherine Ireland 

 were also teachers in the School. Miss Le Clere, an 

 admirable teacher, had the French classes and lec- 

 tures in French literature. Professor Schmidt, of Har- 

 vard, had the German classes; Professor Luigi Monti, 

 of Harvard, the Italian. Mr. Gurney, later Dean of 

 Harvard University, taught Greek. Professor James 

 Russell Lowell and Professor Child of Harvard lec- 

 tured to the School, and there were lectures on art by 

 William J. Stillman. 



To Mr. Alexander Agassiz, in addition to his classes, 

 was entrusted the business management of the school. 

 Miss Ida Agassiz, now Mrs. Henry Higginson, gave 

 able and devoted assistance when the School opened, 

 and later, by teaching French and German. One of 

 the younger pupils of our School was Pauline Agassiz, 

 now Mrs. Quincy Shaw, who has done more for edu- 

 cation than any of us, through the introduction of 

 the Kindergarten system into the Public Schools of 

 Boston, and by other educational work. 



Naturally, the central figure of the School was Pro- 

 fessor Agassiz himself. He had a genius for imparting 

 what he knew. This, joined with his personal charm, 



