768 LOUIS AGASSIZ. 



I feel grateful to you for making the road so 

 easy, and I believe you will have the perma- 

 nent gratitude of scientific men here and else- 

 where, for I have the utmost confidence that 

 this summer school will give valuable oppor- 

 tunities for original research, as well as for 

 instruction." At Agassiz's suggestion the 

 school was to bear the name of " The Ander- 

 son School of Natural History." Mr. Ander- 

 son wished to substitute the name of Agassiz 

 for his own. This Agassiz absolutely refused 

 to permit, sa3ring that he was but one of many 

 scientific men who had already offered their 

 services to the school for the coming summer, 

 some of whom would, no doubt, continue to 

 work for it in the future, and all of whom 

 would be equally indebted to Mr. Anderson. 

 It was, therefore, most suitable that it should 

 bear his name, and so it was agreed. 



Thus the material problem was solved. 

 Name and habitation were found ; it remained 

 only to organize the work for which so fit- 

 ting a home had been provided. Mr. An- 

 derson's gift was received toward the close of 

 March, and, in the course of the follo^\ing 

 month, the preliminaries were concluded, and 

 the property was transferred to the trustees of 

 the Anderson School. 



