206 ELIZABETH GARY AGASSIZ 



it is important to state clearly and to be agreed 

 among ourselves upon some definite plan with refer- 

 ence to the college. It has been partly my own sug- 

 gestion, I believe, that for the present we should raise 

 a small sum and take care of our own affairs for 

 another term of years, supplementing the college in- 

 struction, if necessary, with officers of our own. But 

 the more I think of this, the more I fear that we shall 

 drift into the building up of another female college, 

 distinct from the University. I believe that this would 

 be a great mistake; it would be repeating the error 

 already made about men's colleges, namely, multi- 

 plying them and so weakening all, instead of strength- 

 ening those which already exist. We must be careful 

 to avoid this rock. 



The next important entries in Mr. Gilman's Notes are 

 the following: 



1882, April 25. Meeting of the Managers and 

 Advisory Board. The Secretary stated that he had 

 received a note asking how money could be left to the 

 cause by will and that upon consulting the Treasurer 

 had been advised that the simplest method would 

 be for the body to become a legal corporation. . . . 

 It was 



Voted: that it is the opinion of the meeting that the 

 body should be incorporated. The name to be adopted 

 for the Corporation was then discussed at length, and 

 it was 



Voted: that the name be "The Society for the Col- 

 legiate Instruction of Women." 



