RADCLIFFE COLLEGE 339 



is exclusively drawn from the faculty of Harvard. 

 We have the whole body of instruction of our old 

 University, and this we owe to the generosity of 

 Harvard, to the sympathy and interest of its pro- 

 fessors and teachers; therefore, to Harvard, we owe 

 the allegiance and loyalty of a younger to a much 

 older institution, and we must contribute our share 

 to her laurels. 



Let us strive, therefore, to maintain a high stand- 

 ard of excellence, not only in study, but in gentle 

 manners and in all that contributes to a home in 

 the best sense. 



A little later Mrs. Agassiz sent to the contributors to 

 the Students' Hall the following letter of thanks: 



To the friends who by their exertions and contribu- 

 tions collected the fund for a Students' Hall at 

 Radcliffe College. 



36 Quincy Street, Cambridge, December 25, 1902 

 MY FRIENDS: A long cherished wish of mine for 

 Radcliffe College was fulfilled in the most touching 

 way on my 80th birthday. 



Knowing the needs and desires of our students, 

 I have long hoped that we might provide fitting 

 conditions within the precincts of the college for 

 the maintenance of a social, domestic, and, as it 

 were a family life among them, side by side with 

 their daily studies. Friends within and without 

 the College, and even the students themselves had 

 worked toward this end but had failed thus far 



