200 ELIZABETH CARY AGASSIZ 
the same subjects and by the same professors. The 
instruction was to be systematic, — that is, it was to 
be the same which leads to the first collegiate degree. 
It was necessary for our purpose that a body of ladies 
should be formed to give the public confidence that if 
young women were sent to Cambridge they would be 
cared for. In seeking for these we confined ourselves 
to such as had no reputation as being opposed to or in 
favor of the admission of women to Harvard College. 
Turning back to Mr. Gilman’s Notes for 1879 we find 
that the next important step was the issuing of a circu- 
lar by the ladies of the committee with the assent of Presi- 
dent Eliot. 
PRIVATE COLLEGIATE INSTRUCTION FOR WOMEN 
Tur ladies whose names are appended below are 
authorized to say that a number of Professors and 
other Instructors in Harvard College have consented 
to give private tuition to properly qualified young 
women who desire to pursue advanced studies in 
Cambridge. Other Professors whose occupations pre- 
vent them from giving such tuition are willing to as- 
sist young women by advice and by lectures. No in- 
struction will be provided of a lower grade than that 
given in Harvard College. 
The expense of instruction in as many branches as 
a student can profitably pursue at once will depend 
upon the numbers in the several courses, but it will 
probably not exceed four hundred dollars a year, and 
may be as low as two hundred and fifty. It is hoped, 
