206 ELIZABETH CARY 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.” 
