210 ELIZABETH CARY AGASSIZ 
and this very summer I had a note from him which I 
shall always keep — a last word as it proves, and so 
affectionate — full of a kind sympathy which I can 
never forget. 
What a gentle, genial nature — sensitive and shy, 
but always cordial, and quickly responsive to any 
friendly expression! 
Among the signers of the Articles of Association no one 
stands out as more important to the daily life of the Annex 
than Mr. Gilman. Professor Byerly, who was actively as- 
sociated with the institution from the time when, as we 
have seen, he outstripped his fellow-instructors at Harvard 
in accepting the invitation to teach at the Annex, until 
1913, was said to be the most indispensable person con- 
nected with the college, but Mr. Byerly himself pointed out 
in 1910 in the Harvard Graduates’ Magazine that for the 
greater part of fifteen years Mr. Gilman was practically 
the one executive officer of the Annex. “Of the numerous 
friends and workers who made the college a success he was 
the one with whom it held the first place. The professors 
who labored so faithfully and effectively for the new insti- 
tution were busy Harvard teachers who devoted to the 
* Annex’ the precious time they could spare from their ex- 
acting Harvard work. Mrs. Agassiz’s many duties, social 
and philanthropic, were not laid aside when she became 
interested in the ‘Annex,’ nor were those of the other ladies 
who served the college so efficiently... . Mr. Gilman lived 
for it, and served and fostered it for years unweariedly and 
ungrudgingly.” 
Such was the group with whom Mrs. Agassiz was 
closely associated in her official position, and since most 
