212 ELIZABETH CARY AGASSIZ 
the story of the so-called “Annex” and interest you 
if we can in its future fortunes. 
The name is often heard in Boston, but we doubt 
whether much is known of its character or of the work 
it has thus far accomplished. This is not strange, for 
it came into life so quietly, and has had so natural 
and healthy a growth out of existing circumstances, 
that it has attracted but little attention ... 
Our enterprise, undertaken with many doubts and 
with a perfect readiness to abandon it, should it prove 
wise and right to do so, is now in its fourth year. In- 
stead of presenting special difficulties and complica- 
tions, it has worked simply and well. Whether con- 
sidered as a test of the genuineness of the desire for 
university education among women, and especially 
among women desiring to teach, or of their ability as 
students, the result has been most satisfactory. The 
standard of work has been high, — exceptionally so 
in a number of instances, — and the interest of the 
Harvard instructors has kept pace with the zeal of 
their students. 
Since the first year, when we opened with twenty- 
seven pupils, our number has averaged from thirty- 
five to forty. ... We have to confess in reference to 
our numbers, that the Annex is, for the class of 
women to whom it especially appeals, very expensive. 
The charge per year for a full college course is $200 — 
$50 more than is paid by Harvard students. It there- 
fore costs those who enter for the whole four years 
$800, beside the expense of living in Cambridge. The 
single courses are $75 a year. This puts our instruc- 
