224 ELIZABETH CARY AGASSIZ 
more public way to its existence, its progress and its 
needs. The moment seems a fitting one, for we are 
now at the end of our first ten years of life, and the 
close of a decade always suggests a pause, a retro- 
spective consideration of the road over which we 
have come, a thoughtful glance along that which lies 
before us — in short, a review of the past and a pro- 
vision for the future. ... In the autumn of 1885 the 
opening term found us in our permanent home. Since 
that time we have spent another portion of our patri- 
mony in land adjoining the Fay House estate in 
order to make a well-proportioned, spacious piece of 
ground and give room for such additional buildings 
as may be needed hereafter. On this ground we have 
already put up two small laboratories — very inex- 
pensive buildings in wood but quite pretty and con- 
venient for our classes in chemistry and physics. ... 
The material side is, however, but a small part of the 
story. We have to show not only that we have ad- 
ministered our funds carefully, but that the work is 
worth all and more than all that has been spent. ... 
Our first aim was simply to give to young women 
intending to be teachers the best intellectual outfit 
at our command, in order that they might enter upon 
their work well prepared. We wished also to enable 
young women who loved study for its own sake to 
continue their education on a wider basis after leav- 
ing school.... 
A third class has been added of which we had not 
thought in the beginning. This consists of teachers 
— often women who have had a good deal of experi- 
