234 ELIZABETH CARY AGASSIZ 
TO MRS. LOUIS AGASSIZ 
Cambridge, April 10, 1893 
Dear Mrs. Agassiz: Owing to my absence in 
New York, I did not get your note until midnight on 
Sunday, and could not therefore talk with you before 
the meeting as I should gladly have done. It is, of 
course, quite natural that we should have serious 
doubts about more permanent relations with the An- 
nex, and think of the dangers to the College which 
we have inherited as a trust for life only. My talk 
with Mr. Warner showed me quite clearly that there 
was really no reasonable limit to what the Annex 
might fairly ask of us. The Annex really wants all 
that the College has, and does not expect to get it 
except through the College. If we give our degrees 
we must give the instruction necessary to fit women 
for those degrees, and that means either a duplica- 
tion of our instruction, or to some extent coeduca- 
tion. I have no prejudice in the matter of education 
of women and am quite willing to see Yale or Colum- 
bia take any risks they like, but I feel bound to pro- 
tect Harvard College from what seems to me to be 
a risky experiment. ... 
Yours very sincerely, 
E. W. Hoorrer 
TO EDWARD W. HOOPER 
Dear Mr. Hooprr: I have been away from home a 
day or twoand so did not answer your letter promptly, 
but so far as I am concerned a great deal less than 
