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and she gives most generously to the institution in 
the management of which she takes so prominent a 
part. Professor Sidgwick is wholly at one with her in 
this and teaches in the College. He is as witty as he is 
learned, a very agreeable, genial man, and of course 
his residence at Newnham is a very important factor 
in the success and growth of the institution. 
At this first visit we had not time to see the whole 
building. It was toward the close of the afternoon, 
and after a cup of tea in her drawing-room Mrs. Sidg- 
wick took us at once into the grounds, where a com- 
petitive game of lawn-tennis was going on. Our host- 
ess evidently took as much interest in it as the girls 
themselves, though her sympathy was impartial, 
having good wishes for both sides. The game over, we 
walked about the grounds and came upon one or two 
pretty teas spread out in the shade under the trees. 
At one, I remember, tea being over, the girls were 
blowing soap-bubbles into the air and over the grass. 
This short visit gave me of course but an outside 
glance, and the next day I spent the whole day there 
with my friends and travelling companions, Miss Fel- 
ton and Miss Gray. We lunched with Mrs. Sidgwick 
and several of the resident ladies of the College. Here 
again, as at Girton, I felt that the presence of these 
ladies, their easy, sympathetic companionship with 
the students, must form no small part of the educa- 
tion which the girls receive at Newnham. Among 
these resident teachers is Miss Gladstone, daughter 
of the statesman, an exceptionally pleasant woman 
of much personal charm. Then there is Miss Clough, 
