RADCLIFFE COLLEGE 313 
I see it, the need is now, and I should like to meet that 
need and enjoy the results. 
Sincerely yours, 
Harriert L. Hemenway 
TO MRS. AUGUSTUS HEMENWAY 
Cambridge, January 3, 1897 
Dear Mrs. Hemenway:...It is now absolutely 
settled that we remain on our present location. It 
is probable that another large lot on the square of 
which the Fay estate makes a part will fall into our 
hands shortly — probably next spring. . . . You see, 
therefore, dear Mrs. Hemenway, that the site may 
now be chosen at any moment for a suitable gymna- 
sium building. Our present idea is in general to have 
our academic buildings including a gymnasium built 
around the circumference of the square and enclosing 
a quadrangle on which we already have some few 
trees. As we have not the means to build the whole 
at once we shall put the buildings up in sections 
as needed, but with such reference to the final aspect 
that when completed they will be harmonious and 
symmetrical. We want our buildings to have a certain 
distinction and dignity, but also to be practical and 
thoroughly adapted to the work to which they are 
dedicated, — a consideration which is sometimes 
neglected by skilled architects, who are naturally 
not so familiar with the inside working as those who 
are intimate with the daily occupations and needs. .. . 
I need hardly say that the mere hint of a suitable 
