316 ELIZABETH CARY AGASSIZ 
Today the news is brought me of another gift, 
the announcement of which will be welcome to our 
students, and I think to our general audience as well. 
Certain of our alumnae and of our special students 
(a society known as the “Annex °95 Club”’) gener- 
ously undertook with the codperation of our graduates 
to raise money for the building of a Hall of Residence 
for Radcliffe. They proposed their plan to us (that 
is, to the officers and Council of Radcliffe) about a 
year ago, and appointed a committee and took other 
measures toward its accomplishment. They were pro- 
ceeding hopefully when the breaking out of the war 
[with Spain] brought this project with many others 
to a standstill. They felt that it was impossible at such 
a moment to raise the sum of $50,000, and for less 
than that they were assured that their scheme could 
not be successfully carried out. It looked as if the 
plan so full of promise for Radcliffe must be indef- 
initely postponed, if not given up. Today, however, 
I am allowed to say that the Club has received from 
Mrs. David P. Kimball a gift of $50,000, the whole 
sum needed for the execution of this pleasant pur- 
pose. 
I knew that it would give you all great pleasure, 
and for myself it is-a great gratification to record 
these facts concerning our graduates and students. 
The life of every college must be in a great degree 
dependent upon the affection and loyal service of 
her students, and we have the happiness of seeing 
that long after their college course is ended, our 
graduates are still in active sympathy with us, 
