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boards, etc.) and especially not in the public functions, 
as Commencement and the like. In fact I should like 
to give up all my responsibilities of that kind and 
only to be admitted as a loving spectator and listener 
when I am able to be present. To tell the truth I am 
trembling now at the thought of Commencement and 
of coming forward on the platform to give all those 
degrees. I am delighted to hear (I so understand your 
note) that the Committee are agreed in wishing to 
have Dean Briggs as President. I hope it will be 
clearly understood that as President he will preside 
at all meetings — Council, Associates’ meetings, etc., 
etc., etc. We need a presiding officer to give clearness, 
promptness, and decision to our work. 
I do not think I need make any exception about 
teas or other social functions, because I know that I 
shall always be welcome at them when I can join in 
them. 
On June 10, at the meeting of the Associates mentioned 
above, Mrs. Agassiz submitted to them the following let- 
ter of resignation: 
To the Associates and to the other official boards con- 
nected with the government of Radcliffe College: 
THE time has come when I feel that it is not only 
best for myself but essential also for the interests of 
Radcliffe that I should withdraw from her counsels. 
In doing so I would send a word of farewell and of 
gratitude to my colleagues. Among them are some 
with whom I have shared the fortunes of Radcliffe 
from her initiation twenty-four years ago till now. 
