RADCLIFFE COLLEGE 345 
President of Radcliffe gives me much pleasure and 
entire satisfaction. 
I am grateful for the length of years which has 
allowed me to see the fulfilment of our cherished hope 
for Radcliffe in this closer relation of her academic 
life and government with that of Harvard. With 
cheerful confidence in her future which now seems 
assured to me, with full and affectionate recognition 
of all that her Council, her Academic Board and her 
Associates have done to bring her where she now 
stands, I bid farewell to my colleagues. 
At the same time, I thank them for their unfailing 
support and encouragement in the work which we 
have shared together in behalf of Radcliffe College. 
EuizaBetu C. AGassiz 
June 10, 1903 
EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF MRS. AGASSIZ 
June 11, 1903.—TI hear that the meeting went well 
at Radcliffe and Briggs is elected. I hope I am right 
in believing that this is a great step upward and on- 
ward for Radcliffe. I am sorry to hear from Henry 
Higginson that he believes our building at this time 
would involve a loss of $20,000 on account of the high 
price of material and labor. This is a great disappoint- 
ment. 
June 12. — The papers have full and pleasant ar- 
ticles with regard to the election of Dean Briggs as 
President of Radcliffe — my successor. This means 
that Radcliffe is affliated more closely than ever with 
