CHAPTER XV 
COMMEMORATION ADDRESSES, AGASSIZ HOUSE 
DECEMBER 8, 1907 
N the afternoon of Sunday, December 8, 1907, a 
meeting in memory of Mrs. Agassiz was held in 
Agassiz House. President Briggs presided and the speakers 
were Miss Georgina Schuyler of New York, representing 
the Agassiz School, Professor William Watson Goodwin, 
Professor Charles Eliot Norton, and President Charles W. 
Eliot. Perhaps nothing that was said that afternoon bet- 
ter conveyed the influence of Mrs. Agassiz’s personality 
than the closing sentences of the few words spoken by 
President Briggs: 
“Tf it is true that 
‘Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire, 
Uttered or unexpressed,’ 
whoever came into her presence prayed; and his prayer 
was, ‘Create in me a clean heart, O God.’” 
The addresses follow. 
MISS GEORGINA SCHUYLER 
AuLow me to express to the Faculty and the students 
of Radcliffe College the gratification of a pupil of 
Agassiz School that the School is to be represented 
here today, and her appreciation of their indulgence 
in listening for a few minutes to the recollections of 
fifty years ago. It is the beloved and revered memory 
of Mrs. Agassiz, that unites School and College, that 
