396 ELIZABETH CARY AGASSIZ 
plot, to their surprise Agassiz seized upon the idea 
with delight — said his name must appear on the cir- 
cular —he himself would give instruction. This 
hearty codperation of his made the School. At that 
time, 1855, he was widely known in the United States, 
not only as an eminent scientific man but as a most 
interesting lecturer. Although it was a day school, 
pupils came from far and near. I recall a group of in- 
telligent girls from St. Louis who took the highest 
courses we had. There were also pupils from Buffalo, 
a few of us from New York City, but the large pro- 
portion came from New England, from Boston and 
vicinity. 
The School opened in 1855, closed in 1863, and was 
a success in every way, educationally and financially. 
Associated with Professor Agassiz in teaching was 
Professor Felton, afterwards President of Harvard 
College. Professor Felton’s mind was a storehouse of 
information from which, like the householder in the 
Bible, “he brought forth out of his treasure things 
new and old.” He taught History, English literature, 
Rhetoric, Greek, Latin, Greek history, American 
history. But, apart from his regular courses of in- 
struction, the incidental facts he told us have re- 
mained with us for a lifetime, recurring to illuminate 
our own experiences, whether of reading or of travel, 
and I cannot but recall, also, the courtesy and kind- 
ness shown by this distinguished and scholarly man 
to us ignorant girls. 
Mr. Alexander Agassiz had the classes in mathe- 
matics, geometry, trigonometry and chemistry, lec- 
