He fought with patience and persistence for the rights of women to have equal education with men, and at last gained his point, but died before Barnard College was in existence.

Every student of Barnard ought to realize her individual indebtedness to this great educator, regarding him as the champion of women and their patron saint.
[Illustration: PRESIDENT BARNARD OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE] He was blessed in his home life.

Mrs.Barnard was his shield, sunshine, and strength.
* * * * * Studio, 1271 Broadway, corner 32d Street.
April 8, 1887.
DEAR MISS SANBORN: I send you "Ovis Montana" or Mountain Sheep, who never enjoyed the daily papers or devoured a scrap of poetry.

The only civilized thing he ever did was to give his life for a piece of cold lead and got swindled at that.
To be grafted in your Album is immortality.
Sincerely yours, ALBERT BIERSTADT.
This gift was a big surprise to me.

I was then corresponding with two Boston papers and one in the West.