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As we sat together, looking toward the future and reaching out toward you, I seemed to see the beginning of a memorial such as would make glad the heart of this great mother and friend, a joyous living memorial, in which each of us would have some part, but one which would outlast us and bring to our children and the friends who follow, something of the experiences which, through Mrs. Ward, we have known. 

The Hillside problem, as I shall call it, seems naturally to divide itself into two main parts. One if the coming summer plans: the other the plan for the longer future.

As to the summer, the children want those who had expected to go to Hillside to carry out their plans. The farm and home organization will be kept intact, and at sometime during the summer and fall all the children and grandchildren hope to be there. 

The permanent plan, about which all of us will be thinking, includes many problems, but they will naturally arrange themselves under two principal heads:

One, the physical property, that is the farm, buildings, furnishings and equipment, their maintenance and upkeep throughout the year, and their adaptation to the project; 

The other, any special project to be carried on, which, in the beginning, might involve only the summer months. 

I realize that this letter is of little value to those who may feel a special interest in the physical problems, but more information will soon be available. The property will be brought to a good state of repair, and its development will probably be toward simplification, making it contribute as far as possible to the project finally decided on. It would seem that the maintenance cost of the property would not be difficult to meet in some way or ways, either through the project itself, the earning capacity of the farm, or through underwritings or contributions by those who wish to help 

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