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[4 Apr 1922]
Tuesday
Dear Mother, Father, and Pete:
At least I know why Barnard won the debate. I quote from LeBon's "The Crowd":--'To convince the crowd the speaker must affirm very emphatically, and he must repeat the affirmation of the fact continuously, as emphatically as possible, and as nearly in the same words as the original statement as possible without becoming monotonous. In no case must he attempt to reason, argue, or explain. As soon as he does this, his power of conviction is lost". Me for a psychological treatment of Brown!
I am installed again in 203 D. I just spent an hour putting the room in order. It is too bad you are not here to see the result. I fear it will not long remain this way!
Today was not as successful a study day as yesterday, but I got some work done. I also wrote some letters, for mental diversion. I could not keep up the brain speed of the last few days indefinitely.
I shall have my back topics up to date before next Monday. I can then go full speed on psych without interruption until those three are well out of the way. Would that I had been here the whole vacation--I could then spend most of my spring on the golf links. What's the use of learning, anyhow?
Just wrote to Henrietta Butler telling her I couldn't make St.
Love, Fannie
Tuesday
Dear Mother, Father, and Pete:
At least I know why Barnard won the debate. I quote from LeBon's "The Crowd":--'To convince the crowd the speaker must affirm very emphatically, and he must repeat the affirmation of the fact continuously, as emphatically as possible, and as nearly in the same words as the original statement as possible without becoming monotonous. In no case must he attempt to reason, argue, or explain. As soon as he does this, his power of conviction is lost". Me for a psychological treatment of Brown!
I am installed again in 203 D. I just spent an hour putting the room in order. It is too bad you are not here to see the result. I fear it will not long remain this way!
Today was not as successful a study day as yesterday, but I got some work done. I also wrote some letters, for mental diversion. I could not keep up the brain speed of the last few days indefinitely.
I shall have my back topics up to date before next Monday. I can then go full speed on psych without interruption until those three are well out of the way. Would that I had been here the whole vacation--I could then spend most of my spring on the golf links. What's the use of learning, anyhow?
Just wrote to Henrietta Butler telling her I couldn't make St.
Love, Fannie
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[enc w 4 Apr 1922]
Dear Mother:
Please don't forget to send my green crepe de chine summer dress in the next laundry. That will be plenty of time. You need not send it in a special box.
Also, will you please look in the new chiffonier in the little room and send all the white and black silk stockings that I left at home. I think I must have left some home, as I think I have more than I can find here. I will be wearing them soon again. If there aren't any there let me know, and I will buy some.
Also, you never told me the point of sending the new pin-cushion when I had one. R. S. V. P.--not that I don't appreciate it.
I got sick this morning. I went to the libe to work--I thought it would be just as easy to sit in one place and there as sit in bed, but after two hours the pain came on good and h[ard], so I came back to my room and went to bed. I had the janitor send over to Main for my suitcase. It is eight o'clock now, and I feel fairly comfortable, but I had as close a repetition of Glenwood Springs as I car[e] to have for quite some time. My bladder pain was much worse ever since Sunday noon--in fact, it was bad enough to keep me from going to sleep easily Sunday and Monday nights. It let up after I got sick--but the additional cramp pain was unusually bad. I think both are over now though, so don't worry. I wrote about it simply because I thought perhaps you should know in connection with the various doctors, etc. Needless to say, I was not good for much [over]
Dear Mother:
Please don't forget to send my green crepe de chine summer dress in the next laundry. That will be plenty of time. You need not send it in a special box.
Also, will you please look in the new chiffonier in the little room and send all the white and black silk stockings that I left at home. I think I must have left some home, as I think I have more than I can find here. I will be wearing them soon again. If there aren't any there let me know, and I will buy some.
Also, you never told me the point of sending the new pin-cushion when I had one. R. S. V. P.--not that I don't appreciate it.
I got sick this morning. I went to the libe to work--I thought it would be just as easy to sit in one place and there as sit in bed, but after two hours the pain came on good and h[ard], so I came back to my room and went to bed. I had the janitor send over to Main for my suitcase. It is eight o'clock now, and I feel fairly comfortable, but I had as close a repetition of Glenwood Springs as I car[e] to have for quite some time. My bladder pain was much worse ever since Sunday noon--in fact, it was bad enough to keep me from going to sleep easily Sunday and Monday nights. It let up after I got sick--but the additional cramp pain was unusually bad. I think both are over now though, so don't worry. I wrote about it simply because I thought perhaps you should know in connection with the various doctors, etc. Needless to say, I was not good for much [over]
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studying, but I think I shall do some in bed now. It was maddening to have my well-mapped out day thus disturbed, but on the other hand I prefer that to missing classes. The chances are I would not be ready to see the doctor Saturday anyhow, having felt so badly this time, even if room-drawing did not take place. So make the appointment for Saturday a week, the sixteenth. You can tell him, if you want, that at no time since the treatment have I felt any better, but that Sunday and Monday I felt much worse. Perhaps one treatment wouldn't have much effect. We shall see. I haven't given up hope yet--although I did yesterday!
I think it wiser to give up Amherst under the circumstances. If I had been able to go to the doctor this Saturday I would still want to go, but since I can't, I don't feel that I can afford to miss classes during the week--and I don't want to put the doctor off still another week after that, lest whatever good effect might be gotten should be lost through too long a delay between the two treatments. Don't you think I'm right?
As I said, I just wrote about the bad pain because I thought you ought to know. Don't worry about it, please, because it is probably all over. It is probably due to the lateness, plus the plentiful poking around I have had lately.
Love,
Fannie
Let me know what you do about N. Y. also what Dr. Z. has to say.
I think it wiser to give up Amherst under the circumstances. If I had been able to go to the doctor this Saturday I would still want to go, but since I can't, I don't feel that I can afford to miss classes during the week--and I don't want to put the doctor off still another week after that, lest whatever good effect might be gotten should be lost through too long a delay between the two treatments. Don't you think I'm right?
As I said, I just wrote about the bad pain because I thought you ought to know. Don't worry about it, please, because it is probably all over. It is probably due to the lateness, plus the plentiful poking around I have had lately.
Love,
Fannie
Let me know what you do about N. Y. also what Dr. Z. has to say.
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