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Vassar College
Sunday, 3 1/2 P.M.
My dear Father
Here I am in the
very place I was almost sure I
would not be admitted. The examinations
are over and next week we commence work
in earnest. I was a little homesick and
blue the afternoon mama left but
was over it before evening and now
am perfectly happy and contented. Every
thing is just as they advertise and
very nice. Tuesday we left Waterford arrived
in Poughkeepsie about six. Took the horse
cars up to the Morgan House as it was
about 1 1/2 miles. When we went down to
supper I began to think I would like to be
home, for the nearer I came to the college
the more I dreaded the examinations. At
breakfast the next a.m. there was an
elderly lady, well about forty and a young
sister about seventeen. They were the first ones
Sunday, 3 1/2 P.M.
My dear Father
Here I am in the
very place I was almost sure I
would not be admitted. The examinations
are over and next week we commence work
in earnest. I was a little homesick and
blue the afternoon mama left but
was over it before evening and now
am perfectly happy and contented. Every
thing is just as they advertise and
very nice. Tuesday we left Waterford arrived
in Poughkeepsie about six. Took the horse
cars up to the Morgan House as it was
about 1 1/2 miles. When we went down to
supper I began to think I would like to be
home, for the nearer I came to the college
the more I dreaded the examinations. At
breakfast the next a.m. there was an
elderly lady, well about forty and a young
sister about seventeen. They were the first ones
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we had spoken to: as the young lady was
a candidate for Vassar we were at once
acquainted and after eating went right
went right out to the college in the street
car. It is about miles from Morgan
House and is the most beautiful spot I
ever saw, the grounds are almost equal
to Central Park and the building is
even prettier than it looks to be in the
cut. Ma and Miss Rawson were together
all day and went all over the college.
I was examined in the preliminaries
but was not through and did not know
whether I passed or not when we went
back to P_ The applicants and their
friends took dinner at the college. The
next A.M. out we went again. I first
went to the office in the building and
there was a letter from Ben, Addie, Kate,
Nellie and Frankie. Then went up stairs
and was examined in Geog. received
my pass signed by Prof. Raymond.
Then wasn't I a happy girl. I felt so
relieved I can not tell you how much.
The next thing to do was to go to Matthew
a candidate for Vassar we were at once
acquainted and after eating went right
went right out to the college in the street
car. It is about miles from Morgan
House and is the most beautiful spot I
ever saw, the grounds are almost equal
to Central Park and the building is
even prettier than it looks to be in the
cut. Ma and Miss Rawson were together
all day and went all over the college.
I was examined in the preliminaries
but was not through and did not know
whether I passed or not when we went
back to P_ The applicants and their
friends took dinner at the college. The
next A.M. out we went again. I first
went to the office in the building and
there was a letter from Ben, Addie, Kate,
Nellie and Frankie. Then went up stairs
and was examined in Geog. received
my pass signed by Prof. Raymond.
Then wasn't I a happy girl. I felt so
relieved I can not tell you how much.
The next thing to do was to go to Matthew
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Vassar and settle my account. He wrote on
my receipt, "Balance in thirty days as shown
by letter written to daughter. So the other $150.
must be paid in a month any way if
not before, everyone is very pleasant and
kind and they make you feel at home
at once. Then before I was examined in
anything else, I had to go to Miss Leny
and get my room. Ma, Miss Rawson
and I went all over the building
and of all the rooms we like the one
Kate selected the best. It is a beautiful
room and Miss Leny said Helen and
I might have it as it was engaged
for me. It has a north and west window
and is in the fifth story, but guess
I can stand the stairs. There are two
beds, two bureaus, two wardrobes, two
washstands, a centre table, book-rack like
the one in our parlor, and four chairs. Then
we each bought us a great big old
fashioned rocking chair for $3.50 a peice
and are going to get a drop light for
the gas is up so high it would be
so hard to study by. It will cost $1.62
a peice. The board we have is splendid.
my receipt, "Balance in thirty days as shown
by letter written to daughter. So the other $150.
must be paid in a month any way if
not before, everyone is very pleasant and
kind and they make you feel at home
at once. Then before I was examined in
anything else, I had to go to Miss Leny
and get my room. Ma, Miss Rawson
and I went all over the building
and of all the rooms we like the one
Kate selected the best. It is a beautiful
room and Miss Leny said Helen and
I might have it as it was engaged
for me. It has a north and west window
and is in the fifth story, but guess
I can stand the stairs. There are two
beds, two bureaus, two wardrobes, two
washstands, a centre table, book-rack like
the one in our parlor, and four chairs. Then
we each bought us a great big old
fashioned rocking chair for $3.50 a peice
and are going to get a drop light for
the gas is up so high it would be
so hard to study by. It will cost $1.62
a peice. The board we have is splendid.
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Just like any first class hotel board and every
thing is cooked very nicely. Grapes every day
for dinner, sometimes peaches. I was examined
in Phys. Geog. and Latin. The old gentleman
who examined seemed much pleased
and that paid me for my hard study
this summer and the $68 it cost. Katie's
old friends meet me as though I had
always known them and I like them
ever so much. My room-mate is nice.
She is from Cincinnati and is a real plain
sensible girl. Ma could not leave until
Friday noon and I had to cry since then
but by tea time was over it and have
not been a bit homesick. I'm perfectly
satisfied with everything could not help
but be for it is so nice. When will you be here
I want to see you so much. If you have
not sat for your picture wait until you
go to Saratoga for they are cheaper and
they take then better. Now please write
me a letter just as soon as you get
this won't you papa?
From your affectionate & thankful daughter
Addie Thompson
thing is cooked very nicely. Grapes every day
for dinner, sometimes peaches. I was examined
in Phys. Geog. and Latin. The old gentleman
who examined seemed much pleased
and that paid me for my hard study
this summer and the $68 it cost. Katie's
old friends meet me as though I had
always known them and I like them
ever so much. My room-mate is nice.
She is from Cincinnati and is a real plain
sensible girl. Ma could not leave until
Friday noon and I had to cry since then
but by tea time was over it and have
not been a bit homesick. I'm perfectly
satisfied with everything could not help
but be for it is so nice. When will you be here
I want to see you so much. If you have
not sat for your picture wait until you
go to Saratoga for they are cheaper and
they take then better. Now please write
me a letter just as soon as you get
this won't you papa?
From your affectionate & thankful daughter
Addie Thompson
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The examinations were perfectly awful harder than I had any idea they would be.
