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[postmarked 22 May 1923]
Dear Mother, Father, and Pete:
I enjoyed the way in which Confirmation Day was observed today much more than usual. Miss Ellery called on Maxine Goldmark to read her semester topic on "The Jews in Elizabethan Drama". It was most interesting. For a girl of Jewish birth--otherwise she considers herself a free-thinker--she certainly has a disinterested viewpoint. A couple of times I could have suggested to her with great pleasure that she take the trouble to disprove a few of the allegations that she stated as facts.
Miss Ellery devoted the rest of the hour to a discussion of the other topics on the Jews, and she called on me for some comments on what the girl before me had said. I was fussed to dealth. I was also highly amused when she with her "outside viewpoint", talked about the intense dislike of Jews of various nationalities toward each other. She has made a study of the general subject this winter. I guess she feels that as an educated and enlightened professor, the great increase in the number of Jewish students needs a proper historic background!
I wired Phillip this morning.
Vassarions are out. My picture looks like
Dear Mother, Father, and Pete:
I enjoyed the way in which Confirmation Day was observed today much more than usual. Miss Ellery called on Maxine Goldmark to read her semester topic on "The Jews in Elizabethan Drama". It was most interesting. For a girl of Jewish birth--otherwise she considers herself a free-thinker--she certainly has a disinterested viewpoint. A couple of times I could have suggested to her with great pleasure that she take the trouble to disprove a few of the allegations that she stated as facts.
Miss Ellery devoted the rest of the hour to a discussion of the other topics on the Jews, and she called on me for some comments on what the girl before me had said. I was fussed to dealth. I was also highly amused when she with her "outside viewpoint", talked about the intense dislike of Jews of various nationalities toward each other. She has made a study of the general subject this winter. I guess she feels that as an educated and enlightened professor, the great increase in the number of Jewish students needs a proper historic background!
I wired Phillip this morning.
Vassarions are out. My picture looks like
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an Ethiopian Jew. But all the others are terrible too.
Your class is represented in the Granddaughters' Club by daughters of several of your classmates:--Grace Robbins, Natalie Smith, Belle McCullough, Edna Percy. Any friends of yours?
My topic progressed nicely yesterday.
Love,
Fannie
Your class is represented in the Granddaughters' Club by daughters of several of your classmates:--Grace Robbins, Natalie Smith, Belle McCullough, Edna Percy. Any friends of yours?
My topic progressed nicely yesterday.
Love,
Fannie
