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: vcl_Letters_Aaron_Fannie_1922-05_06_009_001
203 Davison House
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Dear Mother, Father, and Bete:
I have my typewriter "baak at last. Here's hoping I have luck with it for a few weeks least.
I spent over two hours on elections yesterday. I got Miss Thompson's permission to take second semester of her course* In answer to your question, Pete, the catalogue makes specific exception for that course in the case of those who have had Miss Salmon's course In American History. Miss Thompson told me she was sure I would fall into the work all right. She also told me I could count it for four hour credit and urgently suggested taking Ec Seminar and combining topics. That appealed to me strongly, but I was afriad Millsy would not let me take Sem because I have had so little Ec. There is a long story in connection v/ith the various interviews Incidentally, I never got so many compliments from faculty dsn one day in my life before. The long and short of Millsy is that "he would love to have me in the course—I am fitted in mentality, in personality, and in every way for the course except th t I haven't had enough hours in the dep't and it would not be fair to those who have had more to keep on e of them out to let me in." The long and short of it is he hated to turn one of my mentality nad possibilities down, so he told me he would let me take it if I doubled in Ec one semester next year.
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Dear Mother, Father, and Bete:
I have my typewriter "baak at last. Here's hoping I have luck with it for a few weeks least.
I spent over two hours on elections yesterday. I got Miss Thompson's permission to take second semester of her course* In answer to your question, Pete, the catalogue makes specific exception for that course in the case of those who have had Miss Salmon's course In American History. Miss Thompson told me she was sure I would fall into the work all right. She also told me I could count it for four hour credit and urgently suggested taking Ec Seminar and combining topics. That appealed to me strongly, but I was afriad Millsy would not let me take Sem because I have had so little Ec. There is a long story in connection v/ith the various interviews Incidentally, I never got so many compliments from faculty dsn one day in my life before. The long and short of Millsy is that "he would love to have me in the course—I am fitted in mentality, in personality, and in every way for the course except th t I haven't had enough hours in the dep't and it would not be fair to those who have had more to keep on e of them out to let me in." The long and short of it is he hated to turn one of my mentality nad possibilities down, so he told me he would let me take it if I doubled in Ec one semester next year.
: vcl_Letters_Aaron_Fannie_1922-05_06_009_002
403 DAVISON HOUSE
VASSAR COLLEGE
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.
Inasmuch as I had planned to take a full year of it even if I didn't get into Seminar, and double a semester if I did, I was not changing plans by agreeing. So I readily consented. And then I [crossed out: he] said, "You won‘t forget next year, that you promised?", and he assured me he would not. He certainly was most encouraging. So I changed my second major course from English to Ec. That was necessary in order to make my balance of hours come out right. I would have had to have a 24 history, 12 English, and inasmuch as Miss Thompson said she could not promise absolutely that I could count her course nor 4 hrs, I thought I had better be on the_safe side, as long as I was having 18 hrs of Ec as against 12 of English. [Crossed out: English] Millsy seemed muchly pleased and I was moreso. I have like a new creature not having to count on having to take English all next year if I shouldn't like it first semester. I then went to see Miss Ellery, who was marvelous. She spent almost an hour with me hashing over courses, faculty, and purposes of education. She is a wonder. She gives a one year course Renasssance first semester and Reformation second, which I wanted. I asked her if it would be a mistaketo take just the first semester~~I haven't time for the second--and she said absolutely not. She also told me I ought not to graduate without having some work with Miss Win. Smith, and that was my one objection to dropping English, too. It is as worth while to have her as it is to have
VASSAR COLLEGE
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.
Inasmuch as I had planned to take a full year of it even if I didn't get into Seminar, and double a semester if I did, I was not changing plans by agreeing. So I readily consented. And then I [crossed out: he] said, "You won‘t forget next year, that you promised?", and he assured me he would not. He certainly was most encouraging. So I changed my second major course from English to Ec. That was necessary in order to make my balance of hours come out right. I would have had to have a 24 history, 12 English, and inasmuch as Miss Thompson said she could not promise absolutely that I could count her course nor 4 hrs, I thought I had better be on the_safe side, as long as I was having 18 hrs of Ec as against 12 of English. [Crossed out: English] Millsy seemed muchly pleased and I was moreso. I have like a new creature not having to count on having to take English all next year if I shouldn't like it first semester. I then went to see Miss Ellery, who was marvelous. She spent almost an hour with me hashing over courses, faculty, and purposes of education. She is a wonder. She gives a one year course Renasssance first semester and Reformation second, which I wanted. I asked her if it would be a mistaketo take just the first semester~~I haven't time for the second--and she said absolutely not. She also told me I ought not to graduate without having some work with Miss Win. Smith, and that was my one objection to dropping English, too. It is as worth while to have her as it is to have
: vcl_Letters_Aaron_Fannie_1922-05_06_009_003
403 DAVISON HOUSE
VASSAR COLLEGE
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.
Miss Washburn and Miss Ellery. So I shall take the first semester of her drama course, which every one raves about. She agrees with me that nothing is lost in dropping a one—year lit course at mid-years. So my schedule, as I am handing in my elections today, stands: (and I am delighted with the prospects --I think I ought to get some really advanced work-in next year--
First semester Second
Ec-- Ec--
English drama Ec Seminar
History of Tolerance History of T.
Renaissance American History
History of Philosophy
That will give me only four courses second semester, but fourteen hours credit, and by the time electives as high as those are reached it seems to me advisable to produce quality rather than quantity--and have time to do intelligent work.
Miss Ellery said she certainly hoped I would do graduate work in history. That is rather complimentary, isn't it--from her?
When Miss Thallon signed my sequential study card, she asked me if I ever get anything but A’s in college. I don't know where they all get those queer ideas.
VASSAR COLLEGE
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.
Miss Washburn and Miss Ellery. So I shall take the first semester of her drama course, which every one raves about. She agrees with me that nothing is lost in dropping a one—year lit course at mid-years. So my schedule, as I am handing in my elections today, stands: (and I am delighted with the prospects --I think I ought to get some really advanced work-in next year--
First semester Second
Ec-- Ec--
English drama Ec Seminar
History of Tolerance History of T.
Renaissance American History
History of Philosophy
That will give me only four courses second semester, but fourteen hours credit, and by the time electives as high as those are reached it seems to me advisable to produce quality rather than quantity--and have time to do intelligent work.
Miss Ellery said she certainly hoped I would do graduate work in history. That is rather complimentary, isn't it--from her?
When Miss Thallon signed my sequential study card, she asked me if I ever get anything but A’s in college. I don't know where they all get those queer ideas.
: vcl_Letters_Aaron_Fannie_1922-05_06_009_004
403 DAVISON HOUSE
VASSAR COLLEGE
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.
It was a full day, and I am still on my second psych topic.
Sorry you couldn't come for Third Hall Bete but I didn't suppose you would have time. As for my having said that I dddn't have a week-end "to play away" I haven't, but I find that a little play makes one work better afterwards. My machine refused to run indefinitely. It is going to run without stopping until next Monday, and then [it?] is going to bat off for a day--maybe to the golf links. M haven’t even time to play in the spring tournament. Such is a debater's life.
Nothing much new that I know of.
Love,
Fannie
VASSAR COLLEGE
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.
It was a full day, and I am still on my second psych topic.
Sorry you couldn't come for Third Hall Bete but I didn't suppose you would have time. As for my having said that I dddn't have a week-end "to play away" I haven't, but I find that a little play makes one work better afterwards. My machine refused to run indefinitely. It is going to run without stopping until next Monday, and then [it?] is going to bat off for a day--maybe to the golf links. M haven’t even time to play in the spring tournament. Such is a debater's life.
Nothing much new that I know of.
Love,
Fannie
