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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: January 14, 1901
Text: Vassar Friday Dear people:- How nice it seems not to have any lesson tomorrow. We are going to bed rather early tonight. This morning in English we had rather a nice time, particularly as it only lasted about had an hour. We were taken over into the studio and had pictures thrown onto a sheet for [?]. We had to take notes on them for writing themes and essays about later. First they showed us Mona Lisa and Beatuce Cruice and are to take eitherone for our next essay. There they gave me a...
Show moreVassar Friday Dear people:- How nice it seems not to have any lesson tomorrow. We are going to bed rather early tonight. This morning in English we had rather a nice time, particularly as it only lasted about had an hour. We were taken over into the studio and had pictures thrown onto a sheet for [?]. We had to take notes on them for writing themes and essays about later. First they showed us Mona Lisa and Beatuce Cruice and are to take eitherone for our next essay. There they gave me a portrait of Van Dyck by himself and a peasant of millet to compare them. Then the Madonna of Botticelli you have over the piano and that Madonna among the Rocks by Leonarda di Vinci. Do you remember where that was and who the other woman besides Mary was. We have had the greatest discussions about it. Then we had math and Miss Richardson gave me a lecture on taking exercise and held the English up as an example to me. I wish youcould have heard her. She told us to take walk before lunch and a nap after lunch and go for a walk for at least 2 hours. She said the English woman accomplished twice as much as we did in the same time because they were about to concentrate their minds. An American's girls conscience is only satisfied when she studies all the time while and English girl tries to get her work done in as short a time as possible. I thought I would walk around before lunch, and while I was out I met Miss Richardson. so I told her to see how she had impressed me that I took her advice immediately. And she patted her on the arm (right on my vaccination spot) and said, that was right and I was a little girl who needed a great deal of fresh air. She had noticed. I am quite a favorite apparently. But it is perfectly true, I feel miserably if I don't get out. Thursday it poured all day and I felt dreadfully and didn't sleep that night as well as usual. So Friday I went out notwithstanding it was stillpouring and had frozen during the night, and the roads were covered with ice and very slippery. Helen Graves and I walked into town and out again. They fixes me all up nicely. I had a pair of leather gaiters, that came up to my knees from Dubir; and Edith gave me her maclinetoch which made short enough by taking a tuck in it, and I had on my shortest skirt and was very fine. People were perfectly astounded when they head we had been way into town on such a day, but it didn't so us any harm and I felt much better. What do you think I am going to do. Cara and I have been asked to bin the next hall play, just as figures you know. There are to be a whole lot of us and it's more fun. Dubie and I are to carry a sedan chair & Cora and all the others are in a ruffian crew. The play is "Les Romantic" by Rostand and is capital. Saturday afternoon we went to a rehearsal and had more fun. It is going to be very good I think. Margaret Jackson is to be the hero and she acts beautifully. Saturday morning it snowedand I went out for a walk and did some studying. I someway can't get up my courage to being reviewing anything, but I suppose I must get down to it. All the teachers advise us to very strongly. My sweater foes beautifully. Saturday evening I went to a German play. it was so funny. The name of it was "Das Schwert des Damarkles" and the girls did finely. Our cheeks fairly ached when we came away we had laughed so. This morning we lay in bed until 10-30 as usual. Lucile & Edith brought us some bread and butter and milk.Then we had morning Chapel which bishop Potter bed. He gave us a fine sermon Poor Prexi had to read the lessons, and he had forgotten his glasses so he had to put his nose right down into the bible on the reading desk. Poor thing. I couldn't sympathize. Then at dinner I asked Elizabeth Allen to come to the table, because you see there is an empty place as Miss Hastings is taking her vacation now. After dinner Cora and I went for a walk up on Sunset hill, and she forgot to put her fibber on and so got her feet soaked, so that she had to spend quite a time drying them. And while she did it she read aloud to me, and I lay on her sofa. We have read the first chapter of "Alice of Old [?] Do you know it? Then we had a spell of writing letters and then the sweetest little black kitten came to call on us. That is I heard her crying outside the door so I went and let her in. She was evidently making the best of her way down to the parlors and I thought she ought to be intercepted. She was a very agreeable cat, as Miss Will and used to say. Then we wrote letters some more while the cat enjoyed herself on my bees. And then Lucile came down to get us to go for a walk and we were in our wrappers and very lazy, and couldn't make up our minds whether we wanted to go or not. So we tossed up for it and found we had to go. Then it took a long tim to get dressed (Lucile was very much disgusted). But finally we got up and went up Sunset again and saw the sunset. Which was glorious and then went down into the glen, which was perilous and the path is very steep and it was all icy. Then we sat on the bridge over the little stream and sang hymns while the dark evening mists rose from the water and the darkness and chill fell around us. Then we continued our way home in the dark and just had time to get ready for supper. I think you would be interested to hear what Cora heard while shewas taking her bath this morning. one girl was telling another what they had had for breakfast. First some hot chocolate, then some sardines and crackers next mince pie and peaches. Wasn't that delightful? Do you want me to send Miss Sawns a Vassar Cataloge, and if so will you send her address. You see my pen has arrived. I never was so lad to get anything. How much did you have to Pay. O, My watch keeps coming open. Do you think it would be safe to trust somebody here to fix it? Ruth Prof. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn‘ Vii, _ v(,‘_ 11 _‘_ ‘X4, 3 _ Y‘),-‘lf
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: 1900(?)
Text: I am now writing in the hall meeting for electing the president of the hall. Mary Bell and Mary York are up. It is still pouring and it does seem perfectly terribly wet. I find I have made a mistake in taking courses for which I have to go way over to the laboratories. t is terribly far. I got a letter from (?) this morning saying she was writing to you herself about Ernest Humpstone. The pillow was just half around for each dimension. I think it is right but I will measure again. R.M.A.Mrs....
Show moreI am now writing in the hall meeting for electing the president of the hall. Mary Bell and Mary York are up. It is still pouring and it does seem perfectly terribly wet. I find I have made a mistake in taking courses for which I have to go way over to the laboratories. t is terribly far. I got a letter from (?) this morning saying she was writing to you herself about Ernest Humpstone. The pillow was just half around for each dimension. I think it is right but I will measure again. R.M.A.Mrs. Geo B. Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: September 1900(?)
Text: Vassar Dear people:- At last I am starting a letter to you. Wo didn't got up for breakfast this morning and I had to tear around to got ready in time for church. And as it was we had two batches of callers before we were dressed I had to drape something artisticly around me and pick around the cornor of the door at them The second one was Mary Taylor who came to ask Cora to go to church with her, but C. wasn't out of bed yet it seemed im-possible. The sweetest soph, asked me to go...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- At last I am starting a letter to you. Wo didn't got up for breakfast this morning and I had to tear around to got ready in time for church. And as it was we had two batches of callers before we were dressed I had to drape something artisticly around me and pick around the cornor of the door at them The second one was Mary Taylor who came to ask Cora to go to church with her, but C. wasn't out of bed yet it seemed im-possible. The sweetest soph, asked me to go with her. I fell perfectly in love with her. 1 met her last night at Christians. And oh dear, I met such a lot of people. Christians was lovely. They had the must gorgeous tableaus you ever saw. Advertisements. I wish you could have seen them they were great. And Julia Stimpson was the most stunning man that I really have ever seen. She she very large. (I don't mean fat you know.) and she did certainly look exactlylike a man and an awfully handsome one too. It made you feel so funny. I was introduced to some of them I had never met before. And I really found it hard to realize they were girls. Oh I must tell you the best thing I've just heard The first tableau was Whitmans chocolate a man stands in the middle with a girl leaning on each shoulder eating out of this box of candy! Well this misguided freshman askedif the girl in the middle (dressed as a man of course) was president Taylors son. Did you ever hear anything as rich. I hope the sophs won't get hold of it but of course they will. Then another thing I heard of. Julia Stimson saw a freshman going by looking rather forlorn and thought perhaps she hadn't been asked to Christians, so she asked if she had been invited. "Yes," said the girl "Somebody asked me last week. Luck for me, wasn't it". Then she saw Julia looked rather queer and discovered what she had done. How anyone could mistake Julia for a freshman though, I don't see. Lucile is such a dear, you can't think. I do so wont her to be president. I shant tell you any thing about Christians now. I'll leave it for my mid week letter. Oh I forgot to say my dresses came I like the lawn ever-so much. Mrs G. forgot the belt and I had to fly around and scratch one up. I have the brown on now but I don't like it so awfully well the white over the shoulders doesn't fit so very well. I wonder If you could get me some ribbon. I tried in every store in Poughkeepsie (there aren't so very many) to get some dark brown to go with my brown suit and some green to go with that new green waste, and couldn't find any thing that came within miles of it. You have samples of both haven't you I should like a yard and two thirds of each kind. I look my poster down to be framed couldn't do anything with it except a narrow black frame. It looks neat but not as artistic as it might. It is to come home next Sat. Oh I must tell you about our registration. It was more fun. All the building was divided up into different wards and poles put up in each ward. The poles were manufactured out of these very high black screens. Inside were two girls (dressed as men) sitting at a table. You can't think how well they get themselves up. Well you went inside and they nut any number of perfectly absurd questions to you and- which you were obliged to make up answers and finally they would say they thought you were qualified to vote and you wrote you name down as republican of demotratic. There were crowds around the poles all the times roaring at the questions and answers. So every now and then a girl dressed as a policeman would come and clear away the crowd. I must tell you some of the question they asked me. "Have you fallen in the lake yet?" "Do you expect to" "Have any of your class fallen in the lake yet?" "Have you passed resolutions to the effect that none of them shall." Of what does fraulein Bartleman remind you" "Why." "If Miss Gentry's eyes were two points in space could a plane be passed throe' them." "Why" "If there were 16 seniors and one elevator how many ways are there of getting to the fourth floor" "Why." A perfect string of things like that. Oh I remember any other. "Why did Jimmie shave off his moustache." "What makes you think so" Jimmie is Dr Baldwin prof. of History. Miss Salmon has gone down to New York so I haven't gone to see her but Miss Ellery says I must go as soon as I get back I mean she. Oh dear. But don't you think the registration was lovely. We have parades and Luimp speeching and go thro', the whole election just as they really do in the other world. Even to the final voting. We elect one of them oresident Isn't that fun. Oh I met Miss Dunning what came over on the steamer with us this morning!!!! You mustn't mind my not going properly round the paper on this sheet. I thought I would only write two pages more then I decided to finish the four. Margarale Mather lives right up above us and they had a spread up in her room last night and they poured the water out of olive bottle out of the window and it fell in at our window Tell Mrs Morris I have met Elsie Mendell and like her very much. She wants to have Frances up here. Her father was aclassmate of Mr. Morris, love Ruth. I am not getting unpopular on accountt of the canvasing. But I shall be unhappy if Emily Welch get elected.
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: September 24, 1902
Text: I have been to all my recitations at last and I think they are all going to be very interesting. But biology is going to send me into bankruptcy it is so expensive. You should see the list of things necessary. And they are all with prosily the exception of physics going to be very hard. I am to prepare a paper on Tuberculosis for Physiology and Miss Salmon has given us frightful work. R.M.A.Mrs Geo. B. Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn.

Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: n.d.
Text: You will be relieved to hear that my trunk has at last turned up. I found it down at the station being held for .30 COD charges. I was perfectly furious. They might at least have let me know but apparently they would have kept it on indefinitely. Nothing has been broken. I had economies today. He has given lesson for Wed.- so cheering for what it will be when we really get to working. R.M.A.Mrs. Geo B. Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn.

Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: March 2, 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people:- You have no idea what a bereaved state we are in. Lucile has been feeling miserably for a long time and today we pulled wires, and made her go home much against her will. We also send Dube to the infirmary for over Sunday to get rested. And Cora went home. Edith and I remain the champions on the victorious fields. Lucile has got into a dreadful state, a kind of fevershe had no time for anything, and even tho. she felt dreadfully and looked so she wouldn't give up a...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- You have no idea what a bereaved state we are in. Lucile has been feeling miserably for a long time and today we pulled wires, and made her go home much against her will. We also send Dube to the infirmary for over Sunday to get rested. And Cora went home. Edith and I remain the champions on the victorious fields. Lucile has got into a dreadful state, a kind of fevershe had no time for anything, and even tho. she felt dreadfully and looked so she wouldn't give up a bit or try to save herself at all. Such an ex aspirating person I never saw. She nearly drove us crazy. Yesterday afternoon she was preparing to study all the afternoon (its so obsurd because she's a good scholar and doesn't need to at all) though she had such a head ache she could hardly keep her eyes open. We made a dreadful fussand tried everything we could think of make her behave. I read her latin to her and then wanted them to let me read the Cardinale Snuff Box out load. "Don't you think it would be nice?" I said "Yes, very" said she, "but I am going into the library to study" Now wasn't that the limit. Edith flew for one of her sisters and so much bullying we finally made her take off her clothes and down for the after- noon but she got up for dinner. And this morning when, instead to sleeping late as she ought she came to break fast, we held a council of war and decided she had got to go home. If you could have seen her you would have laughed at the idea of her trying to work. She wouldn't be reasonable. Florence had a cold so we packed her off to the infirmary and feel quite satisfied with ourselves. As for me I am gettingso fat you wouldn't know me. It is really distressing my clothes are getting so right. And I have neap of time to. Thursday I went into the library and looked up the art book and so on. I am much obliged for the letters. But do tell me. Is Aunt Nettie a christian scientist now? I think she is absolutely the funniest, I should think UNcle Harry might object to that. Do you see two pagessuch together and that caused this wierd way of providing. We had the most astonishing lecture her last night, by some female whose name I have forgotten. really it was too silly. She was one of these elocuting beings you know and said the most senseless things it melodramatic tones till we almost died. We did gigle several times. Once she talked (the lecture was on loagner) about "while the soul ameks its toilet" and then she said the (I forget which opera) was the box of bon boons wager nibbled on for 22 years. Fancy any body nibbling on bonbons for 22 years. She had some pretty pictures though of Murenburg and wartburg which I recognizes and then somebody played some of the motives from Vagner. I remembered some of them so well, from the ring. oh I do wish I could hear & seethat again. I remembered the one of the balcure & wodan's & the thine daughters. There are so nice. To night there is going to be a song recital Mary is going to have a solo. She has such a glorious vie it just pours and rushes out of her without the slightest effort. Did I tell you about the people who were hear form the happen institute. I don't no when I have been so interested in anything. The whole college went wild. Then the songs the darkens sang were joys. Why they had gone past their time and everybody had got up and when going out suddenly we all stopped and clapped and shouted etc, etc until they went back & sang some more. It was very gunny. Well I think I will send this off today so that you will get it Mon. morning. love from RuthMrs. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn$3‘ HAL?‘ {£2111 MAR 3 ¢\ Q3" H Q9 um 0: 2-30/xi ~ (, QN\§~ W... Lifﬂv -.-33* \
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: February 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people:- Its sunday afternoon. Cora went in town with Hilda to dinner at some bodies house. I forget their name. After dinner I went up into the Sophomores room while one of them read a sermon. It was a translation of one of the Italian Monk's sermons delivered at the time of a plague in one of the southern cities and wos very good. Then I came down here and foAdele Buffinton just leaving a little note asking Cora and me to go walking with her. But as Cora couldn't go I...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- Its sunday afternoon. Cora went in town with Hilda to dinner at some bodies house. I forget their name. After dinner I went up into the Sophomores room while one of them read a sermon. It was a translation of one of the Italian Monk's sermons delivered at the time of a plague in one of the southern cities and wos very good. Then I came down here and foAdele Buffinton just leaving a little note asking Cora and me to go walking with her. But as Cora couldn't go I went up and got Lucile and Edith and we had a very nice walk, though they snow made the walking rather hard. It snow some more yesterday so we are quite covered up. What do you think we did Saturday afternoon? It was snowing so we thought we wouldn't go sleighing as we intended to. But we went into town to the theater to a melodrama. We paid .20 cents for orchestra seats. It was very thrilling and absurd. All the good people got rich, and turned out to be great personages and the daughter who had been stolen as a baby is restored to her father and marries her lover. And all the villains get found out and punished. At wagons points the heroine expressed lofty and sublime sentiments during which the band played softly. It was dinner time when I got back and I intended to do a lot of studying in the evening, but they asked us to come down to the fire wall, and be read to which we accordingly did. And I didn't get a lesson done. Alegbra I have first thing Monday morning, and I don't know it at all. I ahem been meaning to review the stuff ever since I came back to college and have nee got around to it. It is something dreadfulthe way time goes. Saturday morning I intended to do latin prose and my essay but i want skating and only got my prose done. When I went to read my poems for my essay I found that one of the books was not on the reference shelves and so I hunted up Miss Hookers and asked her about it and she went down to the library and made inquiries about it but the book seems to have entirely disappeared. Then while they were hunting the thing up I read some books on art instead of studying as I ought. You see I am a very foolish person. What do you think, Mama? Such a blow! Cora was told she couldn't wear her Maria Stuart costume because it wasn't appropriate for a Washington's birthday party. I am afraid perhaps the same objection might be made to a such peasants costume. What do you think?I wish I could write Valintine poetry. THink of it, our prose day is Valintne day. What a sweet Valentine we hand to Miss Sanders. There was something else I wanted to say to you o ask you but I can't rhino what it was. I shan't send this till Monday afternoon though so perhaps I will remember before hone. Monday. I can't think what it was at all unless I wanted to ask for Miss Sevann's address. I know it wasn't that, but I do want that. Yesterday I wrote a letter to Miss Haines. It was the steadiest thing I ever wrote. No sense in it at all. But still I sent it. Well I have got throe Algebra and German safely. Though I found that I hadn't studied the right lesson in the book nor learned the rules she gave us. Some of the girls got dreadfully scolded, but she didn't realize a hadn't done it. Cora and Lucile had Miss Dutton in Latin for the first time this morning She has been sick. Such disgusted children you never saw. It must be dreadful really some of this poetry is decidedly sentimental. At present we are reading Ovid. At halfpast 3 a single bird unto a silent sky propounded but a single term of cantos melody. At halfpast 4 experiment had subjugated test, and lo! her silver principle supplanted all the restat halfpast 7 element nor implement was seen, and place was where the presence was, circumference between. Emily Dickinson. Can you make sense of this thing? I can't and i had to interpret it for my last theme. Isn't it absurd? We want to send each junior a little bunch of violets for a Valentine; from the class you understand because they have done so much for us. DOn't you think that would be nice? We are to have a class meeting this afternoon to bring upthe subject. There's the bell for latin boo hoo how I am scared. Ruth Mrs. Gorge B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn\ NE I _“ Sh ‘V t_ ‘ ‘ If W ‘Q § ‘wk _’n\_* J A V I: T >1? > _ _ _ I‘ ___) _ ___ __ __ :3 \ \ _\ \\ _ / J _ ;_ ‘J _ V‘ ‘M M ’_ ; ‘ \’_ __ _ _' _ "_ I‘ L.‘ _ L __ “(J _ V M K‘ F‘ _ _\ “\‘p_+__ __ I ’ I \ _’_ I FJ > _ \ _ 3' _}/_%\ V_\ _\\ !,("“ \
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: November 12, 1900
Text: Vassar Dear People:- I am so tired today it doesn't seem as if I could write a letter. Last night was our grand Soph, party*. Thank fortune it's over Lucile got along finely. I really think the rest of us were more distressed, or certainly as much so, as she. We are so proud of her. Every so says we may well be and I think we may. She is a fine girl. The Glee club did well too, and we were rather worried about it. I don't think thereany more big parties to which we have to go,...
Show moreVassar Dear People:- I am so tired today it doesn't seem as if I could write a letter. Last night was our grand Soph, party*. Thank fortune it's over Lucile got along finely. I really think the rest of us were more distressed, or certainly as much so, as she. We are so proud of her. Every so says we may well be and I think we may. She is a fine girl. The Glee club did well too, and we were rather worried about it. I don't think thereany more big parties to which we have to go, I am glad to say. I am really getting tired, and shall be awfully glad to go home for a few days I only wish it were for longer. But Christmas comes soon after. I believe you were to hear about election night, weren't you? Well a big black board was put up in the corridor out side the dinning room and when ever any news was telephoned out it was written up there. There was a great crowd and every body was terribly excited, yelling and shouting at the tops of their voices. Such a deafening noise I really think I never heard. And when any thing new thing was written up, it was as bad as the crowds in London Ik Berlin. Everyone was trying to see the board & every one was screeching & Jumping up and down. They even climbed up on each others shoulders. We simply went crazy. It was more fun. Then we cheered, & the other fellows cheered, and our band played, when it could make itself heard and we made a grand fuss. Finally Miss Cornwall sent down that we had got to stop our noise and go to bed. Wasn't that cruel. Election only comes once in four years. I think they might let us kill ourselves then. However it was after 11, nearly 12, and X suppose perhaps it was well to get a little rest. We had been going to have a torch light procession but had to put it off till morning. Of course we weren't going to be cheated oat of our fun tho'. So we all got up early and got together and marched all over the grounds singing and yelling and making a horrible noise. We tookany thing we could get hold of Tin pans to beat or anything. I had my horn and it's a beauty. I can make more noise with it. We made a rightfully long procession. Then we all marched in to the dinning room singing. And after we had got to our places and Miss Wood had rung the bell for the blessing, instead of saying the blessing as we should. We all sang America. It was very fine and great fun. Here's one of our songs When the news came dancing o'er the wiresHurrah! Hurrah! That Mc'Kinley was chosen by our sires Hurrah! Hurrah! Our Jubilant spirits were all suppressed And one and all we were sent to rest. But now. cheer - cheer for Billy our president Isn't that amusing. It sounded very well when it was sung. I hope you can ,Nov. 12, 1900,- 3 get a dressmaker. What is the matter with Miss G. ? As to what I need. I wan't the woolen waists. Bnt don't need a woolen skirt. We live in our short skirts. And only out long ones one for chapel, or on Sunday. So X don't need a new one. I should rather like a light dress. Some thing very plain & simple you know only a whole dress of something light. But we will see about it. Then I shall have to have a winter coat of some kind I dont know ' I . ' . I t , . , i that I need any thing else. There was a concert here the other night by the Dannreuther Quartet which we all enjoyed very much. lovingly Ruth. (Ruth Adams, '04,, \<- $3“ EFAJL ‘ 12 m . L‘; F i_Q~. :\§:_§\(( 1. £1» s5A \i$% ‘O0 \.»~x =< ’/ “ ”‘ M?” ' ¢o5@~ Q9 R-4;»-/\% WI 5 -. .__._-_’~ ‘--- __ , .- -~ ..-ow»-..., j(7f #“i;: \\ \*%'€§\ F \1 \ /___ ___-_ "'.,,.__.... \ Q i 1;‘ 4 1» ﬂ\ - 9 , \ \ . Aﬁ -r ~"' \ ~—~~ /' . *_+=‘-v", "*a=—l;?_, E /1 /62 7 ,.- \\“\\ ;‘{‘ //_ at M; in “ _/£__ ft. A by kw _m‘ \ , \ ( _ ‘\ W5 %Mn " _ n_‘_N_m4 % Q Y j I _\ lg‘ A ‘Z _ x “U t ‘i 9 _ ) _J Q A ) H _v ‘ _ ‘ {v a H MAY x h ,\ _\ VI Q _ /_ EL‘ \ / ' v x Q‘! a AW Dav , A \
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: October 8, 1902(?)
Text: Such a tragedy has happened to me. I have lost all the notes I have taken for my hist topic in some way. And I haven't time to take them again. I have got hold of most amassing old things. Once I donut that my gentlemen was "very sick of the survey from eating bad pie". Isn't that ridiculous. It is a beautiful day. And I m bat to go down to the washer woman and get my blue cheviot. I hope she washed it well. R.M.A.Mrs. [T]eo B. Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn.

Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: March 1901
Text: Vassar Sunday Dear people:- Why don't you send any money? I thought you said you had or were going to send some in the next letter. It hasn't got lost has it? I think I can get along with five but if it's perfectly convenient perhaps you had better send ten in case of emergency. Well I suppose Grandpa is with you today. I am so anxious to see how things get along. How will he even get into my bed it slips around so? To thinkit's the last Sunday here. The time has gone like...
Show moreVassar Sunday Dear people:- Why don't you send any money? I thought you said you had or were going to send some in the next letter. It hasn't got lost has it? I think I can get along with five but if it's perfectly convenient perhaps you had better send ten in case of emergency. Well I suppose Grandpa is with you today. I am so anxious to see how things get along. How will he even get into my bed it slips around so? To thinkit's the last Sunday here. The time has gone like lightning. Last nigh out fine french play came off. It certainly was a grand success. They had some of the truly loveliest dances in it. Prof. Brac was so tickled he didn't know which end he was standing on. Oh he is such a funny little thing. It wearies me so to try and describe it you will have to wait until I get home. I broke my glasses Friday morning of course. So I think I won't have them fixeduntil I get home and go and see if I need new ones if you don't mind. We had a fine sermon this morning from Mr. Van Dyck. I was so surprised to see him. I had remembered him as looking quite different. Didn't he use to have a beard? The College has been just overrun with guests yesterday and today. Did you know that Mrs. Welch and Marian Welch came up yesterday? It was so nice Edith Brooks and Clara Ried both had their mothers up. Wasn't that lovely? They had a tea for them in the senior parlor. I wish you could see Peggy Jackson. Mr. Billy Phelps said she was the most finished woman debater he had ever heard. And there she was just getting up from the [girppe] to do it and so weak she have to have whiskey to keep her up. Hilda has asked me to stay up to commencement isn't that lovely? I'm so pleased. Oh what will college be like without the seniors next year. It seems so near now. And I don't want to be a sophomore, I don't, I don't. Tonight comes the Easter music. Ruth.I can't imagine what I would have said about Billy. Edith has a brother named that could it possibly have been about him? I can't think what I could have said about him. Thanks for money. Just came.
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: February 1901
Text: Dear father: I have been talking with Franlein Bareteman. She doesn't seem to think I had better do it. I feel rather unhappy in my own mind and don't know just what I want to do. She says even if I had the highest marks possible ("which you haven't Miss Adams") she wouldn't advise me to do it. Now is she right in her estimate of what I can do in German or am i? It seems to me that I know more German than any other girl. But perhaps I haven't cared to make...
Show moreDear father: I have been talking with Franlein Bareteman. She doesn't seem to think I had better do it. I feel rather unhappy in my own mind and don't know just what I want to do. She says even if I had the highest marks possible ("which you haven't Miss Adams") she wouldn't advise me to do it. Now is she right in her estimate of what I can do in German or am i? It seems to me that I know more German than any other girl. But perhaps I haven't cared to make an effort to show it. Or perhaps I don't know as much as I think. Miss McCaleb, the sec. say I can't take that French next year without passion of the Freshman french in an exam. And I can't take French tis semester without taking an cam in last seems. work. It too bad isn't it? I am really quite disappointed though I keep telling myself that therewasn't any possibility of my doing it. What do you advise me to do. Drop German this seems. take French (and Miss Mc.C. said perhaps Prof. Brac would let me wait until the end of this seems or next Fall before passing off the 1st semester French work in June or Sept, work on German during the summer and take exam on 2nd semester work in Sept. and have the chance of loosing both. Or take German this semester pass it off in June and work what I can this seems on French and this summer, then try to pass off Freshman work in Sept and get into Course C. If not take Course B (which is what the frills with French as 1st language do this year) and drop German next year. What and which? Answer as soon as you can. I rather think I had rather study on French than on German, particularly this Freytag in the summer.The worst part is that I am afraid I shall have forgotten French so by that time that I shan't be able to do it. Isn't it too bad. I am unhappy. Oh no I am not. We have just been doe the grandest sleigh ride; Cora, Lucile, Edith, Dubé, Hilda (to chaperone) and I. I wish I had time and money to tutor in French. RuthProf. George B. Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn’_ ¢_' Q KW X ,_/{ J_’ E W41 fa L’ 1 _ “J PA i _“" H “:4” _ \‘ \ ‘ii }// \_ x 7/ _\H_x_ __ A t 6 “J \ _ :1 __ 5‘ __ 4*“ ,1 \ ' if//V F /_ _ ,1‘ \ Q I Q {,4 _€ _ ‘ _ I 6 ‘ V‘ _ 7: _ \‘ L, __/E ))A‘ 1 V\
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: May 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people I am very sorry about the letters, they weren't written by me on the same day and I had forgotten that I mailed them on the same day. As to the Fall River business. I don't see why it is a heavy price I ask you to pay. You and Momma could go up on the 21 and I come later. I could do that perfectly well asfar as traveling alone goes and as to the objections mamma makes. I am sure some of my friends would be glad to have me for a few days even at that time, and if...
Show moreVassar Dear people I am very sorry about the letters, they weren't written by me on the same day and I had forgotten that I mailed them on the same day. As to the Fall River business. I don't see why it is a heavy price I ask you to pay. You and Momma could go up on the 21 and I come later. I could do that perfectly well asfar as traveling alone goes and as to the objections mamma makes. I am sure some of my friends would be glad to have me for a few days even at that time, and if they wouldn't, why that removes one of the reasons why I want to stay. And I might as well go along up with you. As to Mamma and the maid being left alone on the island and being obliged to have some one stay with themwhy I hardly think my being there would alter that necessity, would it? I think Mamma ought not to have to get ready to go to the island all alone, and if I came home on the 18, and was going to stay over after you went, why I could pitch in and devote my self entirely to work until you got off and might be able to help come. I am crazy to go but I don't feel as if I ought to. I must decide as soon as I canthough. How long do we wait in Springfield? Long enough to pay having some of the girls who live in Springfield come down to see me? As to my clothes, I think I will do to go visiting if Mrs. Gal. [eludes] my [dinnity]. I think she is acting most outrageously. Can't she be compelled in some way to get it done. I shall need it badly for commencement. Shall there be time in the Fall after we get back to have say a flannel waist and silk waist made be 290 to college? Ruth.I am afraid I shall have to have some more money before you leaveNo OCR availableNo OCR available
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: January 1900
Text: Vassar Dear People:- Here are the letters. I thought you might like to know that I am feeling much better quite getting over the grippe. But I never had so much to do in my life. I haven't done a but of reviewing in anything and don't see when I can. I expect to flunk Latin. Am not particularly afraid of anything else. You aren't in a hurry for the samples are you?I haven't time to decide on any now. I could meet you in New York couldn't I? That would be "...
Show moreVassar Dear People:- Here are the letters. I thought you might like to know that I am feeling much better quite getting over the grippe. But I never had so much to do in my life. I haven't done a but of reviewing in anything and don't see when I can. I expect to flunk Latin. Am not particularly afraid of anything else. You aren't in a hurry for the samples are you?I haven't time to decide on any now. I could meet you in New York couldn't I? That would be "perfectly" lovely. Do you think it would be worth the money though. If I don't come home could you send me my algebra book? Our petition about commencement essays was not granted. Perhaps if you had expressed your opinion on the subject it might have been. Oh I hate studying. I think my eyes are giving out. And I can't do German in the evening and as its the only thing I can go where I am sleepy my evens are practically wasted. RuthMrs. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: October 1902
Text: Well I am thankful to say my work is over for one more week. It does pile up terribly at the last with 5 on Friday. I know my history topic was dreadful. I trust I can do better next week. Please tell me how much its maple sugar was around was it 8. There was something else I wanted to ask and I can't remember what. The sleeves to my blue flannel waist are miles too short and very uncomfortable. What can be done? R.M.A.Mrs. Leo B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn.

Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: November 1900
Text: Vassar My dear people:- How can I wait to see you. It seems as if Wednesday would never come. Oh I shall be so glad to get home. I don't believe I can ever leave again. To tell the truth, I hope Mr Stephens won't come. I had rather be alone with you. Don't you worry yourself about my wanting to go into college settlement work.At present it seems as if if I once got home I should never want to leave again. This week has passed by much as usual in work. Friday night Bliss Perry...
Show moreVassar My dear people:- How can I wait to see you. It seems as if Wednesday would never come. Oh I shall be so glad to get home. I don't believe I can ever leave again. To tell the truth, I hope Mr Stephens won't come. I had rather be alone with you. Don't you worry yourself about my wanting to go into college settlement work.At present it seems as if if I once got home I should never want to leave again. This week has passed by much as usual in work. Friday night Bliss Perry lectured on Hawthorne. And everybody enjoyed it so. It was lovely, I should like to hear it right over again. Saturday I had a dreadful fit of the blues. I suppose it was very foolish. But still I did.It seems as if there were such a lot of girls here but I don't seem to have got below the surface with anybody. It makes me rather unhappy. We don't ever seem to have time, and every body lives so far away. Well I can talk all about these things when I come home and expect to be all cheered up, and fix for only 3 weeks longer Just think isn't thatlovely? I don't know whether this will get home much before I do or not. I couldn't send it in town. Wasn't the game perfectly great. Why we couldn't believe it at first. I suppose you know about Coras sisters engagement? She is very much pleased. Ruth.
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: January 30, 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people:- Cora and Hilda have at last decided to ho home this week so I shall be sure of an escort home. I don't really think it would have hurt me to come there alone though. There would probable y have been somebody on the train. So I shall see you Friday afternoon at 3.50. The Crowning of Edward VII come that Saturday night but I sheen's ind missing it though it would be great fun. They are to have myflag for decoration. Well the Math and Hygiene Exams are over. I don...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- Cora and Hilda have at last decided to ho home this week so I shall be sure of an escort home. I don't really think it would have hurt me to come there alone though. There would probable y have been somebody on the train. So I shall see you Friday afternoon at 3.50. The Crowning of Edward VII come that Saturday night but I sheen's ind missing it though it would be great fun. They are to have myflag for decoration. Well the Math and Hygiene Exams are over. I don't know whether I passed Math or not. I don't think she will flunk me, because my classroom work has been alright. Or at least she ought not too. I am so sorry I am to have Miss Wilkinson next semester, and she isn't nearly as good a teacher; and now that I am used to Miss Richardson I had somuch rather go on with her. We have Math the first thing Monday morning too which is fierce, not to be able to look it over before class when you go it on Saturday. Whoo. We had hygiene this morning which was very easy. I am beginning to feel as if I really belonged here now that I am taking these exams, someway, even though I don't know yet whether I can stay. Of course thats only talk Cara is making out the bulletin for current topics this week. I suppose mu turn will come soon. I ought to study German but I can't screw my courage up to it. I want to go out doors but there is a terrible snow storm. If it keeps on like this I am afraid we will be snowed in and I can't go home. I will see you soon. RuthProf. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: May 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people: What naughty people you are, the idea! To think of my family being so unreasonable. I really haven't time to send more than 2 letters a week home, much as I should like to. I simply shouted when I came home and found the telegram. As to my health, I find myself pretty so so [thank], am able to take a little nourishment, and it's a living wonder to me too, if I dosay it as shouldn't, after what I've been through this day. About 40 children arrived from...
Show moreVassar Dear people: What naughty people you are, the idea! To think of my family being so unreasonable. I really haven't time to send more than 2 letters a week home, much as I should like to. I simply shouted when I came home and found the telegram. As to my health, I find myself pretty so so [thank], am able to take a little nourishment, and it's a living wonder to me too, if I dosay it as shouldn't, after what I've been through this day. About 40 children arrived from the college settlement, crazy at being in the country and acting according. They were turned loose there and it raining. Hence these tears. Such funny youngsters!! They had to be fed!!!!! I wish you could have seen them eat and us fill. The sandwiches I buttered and cut, the bananas I passed, and the skins Ipicked up, the cups of milk I filled, the cake I cut, the ice cream I cut and put on to platter with everyone Ah!! Ah!! Ah!! Ah!! Ah!! Ah!! Ah!! Ah!! Ah!! Ah!! They said such funny things Dora took some down to the gym and when one little girl saw the lake she clapped her hands and said "Oh! Oh!!!" There's the lake; is it always as clean as that." Then two other children were walking with Dora and one announced with great pride "My father keeps a grocerystore", and the other chimed in, "And any father keeps a bier saloon". "Yes" said the other and we trade with each other" They were very amusing and some were just as bright and pretty as could be. I stopped this last night because Mary Gentry came up to see if I wouldn't get a plate of ice cream. She had eleven pieces left, so I went around with her and scared up 11 girls and we finished up the ice cream. The settlement committeehad had some left over and she said she would peel it for them. She made $5.50. Wasn't that nice? Almost any night you want to you can make money that way, order out ice cream and let people know you are going to sell it for so much a plate and more people will come than you have ice cream for. Quite an idea ne est ce pas? Then another thing I did yesterday was to take a long drive in the rainEdith's mother and brother are up and Mr. Havers took us for their drive and bought us each lovely bunches of sweet peas. Wasn't that nice. He is the funniest fellow I ever struck. He's very gruff and course out with some remark that simply convulses you. He is 20 years older than Edith It seems so odd and Miss Havers is a real old lady she has still older children. As to going to Edith's. I want to go very much and knows Ishould have a beautiful time. But why have you planned to start so early, if you would only put off the leaving until a week later, or let Mamma and I come up after you then I'd go in a moment. You, Papa have exams don't you? And couldn't Mamma and I wait until there were over before coming up? You see this is the point. I have seen Edith all this year, while I haven'tseen Frances and Ethel and Katherine and Ellen and want to have to have time for nice long talks with them. And if I get home just 3 days before I leave know perfectly well that there will be so many things you want me to do that I shall have more than time to say "How do you do" to the girls. Couldn't we fix it any way so that I could have another week in New Haven. Let me come up after you. I shouldn't mind it a bit. It wouldbe perfectly easy. Oh I know I will see when Lucile and family are going up the Dartmouth perhaps they would take me up part way with them. I think if you can't arrange it in any way so that I can have more time in New Haven I shall have to tell Edith I can't come, which well break her heart as she has arranged all sorts of things and we would have a lovely times meeting all the people we haveheard so much about. But I had rather see Frances. Will you tell me as soon as you can whether I can't stay another week in New Haven. Can I ask the girls to come up to the island and camp. They all say they will come if I invite them. I haven't invited them yet though. About my elections. I didn't mean that I wanted to take all those things I mentioned next year but I simply wanted to know whether, considering that I wanted to take those things sometime, it was best to take astronomy now. I haven't handed in my elections yet. It's such hard work to go and study the charts and arrange your schedule. It is much nicer to be a Freshman and have everything arranged for you. It's very difficult to get everything straight so that two recitations don't come on the same hour. We had our nominations for classofficers last Friday, and Elizabeth (Allen) and I are running against each other for representatives from strong on the self government committee. I should rather like that place but I think probably Elizabeth will get it, and would do it better. It was rather funny I nominated Elizabeth and then Lucile got up and nominated me. So I am up against the person I put up. For president Gertrude [Knowhiton] and Nancy Owen are up. I don't knowwhether you have heard me speak of them on Mot. Marie and Elinor Murphy are up for Vice President. I hope Marie gets it. Dear me I don't realize at all that exams are so near and that we are almost Sophs. Last exams at a week before them nobody talked of anything else. Nit mow!!!! Why it makes no difference. Well the bell rang to get ready for church and I must do so. lovingly Ruth.‘_ V; __ 5 _‘ my _ J 7% _H_(Q_(___mL‘ V’ _ ___ 1 5 _ H_____W__ _ _\ it $4 ATE: f _ E é‘ N‘ _\_ __\_MV,' \__~_’%”J)/‘P/I/' _,/_ % imp _ _F __ _°.. i Q _ Q UM pl’ {X (Q N M I M OH K hi" ’ XML _pWf>w%?kh _ A? ““_”"\\~"\4'( ‘R I E Q H4 K‘, M‘ It _ V‘ v _ _ R X ‘_ / ‘J ‘ r W 0 ML € 7 9 & Q _l‘_vP~ ‘)5 W ®_ H4!» <;¢C‘EiV€-Z}? *4 <1; Q“ 5"} ~g'<;4AV O7 /X ~ .-if . ' 2 » 3§§]"*O i ‘ &_W<~ia:M \?@@@‘*'
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: June 1901
Text: Dear people: Today is town Sunday but I am staying at home today to rest after the fatigue of yesterday, that I may be prepared for the fatigues of tomorrow. Monday- comes English Tuesday- " Latin Wednesday- " Math Thursday- " German Just think we have had our last recitation in Freshman year. It doesn't seem possible does it? About going to Edith's. I think perhaps I had bettergo, and then seeing about when I shall have to leave New Haven. Of course I can't stay...
Show moreDear people: Today is town Sunday but I am staying at home today to rest after the fatigue of yesterday, that I may be prepared for the fatigues of tomorrow. Monday- comes English Tuesday- " Latin Wednesday- " Math Thursday- " German Just think we have had our last recitation in Freshman year. It doesn't seem possible does it? About going to Edith's. I think perhaps I had bettergo, and then seeing about when I shall have to leave New Haven. Of course I can't stay if nobody wants me. But in case I do go with you on the 21, I shall have one of the girls up each night with me and we can lie awake all night and talk. We could get in quite a job that way. As to the trunks, Cora and I would only take one between us, and you see a lot of the Welches are coming up to commencement and Cora think perhaps they wouldtake the rest of our trunks home with them. Anyhow I should have to wait and see. There was so much going on yesterday that I didn't get time to look at the express list to see if anything had come for me. But I will probably find it Monday. I think in the future I shall avoid Mrs. Gal. if possible and see if I can't get my dresses made within a reasonable time. Don't you think we mighttake the goods up north and have some shirt waists made up there? There must be dressmakers up there that can make shirt waists just as well as the ones who would make them for us in New Haven. and even though we didn't find any one whom we thought would do them well it would do no harm to have the stuff. I found I didn't need that white stuff I got, so I have never had it made up. I shall need a flannel waist nextyear before Thanksgiving too and a silk waist perhaps a wash silk. But we can decide on those things after I get home. One thing I should like to make this summer would be a [Chimona]. They are very simple I want a cotton one. Either a plain pink with a white border, or some stuff with pink flowers or something and a pink border, just something cheap and not very fine you know. If we should decide that these curtains wouldn't go in our room next yearshall we try and seek them up here or would you like me to bring them home? Can I take a French book from the library for the summer? I don't want to but them. But I really must read this summer because I have forgotten a great deal. Yesterday the seniors had a sale of furniture with an auction in the morning and in the afternoon a country fair to which they charged admission and had side shows and refreshments. It was capitally done. They had fortune tellers and [palraiste] (if that's what you call them) and you could have your picture taken and there were races of all descriptions. It ended with a may pole dance. But in the evening came the best of the lot. They gave a modern commencement with all the Props and [Prexi]. I think it was the funniest thing I have been to this year. Someof the girls are perfect mimics. Miss Wylie and Miss Salmon sent us into [scrieke] and you never saw anything better than Jimmy. After the performance the real Jimmy took his double down to get some strawberries and you can't imagine how weird it was. Margaret Jackson was prexi and she is always grand. They had all kinds of ballet and dancing and singing and stunts. All this was for theircommencement expenses you know. How did Mr. Hall happen to be east? You won't let Grandfather go until I get home will you? I should feel dreadfully if you did. I really don't know how much money I shall need. Everything in college is filling up it's deficit by laying a tax of .05, .10 or .25 cents on its members etc. But I should think $15 or 10 would more than pay all I shall need till I get home. lovingly RuthDo we go through Holyoke on our way nor?No OCR availableNo OCR available
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: September 24, 1900
Text: So stupid in me to forget the [?]. The letter is beyond recovery however. The presidential campaign has begun here. I wish you could see the poster stuck up everwhee. "Are you for Ruin or Destruction." "Register you vote." "Who shall guide the ship of state." "Bryan or McKinley." "Down with the imperialists." And all such thing painted in flaring color every con [?] place. It great full I wish Papa would tell me my principles. How do you spell...
Show moreSo stupid in me to forget the [?]. The letter is beyond recovery however. The presidential campaign has begun here. I wish you could see the poster stuck up everwhee. "Are you for Ruin or Destruction." "Register you vote." "Who shall guide the ship of state." "Bryan or McKinley." "Down with the imperialists." And all such thing painted in flaring color every con [?] place. It great full I wish Papa would tell me my principles. How do you spell it. Ruth. Individual Report. I. (1) Give your full name, (2) the date and (3) place of your birth, (4) the towns or cities in which you have lived since you were two years old, (5) the nationality of your parents. (6) Was any language other than English spoon in your family? (7) Have you associated with any persons whose peculiarities of speech few to race, locality, or imperfect education tended in any respect to modify your diction? Give full particulars!!! II. (1) Where were you prepared for college? (2) How many recitations in English did you have each week, and for how many yeas? (3) What text-books did you use? (4) How many6 essays did you write in each year of your study? (5) What was their average length? (6) Were they written at home or in class? (7) Give illustrations of the subjects of these essays !!! (8) For what faults were they criticized by the etcher? (9) In what ways have you found that your preparatory work in English has helped your writing ?!!! (10) In what was has it failed to help you?!! (11) Has it hindered you in any way?!!! III. (1) Give a list alphabetically arranged by authors of the books you have read in prose!! (2) Give a similar list of the poems with which you are familiar!!! (3) Like which one of the authors have you read would you choose to write if you could?!! Why?!!!!!!! IV. (1) Have you training or skill in music? (2) In drawing or painting? (3) Do you ever write verse? (4) Have you ever contributed to any newspaper or magazine? Give particulars. V/ (1) Is the first draft of an essay usually the best you can do, or is re-writing necessary? (2) What kinds of changes, if any, do you make in your first draft? (3) What is for you the most difficult part of writing? (4) What is the easiest?Prof. [?] B. Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn._ ‘wt ‘ r ‘;_‘ \ \ /4 It \\ _ )_ _ V ‘ \ ‘ y ‘L T \ _ ‘i ‘__‘ _H 1'“ \\\ _ \’ I I >_ V I __ (H ¢ _/\ __ t F” \ _ _ _ J ‘ |_‘ I ,v‘ "\ '51“ 11 ‘ ‘ > ‘An X __“ _ _ P N, Y 2 ‘_ _ V Y _ \__ I \ \ ~ I \‘ /\ _ w _ A n ‘> ’}ﬂ*\‘ _ ‘lH| _ I A>"¥>.'
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: October 17, 1900
Text: Vassar. Dear people: I got your letter Just before dinner. Please give my love to Mr. White. Papa has said something about him in every letter he has written. It's too funny. I meant to keen a diary this week for you but somehow it's dreadfully hard to do such things. I'll see if I can remember how things went First Monday morning I have two hours to study in before I have any class. Then come hygiene. Its the awfullest class. We all sit there as red as beets and don't...
Show moreVassar. Dear people: I got your letter Just before dinner. Please give my love to Mr. White. Papa has said something about him in every letter he has written. It's too funny. I meant to keen a diary this week for you but somehow it's dreadfully hard to do such things. I'll see if I can remember how things went First Monday morning I have two hours to study in before I have any class. Then come hygiene. Its the awfullest class. We all sit there as red as beets and don't dare look at each other. The lectures are about such very embarrassing subjects. Then comes geometry which is the most uncomfortable lesson. Miss Richardson scares one It's perfectly dreadful. I never was so with any teacher before nor here either (most of the girls are afraid of the German teacher but Z am not a bit. She's dreadfully funny tho'. I don't know what it is I am not really afraid of her. In fact I rather like her, but as soon as she asks mm a question all my idea's fly out of my head.It horrible. The other day she asked me to prove something and I got along swimmingly for a ways, when suddenly I Just couldn't think at all what came next, though I knew perfectly well, but she helped me around in the neatest way. I think she rather likes me tho'. I don't know why she should as don't have my lessons as a rule, or at least don't appear too. What do you think I had better do. Every body feels Just the same about her. Well perhaps I shall get over it. Now it's dinner time or very nearly so. We have great fun at the table. Have I told you who are at it. Lucile, Edith, Florence, Lucy, Mary Elsie, Elisabeth, Cora & myself. Then Miss Hastings who is Miss Cornwall's (person taking Lady K's place) assistant. She's lots of fun and awfully nice. She was a classmate of Edith's sister and Edith calls her by her first name. Then besides Miss Slade another class-mate of Miss Hastings sits with us. We are all in love with her too. She is instructor in Math and is going to be married before end of year.Right after dinner that is at 1*45, I have Latin and am usually so sleepy I nod right thro', the class. We have Miss Dutton who is dreadfully sentimental and takes up so much time telling us interesting facts that we never get thro', the proper amount in our reading. She is very nice and easy however. She hasn't called on me once since the call began. I wonder why. Perhaps she thinks I would make such a fool of myself that she will spare me the trial. Kind isn't it? After Latin I came home and did German with Aurelia, the girl that bent her nose, you know, I told you about it didn't I? She is real nice. She find German so hard I thought I would help her some. German is like rolling off a log for me It taken about 3/4 of a hr. and not a bit of work to it. The Bilder will be harder I imagine. Did I tell you its the Mittelalter I want. Oh while I think of it. Please send me Aunt Flo's address again. I was so mad I wrote her this great long letter and then found I had torn up your letter In which you sent her address. Wasn't that brilliant. Next hour cam our class meeting. Lucile and Emily Welch are the candidates for president Emily wouldn't have got it only Mary withdrew her name. You see lots of names are proposed and are reduced to 2 by ballot. Ethel Plumb and yours truly are up for secretary. I don't think I shall get it. And don't really want it, because it will not be unmitigated pleasure. Still when my name was proposed it was to much of a temptation, so there I am. It would be fun to be sec. when Lucile is president. I think she is sure of getting it. I don't think you know about the other, oh yes Lucy is up for vice president. I don't know whether she will get it or not. We think It will look dreadfully if we should all be elected from one set. But it wasn't our fault. Did I tell you Lucile will have to leadprayer meeting one night. Oh dear. After the meeting we rushed Just as fast as we could over to the tennis tournament which we watched as long as anybody we were particularly interested in was playing. Then we went over to the circle and watched 1901 playing basket ball, and walked around a bit and it was time for dressing for dinner. Dinner comes at 6 and chapel at 7 so there is always about half an hour In between when we walk up and down the corridors or dance In J. That's the letter of the room. After chapel we study till half past nine when we go & say good night to people if we want to and then go to bed. Tuesday I will skip because I don't remember much about it and I want to tell you about my gym exam I had today. By the way sometime I shall be needing some more money I have twenty yet. But about 15 of that is already promised $5 for Gym suit $5 for College Settlement. $2 for college paner, "The Miscellany. Something for joining New England Club, which I really ought to do and about $2, I think, for the hygiene book. How do I get money. But about my exam. I didn't mind it a bit. In fact I thought it rather amusing. You had this slip effect on slit way up each side and half way down the front She constantly thro' it entirely up, in front or behind, but still. She just measured me and made me squeeze things and pull them and blow them. I can expand my chest way out and blow the proceeding exceeding far up. But my back is very weak. The weakest of any girl I know. I only weigh 92 pound. It was so funny. She was so in the habit of saying 100 that with out thinking she called out 192 for the other girl to write down. My arms are just like Cora's and my legs much weaker. I suppose I shall have to pull and pull at thing to strengthen my back. It is certainly a bore. There was a most glorious sunset tonight Lucile Cora & I went up on Sunset Hill to see it. There was a big storm this afternoon and everything was lovely and fresh and cold after it We ran down hill and my hair came down. I washed it this morning. Love from Ruth. The curtains or chair don't come I don't understand it*
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: October 4, 1902
Text: I knew there was something I wanted to say that I couldn't think of. I should love to have you make an [?] down [?]. Light blue you know I can't get a pattern. There is one here that has not fullness gathers. I mean on the shoulders at all. The pieces are shaped to bring in the fullness with a circular band around the neck which does not turn over. Make it abt 53 ins down the front from the shoulder seam. I will get that corset cover pattern now. Mrs. Leo B Adams 57 Edgehill Road...
Show moreI knew there was something I wanted to say that I couldn't think of. I should love to have you make an [?] down [?]. Light blue you know I can't get a pattern. There is one here that has not fullness gathers. I mean on the shoulders at all. The pieces are shaped to bring in the fullness with a circular band around the neck which does not turn over. Make it abt 53 ins down the front from the shoulder seam. I will get that corset cover pattern now. Mrs. Leo B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn.
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: December 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people:- The time for mo to go home seems very near now, for they have got all our trunks down. And today we even got our tickets and the checks for our trunks. I hare decided to check my dress suit case along with the steamer trunk I am going to bring home. The case is so heavy. But the horrible thought has occurred to me that they may want to take the bagage down the night before, and then where would I be. I shall have to borrow a night gown of some girl who is going to stay...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- The time for mo to go home seems very near now, for they have got all our trunks down. And today we even got our tickets and the checks for our trunks. I hare decided to check my dress suit case along with the steamer trunk I am going to bring home. The case is so heavy. But the horrible thought has occurred to me that they may want to take the bagage down the night before, and then where would I be. I shall have to borrow a night gown of some girl who is going to stay here. But this isn't what I want to say to you at all. The all important fact is that I have been skating!!!! and have bought a pair of skates!!!! What do you think of that? I couldn't resist the temptation when Lucile came rushing down to the room wild with delight and she and Cora Hew over to the Lake, where the ice is at last sale for the "whole college". As I say I couldn't stand it to say the girls go by with their skates and everybody so excited and having such a great time. So I ran up to Florence & Edith to see if I couldn't persuade one of them to go down town with me immed-iately and buy a pair. I found them both sitting in the same bed eating breakfast. It was about five minutes of nine and they had only just waked up. You see it Is Saturday. Well I so worked on Florence's spirits and feelings that she gave in, and promised to meet me at the loot of the elevator at a quarter past nine,- it was then nine - though she had heaps of work to do and had said she wouldn't go skating. You see her skates were in at her home. Well we got the 20 minutes past car into town and went way around to Florence's and got her skates and to townand bought some for me, and to a picture store, to get a picture, which Edith is having framed, and which was to have been done last week, and which has been going to be done just hall an hour alter we are there for at least the last four times we have called for it,- or somebody has called for it. So provoking every time he says he is so sorry it isn't quite done but will be in Just hall an hour. He knows college girls haven't any hall hours to waste waiting for pictures And then we went to to see a young man, or rather Dubie did end see if he would go to a dance with her that the Po'keep girls are getting up. We didn't go to his house, but to the bank where he works* And got home by hall past 10, wasn't there pretty good time? Then I came in and got Coras sweater (?) (by the way I must have one. A regular man's you know, a great big white one. I will take it in place of the skates tho' I imagine it will cost about 3 times as much.) and took off my glasses in case of accidents and went out for my first lesson I wish you could see me. I do finely. I think. I must remember fromwhen I first learned. My but I am lame now. I went out again this afternoon. It has been a most glorious day so sunny and bright and the ice was perfect in some places you can see right down to the bottom of the lake the ice is so clear. It makes you feel as if you were skating on water. I wish you could see some of the girls my but they skate beautifully! Why dont you skate Papa? all the Profs do up here. It would be fine for you. And then you could take me out in the Christmas vacations. I only hope the ice will last. It is now Sunday night and this isn't finished, and I am very sleepy. So I am Just going to put an ending on this and send it off with out telling you anything about the Beta play Saturday after noon, or the Alpha play, to which Margaret Mather invited. They will wait until I come home. Today I have had such a good time. And this evening was the Christmas music which was beautiful beyond words. Mary Thompson had a solo which she sang wonderfully. They say she has the best voice of any one in college Since then she has been singing in the senior parlor and we all got invited in. She is a stunning girl. Ruth.ﬂap»--,--» ——- :n1~~1 “i 1 4\++<f<% fﬁ l @5501? _, (aw A Y“ _ A O ' $909 ( __,,, - ‘Q !\ Q Q 3 *f , <3 7 M ,5 -<1 J, =~»*-=¢\ ' /;.j_J¢\<.-\\,.4\_;.,»_ Y. ﬂ_ n k , \\‘:;.. ‘ \ - ’ —ﬂ‘ -v 11 1,./.._ M. ._ Dug‘, “ Z5; (/i§ -... F» E’ ‘A Q -mar" _\,;;L4-Qix E? b *— M /_!_ “H ___‘_' _ ‘Q I /K“ hang I ’ W’ __ Vvz ’ _" I f_ M6, I’ M 0 / :53‘ I 7 Fr 1‘ _ 5’ AU _ _ V {L _ up /V _'_ 7//IE_ _ 3“ M “ V,‘ J I
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: May 4, 1901
Text: Dear people: At last I am flat on my back. My, but I am tired. Such dreadful times I never want to live through again. We drew at least this afternoon, and just think of it of 12 girls 8 of us drew blanks. Did you ever hear of suck luck. We finally all got taken into double and then are to change back to our proper room-mates after the rooms are chosen, but the choices are bad and far apart and there is very little hope of our gettinganything we want or of our even being in the same building....
Show moreDear people: At last I am flat on my back. My, but I am tired. Such dreadful times I never want to live through again. We drew at least this afternoon, and just think of it of 12 girls 8 of us drew blanks. Did you ever hear of suck luck. We finally all got taken into double and then are to change back to our proper room-mates after the rooms are chosen, but the choices are bad and far apart and there is very little hope of our gettinganything we want or of our even being in the same building. Isn't that too bad. Of course we can't tell. It just all depends on what the people who choose before us take. Next morning- we are having nervous prostration with every person for fear they will take our rooms. Now I'll tell you all about it. We drew 8th hour right after a Latin lecture in the same room. You can imagine how much attention we all paid to the lecture. I hardly know what he said. He was a dear considerate thing however and let us out earlier. Then appeared Miss Cornwell and Miss Hastingswith the boxes of blocks with numbers and BLANKS and the black silk bag they are all shaken into and from which you have to draw. You can't imagine what an unhappy time we have been having trying to decide what we would try for. A good many of the girls were going to try to stay in Main, but to do that you have to be divided into 3s, and that wasn't practicable for us and there were any no. of complications. So we made up our minds to try for the hall and make a bold attempt to get rooms all together. It never enteredor little head that we would have such dreadful luck. The ones that were trying for Strong (that's the name of the hall we want, because the nice Juniors are going to be there next year) were Dora Waring, + Marie Honeycutt, + Elizabeth Allen, + Mary Taylor, Mary Thompson + Lucy Atwater (not that they are a [group] of their fingers about us, but they want to be there) + Lucile + Mary Bell + Edith and Florence + Marian Hart and Lilian Martin and Cora and myself. The two last were taken in afterwards. Of there Dora + Marie and Mary, + Lucy +Mary B. and Edith + Florence and I got blanks, and Elizabeth got 49 (the very last choice there are just 49 doubles in the halls) Mary Thomp. got 29 Cora 35, Lucile 11. Of course the only thing to do was to find somebody right off who would take you in with them on their choice and then afterwards exchange back to your proper roommates. So Mariam took Edith in with her + Lilian Martin took Dube. Mariam had 16th choice and her room mate 33, so they let Edith + Dube choose on that number though nominally Edith +Mariam have chosen on 156. Then Dora and Maria has to fly around and find someone to take them in. Yu have no idea what it was like everybody of 115 people who drew for double in the halls, was screaming at the top of their lungs and rushing around, and you couldn't understand what anybody said or find anybody you want. Everyone was frantic and completely lost their heads. Oh my. It makes me shudder to think of it. Finally they got 2 girls to take each one of them in just for the registration. And they have 45Can you think of anything much worse? 3 no. dropped out behind Mollie though this is some girls who had nos. were take in with somebody else and had to give up their numbers to be drawn for by the people who didn't get any choice at all. So those 3 numbers count after 49, and Mollie's choice 49, become equal to 46 + Dora's to 42. Then one of there no. cause below Edith's and ours so ours are 32 + 33. There are just 15 doubles in Strong and we want 7 of those so you see our chance. Our only hope was in not lettingpeople know where we wanted to go, but in praising up the other buildings. 1st choice went to Strong you can imagine our feelings. Lucile + Mary Bell + Mariam and her roommate have no got in there. But it's some time before the rest of us get a chance. And after us some time before Dora and Marie + Elizabeth and Mollie I. get in. It will be shameful if Mollie can't get in because all the Juniors she has been with for 1 year and is so fond of are there. And think of the misery of having to go off in one of the othershalls way off from anyone you cared for. Miss Hastings gets into a perfect panic overtime anybody comes to choose for fear they will take Strong. Of course she is not supposed to use any influence but it's too funny to hear her tell about how she says little things which sound perfectly innocent but do have weight. We come up this afternoon. Oh, oh. The other girls we know are staying in Main and they had wonderful luck and got all the members from 1 right up i forget how many they had. But they couldjust arrange what they wanted for the crowd and take it. They are all right in together and will have fine time. It particularly broke my heart to be separated from Mary Yost. And Marie felt dreadfully about it. It was really heart rending to see how badly they felt at going to different places but Alice Carter whom Mary has promised to room with was bound to stay in Main with the other girls and dear little Mary didn't think she could break with her. Marie and Mary set on opposite sides of the room and though theytried to seem not to care I saw them both secretly wiping away tears. It seems a shame that there has to be such tearing apart of people. We are all so disgusted with Alice. It's no use talking she is here and has got to stay I suppose. She has got some of the prettiest pictures. I think they are better of her than anyone I have seen. I have had 4 proofs taken and only one of them is any good, and that is the silliest most sentimental cook sweetie you ever sawalas alas, well I must stop I have no idea what time it is lovingly, Ruth I wish that Mrs. G would send my dress sometime.
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: May 16, 1901
Text: Dear people: - I am terribly sorry but this will have to be just a scratch again. Sunday you shall have a nice long letter. More things have been piled on us this week. Monday afternoon came the play, so that we were behind hand on our work for Monday. Tuesday came a match gamebetween us and the juniors in which we were beaten, which made us behind hand in our work for Wednesday. And Wednesday we had to get in our essays and prepare prose for today, and the prose was the worst stuff we have...
Show moreDear people: - I am terribly sorry but this will have to be just a scratch again. Sunday you shall have a nice long letter. More things have been piled on us this week. Monday afternoon came the play, so that we were behind hand on our work for Monday. Tuesday came a match gamebetween us and the juniors in which we were beaten, which made us behind hand in our work for Wednesday. And Wednesday we had to get in our essays and prepare prose for today, and the prose was the worst stuff we have ever had. Further this afternoon we have got to have the class picture taken and go to a game between juniors andseniors. They say it takes an endless time to have the picture taken. So late I be. And I have 3 lessons to get for Friday with no time beforehand in the morning. He. He. You understand my state. But what do you think we have finished advanced work in Trig. Isn't that fine. Think the last match. I shall ever have to do.well the luncheon bell rang lovingly Ruth
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: December 1900
Text: My dear family:- I have just 10 minutes before it is time to go to get my lunch and so am going to write to you. We have just been having a class meeting sandwiched in between the fourth hour recitation which ends at 20 minutes past 12 and lunch at quarter to one. We voted to sign a petition to have some distinguished gentleman come and address the college at commencement Instead of having the girls who have received honors read essays. It has been signed by all the classes. Well thats as far...
Show moreMy dear family:- I have just 10 minutes before it is time to go to get my lunch and so am going to write to you. We have just been having a class meeting sandwiched in between the fourth hour recitation which ends at 20 minutes past 12 and lunch at quarter to one. We voted to sign a petition to have some distinguished gentleman come and address the college at commencement Instead of having the girls who have received honors read essays. It has been signed by all the classes. Well thats as far as I got. It's now dinner time. And I am In such a state of excitement. What do you think a messenger came to the room and said President Taylor wished to see me In his office after Chapel. What can he want. Cora and I amused ourselves with making the wildest suppositions (?) about it while we were dressing. (I wasn't going to change my dress but changed my mind after the mess. Luger had come and put on my brown dress. Well I have seen the president. He had heard I wasn't feeling well from Dr. Thelburg and wanted to see If he could help me In any way. Wasn't that nice in him? He wished to be remembered to my father. I wish everybody wouldn't ask how I am andso on. What made you write to Dr Thai, about me? Didn't you believe me when I said I was feeling better? Certainly I am an only daughter, and there Is no use trying to disguise the fact. As to what I want for Christmas, It is a serious question and it took me most an hour of hard thinking while I was out walking alone one morning to decide I am very sleepy but I will try and think the things up again. First I couldn't think of anything I wanted at all. But of course books I always want, and I should like little Shakespeares or some of the Thackery's or anything. ThenI should like a pair of skates. And pictures framed, perhaps some of my English pictures or postal cards. I should like a set of furs. This I think you might as well give me any way. Just to fill up the toe of my stocking, you know. It's so little and inexpensive. Then a chafing dish or tea-kettle. And some little five cent cups. I dont want nice ones. Or whatever you happen to see that you think I would like. Well I am going to give up and go to bed. I am good for nothing in the evening. It isn't half past nine yet. But I just can't think and so am going to leave my theme and go to bed. Ruth.1 /. V _ 7/ v W "2 ‘ 17”‘; P ~ y»/'1‘./-’ ‘.-__;,g_ \:._:» ai '=,> D /r?*K“‘*'5z;1“k\ _ \) 1'71"‘! '5‘ 7@§*\ u ‘n ‘J L I -.4 .__, " .1 ,.. .. ..... V \ ' . W \ \ “ -¢- _ '_\_ .. . / " f 1 '»§ \;¥ _=» J“_ F" ix b If ‘=\->4; “ ~=~/'—*\ *1/:3 ‘ /-Q 5' ‘ K <\ , I- ‘ -w~J ¢'>”==§_,*\;*;.-> » ) \ . A ~ ‘ ..l_{ ‘Ja- l | 1 ' \ ~ » _ ' . , j , , , - ._.-- _ . .‘ ,2 " ﬁx I‘ 5‘ \ "*L_ cc//‘_ \ 1 \’~ . ":4 ;~: .1»;/5, A., _,._ ~ A 1»: 9 dlurbw u <'uI1 -ww; 1. -01! $0 _ y 2 0 ‘O M 3%} 5 H VJ ‘O r E Q D69 i\ Q aux
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: September 21, 1900
Text: Poughkeepsie 1900 Arrived safely. Miss Ellery here and very nice. Cora's friends all very good. Send money $290 directly. Quite a fuss about not having it. No time to be home sick Ruth POSTAL 6 \ . A / _ _ ?n<>g<,..;_§ V 7i~k .1_, A ‘ _~ ~. v_,__,._ﬁ.-__J. <~‘§- THIS $10515 FOR T - i’ <1: - .37"- _..Y 1;. _ - _i— ‘_‘\" ‘I IA. _ An _-/fez. ,,.__ _ __-;_ ,‘, > L‘ ,,_.A.____, $\\ ADDRESQ ONLY 5? ‘\ ,\~_< ~ ».\ ‘ '1:.,-,',¢.’»’ ,, HE < ~ - ' =...
Show morePoughkeepsie 1900 Arrived safely. Miss Ellery here and very nice. Cora's friends all very good. Send money $290 directly. Quite a fuss about not having it. No time to be home sick Ruth POSTAL 6 \ . A / _ _ ?n<>g<,..;_§ V 7i~k .1_, A ‘ _~ ~. v_,__,._ﬁ.-__J. <~‘§- THIS $10515 FOR T - i’ <1: - .37"- _..Y 1;. _ - _i— ‘_‘\" ‘I IA. _ An _-/fez. ,,.__ _ __-;_ ,‘, > L‘ ,,_.A.____, $\\ ADDRESQ ONLY 5? ‘\ ,\~_< ~ ».\ ‘ '1:.,-,',¢.’»’ ,, HE < ~ - ' =‘>*:,L,.,@,./5% "-41 I V Q; g_ Q km‘ : ' w~\.:>3.li‘>.¢’5 Ci» 7 E v; ﬁ ) Q t-,4": i H 1”“ Q, Q .1 . I ~ t ;'.'lL- € \‘ \ »= ' 5 -"WY A / \'? gs-Q»..J\ H Q K w,“ (‘ o
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: April 1901
Text: Vassar Sunday Dear people: - It makes me so weary to think of beginning to write letters again. I wish nobody had invented them. We feel now as if we had never been away for a vacation. Everything is going on just as it did before, except we are going out doors more all the time. SInce we got back we have had perfect weather, and so warm that all the little flowers are coming out. We have found a place where theground is covered with hypatica plants full of buds, but there are no flowers so...
Show moreVassar Sunday Dear people: - It makes me so weary to think of beginning to write letters again. I wish nobody had invented them. We feel now as if we had never been away for a vacation. Everything is going on just as it did before, except we are going out doors more all the time. SInce we got back we have had perfect weather, and so warm that all the little flowers are coming out. We have found a place where theground is covered with hypatica plants full of buds, but there are no flowers so far. Skunk cabbage abounds around here on the banks of the brooks; where ever you stop you crush the leaves and create a very unpleasant odor. Yesterday morning Lucile and I took our trig. up on Sunset hill, and did it up there. It was lovely and warm there. A man was ploughing in a field just below me, and lots of little birds were chirping and singing around us, and the hills over across the Hudson were very blue.It was so nice out doors that I had great difficulty in staying in long enough to get any studying done. Friday night, and Saturday night, and today I have worn my blue silk gingham and I can't bear to take it off, I like it so much. Every one thinks it is very pretty. So!!!! Thursday or Friday I met Miss Richardson in the corridor, and she took my hand, and asked me how I was, and if I had had a pleasant vacation!!! I went to see her last nightplease mark but she had an engaged sign out, so I couldn't go in, and you can't put your sign on an instructor's block, so she doesn't know I went (I mean your name. Some of the girls have signs they put up instead of their name) and I suppose I shall have to go again. I have had to spend such a lot of money for books. Very sad. I am so interested in my walk, what is lost with it? I am so curious! The girls have begun playing basket ball out in the circle again, and it's such fun to watch them. Theyhave made up a training table. It's more fun! It's the table right next to ours, and they got Dr. Harley to sit at the head of it. She's so nice. We elected her an honorary member of 1904, you know. She will only let them eat certain things, and makes them take a great deal of them. They don't like some of it very well. Lucile is there, and Cecilia, the little Spaniard or the girl that looks like a spaniard, has come to our table in her place. She has no end of money and gets up theprettiest costumes, very unusual you know, almost like fancy costumes, but they are always pretty, and the colors are lovely. Then she has quantities of pearls and diamond etc. Sometimes she wears a great long string of pears festooned in her black hair. She always wears diamonds in her ears. Really she is very pretty and interesting. Friday night we had a fine concert up here. It was called the American Symphony orchestra, and was composted of men chosen from various other orchestras I think. They were such an unusually gentle manly looking set of men. Saturday afternoon Beta, that's my chapter you know, and Alpha gave plays. They were very clever and amusing. Dear me, I almost forgot to tell you how the trunk came through, that is of course my hat. The box was all smashed in and I was in despair when I saw it. Butthough the hat was pretty badly bent I think it will all come out so that nobody will know it isn't natural. Everything else was alright. One poor girl was bringing a glass of jelly home in her trunk, and it broke, and went allow over her new, and clean dresses, so that they all had to be put into the wash, and some couldn't go. That was rather bad. I have some of Hawthorne's book out to read over summer. I like him so much. Ruth How is grandfather?W ~\ ..........----~ ~ //5/>(X\'§‘D‘ - Z» ..» ~ . E .3» ‘ __ t, ..--aw->'-" . .1,‘-w-——-*"'”A ‘V :*71i%zi :—***—'*:';' ::;1—i—'_: V __ _.. , -- _.,; ' :14 1 \ > v 1 i \) ‘Z r41-ﬁi-" 7 1‘? - Wn\ _ IO, [ 7 ~ j‘; $.P""wm :1 —f -~ I _ _,_.. L _— 4’ § lg {Q — ‘”F'1l" \.r* \ J ___ _ _ —— V 7" A V 7 4, >‘l<‘ __ T ~ \_ \; \ ‘ ‘___.___ ~> i ti 1 =__; _ __ 5 / ~ -._, 'T"""“* _ . \\A,_\,, __,;}_:_%W qwm_@iw,\_%r__%. @eQ-Q--4-v~/.z____ $7" 8“, v ‘ Q ‘-~a.. '~ ‘.12?’ a 30% $“‘* H4, 1;’-[D ‘ii "_R-rplﬁ 1'. v \9 ' " ‘ \C‘ (3 5*’ . *r=»,= <3, ‘-~_,»;_._'£' 7
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: November 7, 1900
Text: Vassar Dear people:- It is so hard for me to have to write to you on Wednesday, because getting ready for Thursday is the hardest work of the week. So I only have time for a note to say we are all well. We have been having the wildest times here about the election. I was up till 12 last night and was up early this morning. But it will have to wait untilanother letter. What a shock Aunt Anna's death is. She seems so young and I had no idea she was so ill. It make one feel that she must be...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- It is so hard for me to have to write to you on Wednesday, because getting ready for Thursday is the hardest work of the week. So I only have time for a note to say we are all well. We have been having the wildest times here about the election. I was up till 12 last night and was up early this morning. But it will have to wait untilanother letter. What a shock Aunt Anna's death is. She seems so young and I had no idea she was so ill. It make one feel that she must be awfully careful. I don't realise it at all. I am so glad Ellen is right again. Dear thing. She wrote asking Cora and me to a dance or party after the game but Boo hoo, Boo hoo. We can't go. Can you tell me what train I can get home if I don't get into New York until after 6. As soon as possible please. I have a class until 2-45. And think I cant get a train from Pough. until after 3 and don't reach New York until after 6. Perhaps if it got me home very late I could make some arrangement here. What do you do if you have a picture framed and pay for It. And about 3 weeks after a bill is sent in for it. You have nothing to show for having payed for It. That Is my present predicament. Dont bother about my back. It is perfectly well. I only caught cold in it. That was all. Thanks for the information about barn. I took the kitchen instead and an not enjoying it. I find English hard. I am safely thro, the six weeks tests and flunked none. So I don't have to take a tutor yet.Ok Miss Richardson got mad the other day fe dismissed the class. She refused to hear such a recitation. It was more fun. Ruth. §?;% ____ k ___#__I_/;U‘~ K; >n ‘ __ _ I |[\‘ _ _ q__J_ﬂ_mr__Vu_____J_»_w’___m~éM§~'m*$ ‘ _ __ _ __ \_ N _ , _ _ _ _ ﬂ _ _ I _ _ _&*_W ~ é > > >_ __ W _" *7 ___ _“ w N h _ & kvk‘ \ m_‘gE If F 7 W U _ I“ “H_ \h “ W‘_F'LQ1, _ “V __ M ‘ I _// // /) / 4“/A ‘yr ___ ""1 /_ 14/ ‘I’ __ V _ Wsvlﬂvvvﬂ ‘ I ‘__‘ hm“ X \\ _‘ >lf‘ fa I ‘ _ L?) ) _ ﬁg M “M \ / Q my w ) L ___v T” if V _ \ y W_ ’ > \_ N _ Q‘ I & X‘ \ \ \ \ \ \\ D N $ X \\ \ ~\ ﬂy‘ & 6 __ \ __‘ u N My / \_ﬂ“‘ % W 0 t W * € aw] _ (9% r z “_ I y/ f __ K x xi ,“‘”‘_ X; 6 / V L»/K 9% /M “K A my Aw Ky _ ‘ \ r 5 _ _ ﬁe 3 AU kw ~i ___§t' \ M?’ la Q _ _ “ I ’ '_ _ é _ \_“‘_'____l/V M62 /J U v H‘ _¢ 8 1 OE 1 \ H ‘V is Q‘ “U pf £3 ‘JV h/_ _' s fa AH‘ ‘C /%y_\ Q \ /it W\ J! ‘_*u\‘ ‘Q v,I:ti'iu'il)’l k ii‘ E ")l"l"P‘
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: January 1901
Text: Vassar Dear People- Excuse the pencil but you know I am penless. It is the greatest nuisance. Well as you see I am here safely. It was quite a nice last night getting back, this morning it is losing some of its charm. I have been to German and Englihs. In English we are to begin describing the fine art. We commence with pictures. For our next theme we are to describe, for a child! (not very appropriate, I think). Either that picture, we sawin the late Gallery you remember of Uncle Toby and...
Show moreVassar Dear People- Excuse the pencil but you know I am penless. It is the greatest nuisance. Well as you see I am here safely. It was quite a nice last night getting back, this morning it is losing some of its charm. I have been to German and Englihs. In English we are to begin describing the fine art. We commence with pictures. For our next theme we are to describe, for a child! (not very appropriate, I think). Either that picture, we sawin the late Gallery you remember of Uncle Toby and the widow int eh sentry box. You know the Davises had it in the hall; or our of Hogarths pictures from that seris of a fashionable marriage in the National Gallery. The trunks haven't come up yet you see. Do you realize you put Paper's tooth brush in? Do you want me to send it back, or shall I just keep it and get a new one for myself? Last night it was very exciting after we got to New York. I the mof of girls at the gates waiting to get through. There was a train there going to New Haven and they wouldn't let us through. But there was such a crowd of us and every body was pushing and joking so that the poor people couldn't get through at all. Who wanted to take the new Haven Train. Finally some big officials acme along and made a little alley way font the middle and stood there to pilot any poor mew through who wanted to catch the train. When finally they popped the gate of us I wish you could haveseen the mess there was we were absolutely helpless. The man at the gate got so mad at us and keep saying "one at a time please. don't crow so. the trains wont go without you. have you tickets ready." But it didn't do any good. We were quite powerless. I got swept out backwards. But at last managed to get safely to the car. Did you see the girl in the car, Papa, who met us. She is Edith Brooks, one of Hilda's particular friends wasn't she pretty. There weren't many freshman on that train, though. There were several cars of Vassar girls. When we got back we had to go up to the office to get our keys and saw Miss Hastings there. Then we came down and opened the room and the windows (it was like a furnesss in the room) and then went around to see people. We found Edith and Florence were here but Lucile didn't come till after 10 so we didn't wait up to see her. Lucy and Mary were here too. AndAnd I think everybody is back by this time. I have n't noticed any who haven't come back. But everybody serif our class would be much smaller after Christmer. Well me hand is nearly paralyzed with writing with the pencil, and I must study my Latin lesson. So lots of love, Ruth Prof. Geo. B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn1 E <’\ /"' "‘ ‘\~ LB. ’\ \‘\\/J =,»1Iv' ‘ V >04-1 J i \ , \ Ii}, ~ ? M A; Q3 | ' Q 1' 5’ - _ ‘ \ /1 M.“ . ‘. W‘ I - u-‘.4.-*1" _ *3 H ~ ,":" X?‘ ‘<>~ f‘E:L~w *2 ('6 W“ 53 :.3~ \ 7 I /' . {H
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: 1900(?)
Text: I got the bundle. I think the wrapper pretty but it is nearly a foot too long and the waist is very much too long. So it looks abominably on me. And I think I had rather not get it. I think I can get along without any at all, the flannel one you cleaned looks so nicely. So don't bother any more about it. I return the package as you direct. Send it collect. That's right isn't it? R. M. A

Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: September 30, 1900
Text: I got the box safely on Monday. I am very much please with everything, that is I have had nothing on but the prink dress. That looks very well. The things were badly mussed but I think it will all shake out. The changes were .35. My cushion has arrived I see. I shall get it up after lunch. I am just as much in despair abt Miss Solomons work as ever. We were seated today. There are 59 in the class. R.M.A. Mrs. Geo B. Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn.

Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: April 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people:- Safely arrived you see. I have hardly time to catch the mail. We have been off on a long tramp and took longer than we expected. We got into a field full of the love- best pussy willows and bough home our arms full of them. Mine look beautifully in my copper pot. Well we just hardly caught the train in New York and got put intoa car where there were about 3 girls- the rest all common people. There was a sickening bride and groom in front of us. But when we got to...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- Safely arrived you see. I have hardly time to catch the mail. We have been off on a long tramp and took longer than we expected. We got into a field full of the love- best pussy willows and bough home our arms full of them. Mine look beautifully in my copper pot. Well we just hardly caught the train in New York and got put intoa car where there were about 3 girls- the rest all common people. There was a sickening bride and groom in front of us. But when we got to Poughkeepsie there were plenty girls. Cora and I came up on the same train but we didn't know it till we got to the college. We saw everybody and had a grand time we went to Miss Hastings room and found the light out and her in bed but we went in to see her and were sitting on the edge ofher bed in the dark, when Cora began pummeling me and in the confusion which inside a glass of jelly which she was holding got knocked on the floor and smashed to smithereens the jelly messed all over the floor. Very unfortunate in the dark. And it looked so on the carpet!!!!! Lessons began this morning unfortunately. Ruth.Haven't opened trunk yet/ /4><~'\V\ ‘ J»? 4 ‘) M Ir , //It I /\\ <> 7* -LO ‘<\ ‘ » r" C1) ._\ =/A ".13 (D '\ ( (_> 5- ;,;1-.§;=i»>;?1=z- a 9'41 “*0 < ,_' -\ ., . .. , ,- J * v.»ma>v.-w4»n=w-no-'v.~w9-w~»<‘~n-.-1.-v—r<-u--w-1~.w.-_>. -:;~.-1:1~u-van-».r_v \...\1un. ~ ’ . , \ _- \ .' - (440-'91»-1 0,-.. .-_w..¢,.,.,,..»..-........-.......=..-=,....- ”..-.._..._.,.....~ W Q tar ';\ liyj _ " '” " ‘ 7"’ " ' ' ' . \\. J 7} '~@‘;., _. . . ‘ P _ ;"r1 ._ "1' M-‘ . I »¢ - .,'_!T'c11=1"l5 _1 I, - =3-_ t. . . ....__.. . ........._...,._..~-1.1..-....,...-.........._......¢.M-...... I . Q.-.--..~..--¢-..,__.».-....,.--.._.-».-_-'.-_-.-=.—~-w-n=--~.-'-.»-_=~=¢v-~-- —-» ~ - —~- - -~ - 97 {TL Rmwkﬂ, ﬁg 3$@~.-& _ __ _A.-,,,_._ﬁ1>*_,»;_-~..,.. _ 7 7 N ___: __..--< -._ -.v ......,._-w- \- P _ _ ﬁ xv‘, :1 ' "I I ‘ J I I ~ _§ 7‘ Ta , ,1. \‘ f I , _ J ¥ _
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: n.d.
Text: Vassar Dear Papa Here is the bill. I send it along immediately. I hope to catch the mail so wont stop to write anything. Tell Mamma the pine got here all right. I quite wanted to go down to New York today. A lot of the girls went down today to the Lessing Place Theater to see Mimma von Baruhelat the invitation of the director who lectured here last night (in German). I understood all he said. It was very nice. But I thought I had better save my pennies. Love Ruth

Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: October 31, 1900(?)
Text: Dear People This will have to do for a letter. You said you wouldn't mind my not writing if I sent a card. So here you are. Nothing has happened to write about and I haven't time anyway. Ruth

Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: February 1901
Text: Vassar Dear People:- Well I found no notes when I arrived but I have since heard that Miss Dutton's flunks are not out yet. Cheerful isn't it? Cora didn't get any. Isn't that fine? I haven't had time to see about the change, but Miss Hastings doesn't seem to think it would work. And Hilda seemed to think it would be awfully hard to take both Sophomore french and German at the same time. Well I got down to the station in fine shake Hilda and Cora and their brother...
Show moreVassar Dear People:- Well I found no notes when I arrived but I have since heard that Miss Dutton's flunks are not out yet. Cheerful isn't it? Cora didn't get any. Isn't that fine? I haven't had time to see about the change, but Miss Hastings doesn't seem to think it would work. And Hilda seemed to think it would be awfully hard to take both Sophomore french and German at the same time. Well I got down to the station in fine shake Hilda and Cora and their brother were on the car going down chapel. So I got my suit case tended to for the rest of the way. Our train was late in at New York and we were rather afraid of missing the other but didn't. They put us in a pullman car because the others were so crowded. When we got out here we lurmted all around and were very much excited at not finding any notes. We hunted under the beds and in the drawers and all around bu didn't come on any so we ran up to Miss Hastings and made eugurice. She said that she had heard my papers were very good. Edith flunked Math and so did Lucy. Mary Showkson flunked Math & Latin and French prose. We are so pleased she got through the rest. It was really better than we hoped. Elisabeth Ladd flunked English. Wasn't that foolish? It is simply because she has been careless and forgotten to put essays in where she ought and so on. Lucile and Florence are all right. Have had my first Algebra lesson. Miss Wilkinson is certainly not Richardson class! Well you will hear soon of my success in the change. They had great doings Saturday night. Ruth Prof. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn. __ ‘ I I _‘_‘ éﬂ 60 _:y_=\ _ v__ Y i _ /N \ ’_ ’ Iv /4‘ / /2 ‘_‘- ‘ ‘ \‘\_ N, j hp _'/; v r / ‘AH ‘ )1” mf / I _ _ * . _ I I L,“ J‘ ‘P’ '7' V! .1‘ “'.I\ \
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: June 6,1901
Text: Vassar Dear people: Such heat! I hardly have strength to hold my pen. Well exams are over, my last studying for a long time is over and done, in fact I am a sophomore. Of course provided I passed. I am not terribly worried over the subject [but] still pride always has a fall you know. None of them were very hard but the Latin was long. Eachday has been hotter than the one before. It's very nice to feel we are all through, though of course we don't realize it. Every body is departing...
Show moreVassar Dear people: Such heat! I hardly have strength to hold my pen. Well exams are over, my last studying for a long time is over and done, in fact I am a sophomore. Of course provided I passed. I am not terribly worried over the subject [but] still pride always has a fall you know. None of them were very hard but the Latin was long. Eachday has been hotter than the one before. It's very nice to feel we are all through, though of course we don't realize it. Every body is departing and it's quite exciting. We are already saying how nice it will be when we all come back next fall. Cora just heard Miss Wilkinson's voice in the hall and rushed out to ask her if we passed. Wilkie said she did. And then Cora said "I suppose Ruth did too?"Wilkie was quite fussed and said "Ah. Uh. I…Yes, that is. I-I haven't looked over her paper yet." As to the dentist, perhaps I had better have him look inside my mouth but I don't think any thing is wrong. The 18th would be all right. I could hardly come home on the 15th because I wouldn't have any time at Fall river at all then. My dress from Mrs. Gal has not arrived yet. Either she liedWhen she told you she sent it or else it has been lost. It's a terrible pity you have to go and blow her up so much. I never heard of anything like it. I suppose she thinks when we order a dress for me at college it makes no difference whether we have it at college or not. Our class pictures have come they are pretty good on the whole though a lot of girls are left out. We are all going to drive with Mr. and Mrs. Pelton tonight. Ruth. So hot.The money cause OK. Thanks.w \ \”_ _ “_ ______§________>__ J > K Y $ L‘ * ‘ V_ ‘ > H 1, _ _ J W q 4 _ _ _ _ _ ‘W > __ n __, _ _\ __ ‘H v 7 __ N ,6,‘ _ i V I _ MW M” _ J ~ _ M 1 % _ 1 gﬁ “__ 1'__ _ _ __ W L I’ N j _ U Q W K) ft X S _Q@/m_ %__W_ _t_b P /_ t4 _\_ A \ N 0 __ 3 9 I 1 PD 3 A\ ‘K / K H ANE\\ W _ m‘ Mm; WWW: W7 _ __ _ _ _§_y __= _ R M i \ M _ _W M H w 5 _ v t 2“ V13 L ﬂy, //{ , m ‘ Q __ _ H‘ . ﬁkA‘% ."*”'”'*-'3‘-’§’~:~ Q -|'\= “- -;‘\. '*r~’~ m i ‘Lid ~.| .' ‘ {MN <9 z A § ’ \,r \|\/ \ u /F) 9 L \ / 11: - --\\- ’ ‘» ..-—'-"‘ e~.
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: November 19, 1900
Text: Vassar Dear people :- I wish I were at home tonight. How often I want to talk to you. Well it wont be so very long before I can at least for a day or two. I don't think I shall be able to get home before ten on Wednesday night. I asked Miss Cornwell to exchange me in my Latin class if she could but there are a great many who want to be and of course those living further away have to be considered first. For instance, those living in Springfield wouldn't get home until 12. In any...
Show moreVassar Dear people :- I wish I were at home tonight. How often I want to talk to you. Well it wont be so very long before I can at least for a day or two. I don't think I shall be able to get home before ten on Wednesday night. I asked Miss Cornwell to exchange me in my Latin class if she could but there are a great many who want to be and of course those living further away have to be considered first. For instance, those living in Springfield wouldn't get home until 12. In any case Hilda is going on that train so it won't be like coming all alone. If you want me too and if you are willing to have me travel on Sunday I can stay over till some time Sunday after dinner. It is town Sunday so I shouldn't have to cut the morning service only the evening and we have 5 cuts a semester. I haven't taken any yet. On Monday we begin work in the Gym. I am quite interested to see what it will be like. No Joke, I imagine. This afternoon Miss Hastings has been telling me all about College settlements, She worked, as a non-resident, for several years in the one in New York and is very much interested in the subject. I am getting Interested too. Yesterday I spent about an hour and a half in Miss Cornwells office making out lists of the Freshmen according to floors and buildings It wasn't the easiest thing in the world. Last night was our great Hall play. The first of the year. You know there are four during the year given by the Philalethean society. They are great occasions and are really very fine. The girls work very hard for them. For the first one all the 1900 girls come back and have great celebrations. It was great. They gave "Nance Oldfield" and a play called "The Intruder". The first was so cunning. It*s the one Terry acts you know. Then the last I had never heard of before. It was the weirdest thing I ever listen to and they acted it so well that every body was so worked up that people fairly groaned and some of the girls nearly went into Hysterics. There is no action in it at all to speak of and it was really marvelous the way they did It. This blind grandfather with his two sons and the 3 little girls of one son are sitting In this room while in the next lies his daughter, the wife of one of the men and the mother of the girls very ill. It Is all what the old man Imagines what he thinks he hears and so one. Oh I can't explain but you get so aroused. It was really dreadful. How the girl did It I can't see. It is by Maurice Maeterlinck. I don't know that any thing else particular has happened. I am going to try to go to bed every day next week at nine o'clock. We never sit up late. But I Just thought I would try and see If I could. Between dinner and chapel four of us read every night unless something happens to prevent. We are reading "Fisherman's Luck" by Van Dyck at present. What shall we read next. Lots of love from RuthNo OCR availableNo OCR available
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: February 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people:- I have no time to write, the bell has just rung for Latin, just as I took up my pen but I don't need to go just yet. I have been particularly busy this week not having been able to do either my essay or my latin prose on Saturday we have prose today. I am anxious to see what little not I have on my paper today. Last time she said I must be more descriptive noting in my use of tenses but it was not deficient asmany of them were of which I was very glad. Well I have...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- I have no time to write, the bell has just rung for Latin, just as I took up my pen but I don't need to go just yet. I have been particularly busy this week not having been able to do either my essay or my latin prose on Saturday we have prose today. I am anxious to see what little not I have on my paper today. Last time she said I must be more descriptive noting in my use of tenses but it was not deficient asmany of them were of which I was very glad. Well I have just come back from Latin and gym. I meant to go and see Miss Wylie this afternoon with Mary Yost, but she can't go so we put it off until next week. My paper was not deficient this week either. Ha, ha. The poetry we are doing is so much nice than Livy. We have Ovid now. In English we are having a very uncomfortable time. Abstract subjects and definitions. FOr our next essay we have poetry define it. What is poetry anyway? As to the Algebra I can do the examples alright and don't know what I don't understand. There is nothing I can ask to have explained, only I don't feel as if I had the whole thing classified and right down so I knew all about it and through and through it as I did with the geom. with Miss Richardson. Of course its the difference in the teacher. Do you know Cora and I think our room is haunted. A while ago a bottle of tooth powder appeared on the washstand which belonged to neither of us and we neither knew how it got there. Wasn't that queer? Then the other morning, Sat it was I didn't get up for breakfast, that is I slept over and Cora brought me breakfast. When she brought me a napkin out of the drawer where I always keep them it was not one of mine. It had no name on it and I know it never came in the wash to me. Cora doesn't know anymore about it either. Don't you think that is very strange. Then last night I wanted some camphor ice. You know I had a new tube. well I have used very little when I came to look at it last night and the bottom which you can push up as you use the stuff you know, was up at the other end and the ice below it. The seal cover gone. Evidently somebody had pushed it way out and then put in the other end to, though how they didit I don't see the camphor ice is so soft. It was nearly all gone. Don't you think we had better employ a detective? Well lots of love Ruth Cora may go home next SundayMrs. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: February 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people:- You letter come this morning. You were very good to sit down stairs. I am so worried as to whether I got your letter in intime to reach you this morning. I think I did though. I don't think I need to take a tutor in Algebra. If I would just find time someway to do some reviewing I wou ld be all straight. What do you think, this morning when I was going up stairs in Rockerfellow I met Miss Richardson. She tookhold of my hand in both hers and patter it. "I have...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- You letter come this morning. You were very good to sit down stairs. I am so worried as to whether I got your letter in intime to reach you this morning. I think I did though. I don't think I need to take a tutor in Algebra. If I would just find time someway to do some reviewing I wou ld be all straight. What do you think, this morning when I was going up stairs in Rockerfellow I met Miss Richardson. She tookhold of my hand in both hers and patter it. "I have missed you, my dear," she says with her sweetest smile. "I am sorry to have lost you." Edith who was behind me nearly fainted away and after I had been brought to, we had to turn our attention to her, but she finally came to. I had such an unhappy time ini class drill this morning. It is the second one I have been to. And of ours they have got way a head. She made us do all kind of stunts with indian chins and I nevergot into such a mess in my life. I don't like it at all. Well there is the latin bell. I must run. Wednesday. Nothing interesting has happened since yesterday, just study and recite, recite study. I wish you could have seen me trying to get a steamer letter into the post for Winifred today. The postman had come and I thought if I didn't get in the mail it wouldn't reach her in time so I tore, and ran down stairs putting it in the envelope as I ran. It was too big and I folded it any old way. It will be a pretty sight I think. When she get it. I just caught the post man. Don't you wish we were sailing for Italy tomorrow? I do. Yesterday Cora and I had the finest sleigh ride. We were walking over to the washerwoman's and we had to go past the new building. The only path went that way and just then a wagon or sleigh rathercame out and we jumped up behind and had a lovely ride out of the college fronds and down a side street. When we came o the main street, where the street cars are, we decided we would have to get off, for fear of shocking somebody or harming the reputation of the college. They treat us like babies. Miss Cornwell is a pill. I wish Mis. Kendrick was back. Miss C. wouldn't let us send the little bunchesof violets to the Juniors for Valentines. Did you ever hear of anything so absurd. Bah. Then they had a meeting of Phil. the other night because Miss Cornwell had discovered a rule made a long time about, soon after college was started by the faculy that no costumes should be rented for the Hll plays. No attention has been payed to it for over 10 years. But she discoversit and says we can't have any costumes unless we petition the faculty for them. So we had to have a eating to get up the petition, everybody hooted when the girl got up and announced the business. In the last hall play she wouldn't let the girls say rape. She told them theft was much more befitting. It sounded too absurd for anything. When the bandit told the old Gentleman about the different styles. The theft by moonlight, the theft polite, etc, etc. Thurs. Another Latin press ex. done. I passed. Miss Dutton's, but don't expect to Miss Sander's. Last nigh I made three calenttimes no 4. This morning when we went to breakfast there was an orange at every place. Nobody knows who put them there, except the person who did it, and she doesn't let on. Some of them think Cora and I did it which is very amusing. We are going to vote our class motto and mona gram. Todays they are all horrid, I have more work than I can possibly do for tomorrow 3 lesson, class meeting and gym to do before night beside one recitation. Friday all my recitations come the first thing i the morning so I have to get them all the day before hand. I got a very pretty Valentine from New Haven. Voila the bell. Alas prose and grammer. Goodbye. Ruth. Mrs. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn/ _.- J3 ;;c % K"-;i:r~,> 3' -, 1‘ r-‘jg 7 ‘W 1 \ 3 €'f:i\ i 4 \k/:\ , A ¢ , '\'/ k U / ‘\ .;_- / "~. _ ‘ \ ‘ > w
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: June 9, 1901
Text: Sunday Dear people: Well I have just passed through the pain of the Baccalaureate sermon, etc. I wish [Arexi] wouldn't make such terribly feeling remarks it makes everyone want to weep. Some do. Since I wrote last nothing particular has happened, every body has relaxed and done nothing. Saturday the Peltons took us for a long drive up along the Hudson then we went there for lunch and after that we went to the circus and enjoyed ourselves very much. We went and sat on the seats with all...
Show moreSunday Dear people: Well I have just passed through the pain of the Baccalaureate sermon, etc. I wish [Arexi] wouldn't make such terribly feeling remarks it makes everyone want to weep. Some do. Since I wrote last nothing particular has happened, every body has relaxed and done nothing. Saturday the Peltons took us for a long drive up along the Hudson then we went there for lunch and after that we went to the circus and enjoyed ourselves very much. We went and sat on the seats with all the little rag-a-muffins. They are very amusing. As to the exams, we are all through, I mean, Cara and I. We are so furious we don't know what to do about the way Miss [Dalton?] has done. You heard we speak of her didn't you? She is the Latin Teacher I had the 1st semester. They said she was very partial and flunked girls if she happened to take a dislike to them but we never thought it would be as bad as this. She flunked Dora in all the work that means 4 hours work and Dora can do it just as well as any of us. Miss Dalton has hated Dora all the time and been perfectly hours all along, so Cora says, but how do you suppose she could dare flunk her? We are so mad. Cora says Dora always makes good recitations and I reviewed some with her and know she knows the stuff. Then Miss D. did the same thing to another girl. And to make it worse she let one girl through who knows absolutely nothing about it at all. And Cora says it's just as plain in class as can be. She has used a [trot] and done no work. Doesn't that seem dreadful? I didn't know you wanted all those pictures to send away. You ought to have told me, for I have given them all away. I will order another half dozen but I don't know when I can get them.We will probably leave near Wednesday noon. So you can think of me Wednesday night as sailing past New Haven. Do you suppose you could get me a little more money? I think I have just enough but I hate to have it come quite so close. I expect we will get home Monday. Lovingly, RuthIt just occurred to me that I haven't paid for my picture yet so I shall have to have some more money. If this gets to you Tuesday morning and you send some that afternoon won't it get here Wednesday morning before I go? I haven't enough to get to [Edites] one now let alone getting [Cora] because the pictures will be $4.50. It costs $4.46 to go to Edith's and I don't know quite how much it is from Providence back to New Haven.aw» A _-.,‘_, - 11:2 ‘q ’Jk (1. , , _ , P Q Y‘ ‘J W ,/‘ ( 3'7 9@%‘<<¢-J-~¢¥~Y»@‘+A;~§*~ ?¢=@a ;~,.@ . A §'< <<“Tf_,.L» , ” Z M‘, H \§A \.J \. ‘}’\ 1 N ‘§ -| \. “‘-.__.__4= has-:¢.~ N1» '?';Y“*w 3* I I20 r? 1 "3 :1" .v~. "31 H 6* ~ IUI; )"Z¢ 4%” , V J ARK kf aw ‘ Us -1*’ \\b f // We"!
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: May 6, 1901
Text: Vassar. Dear people: - Oh my, I wish I had written this letter this morning, then it would have told of us all beautifully straightened out, now it will have us in another mess and a mighty plaguey one too. However I will get us out of the first mess before I tell you about the 2nd one. Had to leave then and discuss some more. It is now after ten, but I shall write some. We have reallytruly all got into Strong. We never passed through such a time, so many changes we passed through, from...
Show moreVassar. Dear people: - Oh my, I wish I had written this letter this morning, then it would have told of us all beautifully straightened out, now it will have us in another mess and a mighty plaguey one too. However I will get us out of the first mess before I tell you about the 2nd one. Had to leave then and discuss some more. It is now after ten, but I shall write some. We have reallytruly all got into Strong. We never passed through such a time, so many changes we passed through, from violent joy and security of getting in, to despair and desperation. Two girls we had feared might go to strong would be safely landed in Raymond, and spirits would rise. Then next choice there would appear a couple who we though would bring a big crowd with them if they came, and we would tremble. Finally Saturday morning there were 2 roomsleft in Strong ( we were all in except Dora + Marie, + Mollie + Elizabeth. We had seriously considered the matter the night before when we had to draw and had decided to take Strong + trust to luck that the others would get in. We really had very little hope Mollie + Elizabeth would make it well Dora and Marie had first choice. They took one of the 2 rooms in Strong. Then there were 3 couple to choose before Mollie came. You can imagine the pins and needleswe were on. Then finally they got it. Oh my, we are so pleased we don't know what to do. Isn't it lovely? When I come home, so near now. I will tell you all about it. I wish I had time to tell you more about it now. But I have been in at the Reltors all day with Dube, and just home in time for chapel + prayer meeting. After that we got into this disturbance about the tables. Only ten can sit at a table and there has been a misunderstanding, because you see there are really 12 in our crowd and it seems that Florence and Dube, have been left out of the calculations when we supposed it was Mary + Lucy who had been left out. So Cora + I think we ought to stick with Edith and Florence and there has been lots of very serious discussing about what ought to be done, and everyones feelings are very much wrought up on the subjectand Lucile complicated the matter by making some very tactless re-marks. What it means is that we will go to a table where there are some girls who are nice, but not very interesting. It won't matter so very much because we will be together with the other crowd I mean a good deal during the day, or at least we try to make ourselves think so. I feel very sorry for Dube for she seems to take ti to heart more than the rest of us. It makes a big difference to herwhom she has to talk to during the meals. She likes to have a jolly time and fun then. Poor child. There are so many complications in your feeling here at college, and particularly around this time the air is full of them. It's very interesting. I find life a much for attractive and cries thing than I did before I came. But enough of this we are all delighted at being in Strong together and really thatis the essential thing. This afternoon we went off for a walk with Mr. and Mrs. Pelton and got a big bunch of March Marigold. Oh it's so lovely out here you can't imagine. I wish I could tell you about the Juniors walk we had Saturday morning. Dube know the most enchanting places around her and everything is overflowing with flowers. We have planned a lovely excursion over across the river for tomorrow afternoon. But I muststop, Cora has gone to bed for a long time and I can't keep the light up any longer lots of love Ruth Isn't it fine Katharine and Ellen are coming up?
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: April 1901
Text: Vassar Sunday Dear people: - Well the men have once more fled. You wouldn't think it was the same place it was yesterday. Everything is so quiet and peaceful. It is very hot, it might almost be mid-summer. Such an uproar as there has been here this week, or the end of it. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday it poured poured, poured, but Friday and Saturday and today have been perfect days. Friday, my how peopleworked, I never was more tired. You know the girls decorate the corridors...
Show moreVassar Sunday Dear people: - Well the men have once more fled. You wouldn't think it was the same place it was yesterday. Everything is so quiet and peaceful. It is very hot, it might almost be mid-summer. Such an uproar as there has been here this week, or the end of it. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday it poured poured, poured, but Friday and Saturday and today have been perfect days. Friday, my how peopleworked, I never was more tired. You know the girls decorate the corridors and dining room and the rooms we usually use for dancing themselves. Our end of the corridor they fix up with rugs and couches and lazy chairs for promenading and sitting between the dances, also J. where we dance every night. Of course all the rugs and couches and chairs and pillows have to be taken from different girls' room, they have to be go together and worked, so they will getback to their owners, and then arranged. It is no small work. The dancing is done in the dining room and that has to be properly decorated with bunting etc. The girls do it all themselves. Part of the corridor on 3rd is arranged for promenading too. Then the other end of this corridor with the reading room and so forth is used for serving refreshments and has to be fixed up with little tables and chairs. My [morris] chair and the table went. The freshmen were allowed to get refreshments at 11.15, which we all did. Friday morning some of us went down town to have our pictures taken and do some other things then when we got back we walked into the store with Miss Cornwell, I told you about, and I flew miles and miles about these corridors then we had a meeting of the circus company + decided to put it off until Saturday night, + as it finally happened we didn't have it lastnight either, the girls were too worn out and some of the most important ones didn't feel well. But we haven't given it up for good. We had the funniest time with Miss Hastings. Poor dear we do tease her so, at lunch Friday I was very tired and so was quiet and subdued contrary to my usual custom. She was terribly distressed for fear I felt badly about the row, and asked Florence in private if she thought I mindedit very much, or was just pretending to. Of course Dube was highly amused, and said well she really couldn't tell. So Miss Hastings was terrible worrited in her feelings and said she was awfully sorry, but she didn't know what she could do. So she was very unhappy about me. and Dube came and told me all about it much amusement. That evening, I went down with Dube to help miss H dress. I thought I had better set her mind at rest even though itwas very funny. After I had been down there a moment (nothing had been said about the circus yet) Miss H. said very beseechingly and humbly "Am I so out of favor that I can't come to the circus tonight" That was too much of a temptation. SO I said, looking away from her onto the floor, in a very sad tone "Oh we aren't going to have it after all tonight" Miss Hast. turned perfectly white. I almost shouted,but restrained my self for a moment. I could see Dube on the be simply doubled up and shaking with laughter. Miss Hastings said "Why Ruth dear did you give it up because Miss Cornwell and I said what we did? I am terribly sore. We didn't mean that you should do that at all" and she came and put her arm around me and kissed me to make me feel better. At that Dube and I could contain oursel-vest no longer. We shouldered at the top of our lungs. She was so perfectly taken in. Then she was much relieved to find we didn't really feel as badly as she had thought. She's such a dear. Saturday morning they had the glee club concert. And in the afternoon everybody went off on the river and driving or something, that is all the people who had men: We were so cross we didn't know whatto do. It was such a glorious day we wanted to go off somewhere but some of us couldn't walk, Lucile has torn the cartilage in her knee part off and can't walk (that's what I might have done if I had gone in training) of course it isn't very bad but very painful. Then we were terribly cross so finally we went to sleep and felt better when we woke up. After that we went out on the grounds and found Dora +Marie on a bench in a chump of pines doing Latin so we joined them. Cora was reading along and got to talking louder than she thought she was. She said "by pollux" very loud and just then two young men went by behind us, they started and looked around very much surprised at hearing a young lady use such an exclamation. We were very much amused. Today we had Dr.Rainsford (?) preach and I never had such a fine sermon in my life. If I heard him once again I believe I should go right into some social work. He carried everyone away with him. When he stopped everybody drew a long breath as if they had been holding it all the time he spoke. But it's no good talking about him as to your letter Papa. What struck you. You wanted me to learn to swim at once and to speak to Prof. Brac at once. I am sorry to say I have done neither yet. Though Idid ask Prof B. when I could come and see him as I wanted to talk to him about my next years work. He said he was always at the service of the young ladies and was only too delighted to converse with them on any subject in their life which interested them. I think perhaps I shall go to see him tomorrow. As to the swimming I haven't had an opportunity for that yet. Why are you so anxious about it all of a sudden. As to Mrs. Gal. I am thoroughly disgusted with her. She sent me Friday morning my blue dress also I had to pay .25 cents on it. I think she ought to pay the charges of it, seeing it is her fault they didn't get home on time. And then did she think I wanted to wear that blue dress to the ball. She is so provoking. I had to wear my blue lawn. It looked alright enough but when I am going to have another dress I like to have it to wear at the big thing. The blue looks very pretty and is very becoming but makes me look old, old. So everyone say. Ruth.
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: October 21, 1900
Text: gOct. 23, 1900, Vassar Dear people i- I don't feel a bit in the mood lor writing letters but I must Just write a short one and tell you what a glorious time we all had yesterday* It was Mohonk Day* I don't know whether you have heard about it or not* A Mr. Thompson in Hew York whoi^ was called Uncle Fred used to give this excursion every year to the Seniors and freshmen. He is dead now but his wife still gives it. We start early in the morning and drive over across...
Show moregOct. 23, 1900, Vassar Dear people i- I don't feel a bit in the mood lor writing letters but I must Just write a short one and tell you what a glorious time we all had yesterday* It was Mohonk Day* I don't know whether you have heard about it or not* A Mr. Thompson in Hew York whoi^ was called Uncle Fred used to give this excursion every year to the Seniors and freshmen. He is dead now but his wife still gives it. We start early in the morning and drive over across the Hudson up into the hills to this lake. We go in these big barges, holding 16 or twenty girls, and have great fun. There were 18 in ours* Lucile, Florence, Edith Mary, Florence Donaldson, Mary Wright, Aurelia, Elisabeth L. Edith Piatt, the Wood twins, (I have learned to tell them apart at last) Helen Studley, Gertrude Fuller, Janet Perry, Elsie Bisby, Alice Heyward & Cora and I. We were to late to get certain girls we wanted, they had already been asked but we had a very Jolly party. It took about four hours to drive over. And the scenery was something lovely with all the woods in their tell colors* The lake is way up in the hills with cliffs rising up on each side. I noticed it had that peculiar green that ao the Swiss lakes had. I wonder if all mountain lakes have it* Bishl I can't describe the scenery* it reminds me too much of English themes and essays. You can Just imagine something lovely. And wait till I come home and can tell the rest to you. Lucile wouldn't let me do any climbing on account of my back. She is very severe. I really don't think it would of hurt me. But I suppose it is better to take no risks. You see I caught cold in my back and have been having it messaged and so on (the woman about murdered me. I am positive it isn't good for one to have ones back nounded so). Well the woman told Lucy who has hurt her knee and been in the infirmary that 1 must be very careful of my back, that the muscles are very delicate and so forth and so on. All of which of course all my friends have heard & so I am not allowed to do anything now. Though my back is perfectly well now. It make my so tired to have everybody ask "How's your back this morning Ruth?" I am getting positively savage and am very rude to anybody who mentions backs. There really is work to do here. I got behind hand lastweek. It'a a bore to have to work so hard. I don't want to. I expect I shall be obliged to take a tutor in Latin tirose. I have no idea what to write. It makes me very unhappy. And the essays are dreadful. It distresses me to make up a lot of rubbish. Some girls can just scribble a lot of stuff off and there's an end of it. But I can't do that way. I don't think I am learning any German. Friday night there was a little play. It was very bright, only three persons in it but they did capitally. Next Friday I have heard that there is to be a ball given by the Juniors to the ssniersFreshmen but it isn't really know yet. I also heard that we are to be requested to come dressed as some fine character from Atte- Mother Goose. I have forgotten Mother Goose entirely. What people are there. Don't you bother about me. I am calm. If you could see the severe way I am treated, and made to lie down, or go to bed, or go for a walk, or take a pill, or get a cape you would be quite at ease. Lucile has taken it into her head to see that I do as I should and she does it thoroughly. I doubt if they will let me stay over till Sunday. Last year they were allowed to, but so many stayed over till sometime Monday and missed recitations that the faculy said it should never happen again. And I have heard they are very strct. I shall be very unhappy if you go down to New York Friday and Saturday Pop. Have you old Review meeting Tuesday and Wednesday & meet me in New York Wednesday. That would be lovely. Do. Please, Oh dear we had such a really terrible sermon this morning. We none of us could understand a single sentence. It was funny we sit right up above the platform and can look right down on the minister and could watch his notes. Sometimes he would turn over two pages, then he would think better of it and turn back. Our bench got to shaking. His name was Ladd!!! I forget where he came from. I am awfully sorry about Aunt Flo. Do send the address again. Oh I forgot the curtains have come. They look finely and we're ever so much obliged. How about the paying for them. At last my poster is fram. The frame is crooked we have discovered. I don't like the black frame very well. With lots of love Ruth. Ruth Adams, '04, I don't think the mail goes from here on Sun. but I can't go into town Its too far. Today I am going home with Florence. So it will go*
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: January 16, 1901
Text: Vassar Dear People:- You will have to average up the letters you got last week and those you get this week because this has got to be very short. I am dreadfully busy this week on account of those rehearsals, and then of course Miss Hooker had to go and give me a conference today for which I have to write 2 long things. I really don't know when I can do them, but still. So I am sending you a note in the time between breakfastand first hour when it is very much against my principles to do...
Show moreVassar Dear People:- You will have to average up the letters you got last week and those you get this week because this has got to be very short. I am dreadfully busy this week on account of those rehearsals, and then of course Miss Hooker had to go and give me a conference today for which I have to write 2 long things. I really don't know when I can do them, but still. So I am sending you a note in the time between breakfastand first hour when it is very much against my principles to do anything. I usually go for a little walk. But of course you must know that I am prospering. Miss Duiton, our Latin teacher is sick, so we are having samples of the others. They are much harder. Miss D's other two divisions got cuts and we were so mad when we didn't. However on Monday Dr. Shelberg couldn't come to Hygiene so we got excused from that. Sr. Sh. is having grippe, &her vaccination is taking hard (isn't that amusing). I am so afraid I shall get the grippe. Lots of people have it around here. As to the oranges. We get very good navel oranges for 35 a dz. Do you think it is too extravagant to eat there every night? I am so disappointed about the check, but anyway it is more than you thought it would be in the first place, isn't it? I think that subject for a paper would be lovely, Mamma. I shall try to imagine Papa playing whilst tonight. I expect the first time he tried to shuffle he will spill the cards all over the floor. But of course he wouldn't mind such little things! Lots of love, Ruth.Mrs. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Connr» ;-; ~ = $54» W’. <f;;\ A \ i§' \ _/\)§,/ - r __\),f/ \ . ‘UAN 5 \ :2 '2 N _ -\ \) ‘ \/xi / ‘ 5‘ 9 :/ .1 ,1 \ /' \ ‘ {"1 \"‘1_-.-._-=<='¢" _ Z U1 1 f.@-,~ Y?» Q‘ 6 >-»' § “V c, E I Lg;-E av‘ 14," .1 ,1,‘ ‘ “Q1 :;"3..»§'@5r;~;'1=_.u_;; . . i J ' - V \ ./ />-.. ;‘ '1 I .1 1” I - r ; .- . 1 . . < ipv: 4” _~..-_-.... " ' ‘ 1’!-uzm'v.'_ » /- 01 8 -.. p K 41} pi!
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: February 1901
Text: Vassar Freshman? 1901? Dear people:- Sunday once more. How the weeks go by. We have just come from church and I didn't wait to get asked into the senior parlor today as usual, because the minister made me feel creepy and I didn't want to be in the same room with him. He was a great big burly fellow with his block hair shaved off as close to his head as it could be, and he had big hooked nose andsuch sharp piercing eyes way in under bushy eyebrows that he made me think of an eagle on...
Show moreVassar Freshman? 1901? Dear people:- Sunday once more. How the weeks go by. We have just come from church and I didn't wait to get asked into the senior parlor today as usual, because the minister made me feel creepy and I didn't want to be in the same room with him. He was a great big burly fellow with his block hair shaved off as close to his head as it could be, and he had big hooked nose andsuch sharp piercing eyes way in under bushy eyebrows that he made me think of an eagle on hawk all the time. He had such an effected, sarcastic, [sueering?] voice too, and said marcy instead of mercy, and "such like things." Oh the girls had such a perfect time who went down to New York yesterday. I really wish I had gone. She boxes and front seats were given over to them, about 77. Then the director spared no pains to make them enjoy themselves. A man came around and gave each girl a big bunch of violets tied with the Vassar colors, rose & grey. Then he himself came around and spoke to every girl. And the crowing compliment when the curtain wen up in the second act, where Francesca and Mima are on the stage, they each had flowers on tied with long streamere of rose and grey ribbons. Wasn't thatlovely in him. The girls say they clapped and shouted for at least a minute before they let the play go no, while all the rest of the people stared open mouthed at them. The theater was crowded and it holds about 1100 they say. At the end they raised the curtain six times and finally herr coud--I forget what the rest of his name is had to come out. After the performance wasover he took there all up on the stage and showed them how all the contrivances for making it thunder and so on, and the scenery is worked. Generally they had quite a time. The railway people let them go down to New York and back for $1.60, hardly more than you would have to pay for a single trip on a regular ticket. Cora and I went down town yesterday and made various purchases including a drape lightwhich is going to nearly break us, costing $3.60. But I hope it will be good. We have had such a time with the gas. It is very poor and so far up. That 3.60 gets us only a plain upright stick for the lamp part, and no shade, we are going to make that. The burier and all the separate pieces cost so much. I am going to be dreadfully busy next week. My essay isn't written and regular lessons keep me working steadily, then a costume has got to be made for Friday night. it can't be done Friday after noon because Mrs. Stephens lecture comes then, and he excepts to stay over Saturday so I suppose I shall see him then sometime and Saturday evening come a french reading that I won't of course to go to. Don't you think I shall be rather full? Our essay is perfectly awful. We are to take some modern sentiment, as the nobleness of labor, or the equality of class, or anything we like, and take 2 or 3 poems in which this feeling is expressed and compare the different ways of bringing it out and the different though on the same subject which different people have. Why its terrible. I have no idea where to look. I should have to read all the poems, modern poets have written, thorough in under to find the ones in which they have expressed some such sentiment characteristic of the time. What shall I do. I haven't time for that, and take Kipling, there must be some in him, but how am I to find it without reading his poetry all through? Certainly Hooker is getting too frisky. The other divisions don't have any such crazy things to do. Did I tell you about Thursday night when I hadn't done a single one of my three lessons for the next day by chapel time and yet stayed to a lecture on college settlement work and had my lessons for the next day as well as usual. I got out about 8.30 and got my German by mine then I did Algebra until about 10.40 and then went to bed. The next morning I got up at the usual time and went to breakfast after that I borrowed a copy of Kate and wrote a theme on the Ode to Melancholy before the first recitation which came in twenty minutes. It was fully as good as those I spend an hour and a had on. If only you could get your lessons done as quickly when you have plenty of time and don't have to. I don't see why you can't. Cora is going to have a costume made for her by a dressmaker. She is going to be my man. Didn't they wear those little short waists and scant skirtsin George Washington's time? LIke those in "Pride and Prejudice ?"How do you think you would cut them? How many seams would there be in the skirt? And would they just be straight or would they have to be gored? Fo you suppose I could get a pattern for such a dress? What do you think of the bill? The doctors was not as much as I thought it would be. I am beginning to get so I can skate quite well alone, if only the ice would last. Lovingly Ruth.Prof. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn. _ ’_ L L‘; _\‘ _ ‘>6 ~ ‘ n"__M_g _ 1’ ‘K \ 5 _ Q U‘ K ‘Y ‘v \\_ I \M > >/___ ' _( \J f \\L 5 Ur I ‘_ :1; V) ‘ \ _ ‘V \ ‘J _/ (.\ “ L‘ J) \/, 3 p/UN _ \_' _ 1) ’v‘\ _\_ V ,2‘! Q R! \_ __ 7 _ ‘()‘§“ II I I‘ R-1 I‘ ‘ll_ _ n __ \
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: n.d.
Text: ,Sept. 24, 1900 , Vassar Sunday. Dear People:- This is absolutely the first moment I have had to sit down with nothing to do except when I was so tired I lay down and couldn't think of a thing. X haven't had a moment so far to be home sick in, per- haps it will come later when we get settled. To begin at the very beginning. Cora and I got safely to New York and caught the un train, after sustain- ing several minutes of suspence while waiting in the tunnel. There weren't any...
Show more,Sept. 24, 1900 , Vassar Sunday. Dear People:- This is absolutely the first moment I have had to sit down with nothing to do except when I was so tired I lay down and couldn't think of a thing. X haven't had a moment so far to be home sick in, per- haps it will come later when we get settled. To begin at the very beginning. Cora and I got safely to New York and caught the un train, after sustain- ing several minutes of suspence while waiting in the tunnel. There weren't any norters there but we manage to rush across, though it nearly pulled the sockets out of our arms. The ride up the river was perfectly lovely. We looked over at West Point as we came along. It's just in the prettiest t>art. Then when we got to Poughkeepsie Miss Ellery met us and took us up to the College. She is very nice and has a room next but one to ours. She wishes me to tell Papa the train men didn't steal her trunk strans. First we had to register. Tell our name and address and age and father's name and all about us to one person who filled out a blank which we had to take to another person who filled out another blank. This person knew Dr. Taylor would like to speak with me for my father's sake. So I waited and went into his study. He was very pleasant. Then we had to go to the Treasurer's office with the last blank we got. Some of Cora's sister's friends took us around too and were perfectly lovely. I think I shall probably have a crush on one of them named Helen Stork. She's just as sweet as she can be. First we handed in our blank at one window and answered questions for another which we took to another window where we should have payed our $290 if we had had it. (Cora didn't have her's either) Well the man made a fuss and would--n't give us our paper saying we had made satisfactory arrangements and didn't know what could be done. We began to think we would have go to the town for the night. Miss Stork was furious and rushed around and finally after dinner about 2 we got our papers and went into the parlor to wait our turn to see Mrs. Kendrick who hasn't gone away, but is going after a little. After waiting two hours we saw her and got our keys and at last got into our room. It is a very good one and we are very fortunate to be on the campus. Lots of freshmen are out somewhere in board--ing houses. It must be perfectly horrid. Nobody seems to know exactly how many there are in our class, but it's very large. And it's such a nice class, such lost of attractive girls. We have two twins (I don't know as you say two) who are just a pretty as they can be and look and dress just alike. You can't tell them apart, at least at first. Everybody is wild about them. Then there are lots of other nice girls. Lucille Stimnson (if you spell it that way) is awfully nice and her roommates Edith Hawes and Florence Pelton. Then there is a Lucy Atwater we like very much. She rooms with Miss Dimock. (The Morrises friend you know) and a Mary Thompson who seems much older but very jolly and lively. Miss D. isn't so very nice, I wish you could see the neckties she has hung over her gas jet. We picked in the other night when we were in with Lucy and she was out, About 2 or 3 dozen I should say. We have a table all arranged for that i3 who is to sit at it. But the tables aren't assigned yet, not till next week some time. The first 3 meals we got taken to the senior table, that is the oneat the head of the room where the senior president sits. That's a great honor you know. I don't know what would have happened to me if Cora hadn't been with me. I am very glad nobody came un with me. Some of the Mothers that come up make a great disturbance. They go In to Mrs. Kendrick and talk and talk and talk and never seem to realize that there are hundreds of others beside their daughters to be seen. Then they make such fusses about their daughters rooms. Oh their daughters haven't been used to it at all. Some thing has got to be done. And of course there can't. It's much better to come up alone. We had such a fine sermon from President T this morning. He only preaches twice a year. The first and last Sundays. Saturday evening there was a reception by the President for the freshmen and teachers such a crush and jam I never was in and such noise. Everybody had to shout to be heard above the noise so of course you can imagine what it was like with so many people shouting at the ton of their lungs. I met any number of people and can't remember any of their names but they can remember mine so it's all right. I saw Miss Leach who wished to be remembered to you. She was awfully nice. I haven't seen Miss Salmon yet. She was well. I didn't have anything proper to wear but others didn't either so I don't mind. I wish I had some more musilins (how do you spell it) or some wash dresses like that; they wear them so much. I hone to find my other dresses tomorrow. Perhaps you would like to hear about our room though I haven't much more time I have been writing for dear life and expecting to have somebody come in every moment. It was such a joke the first night. Cora and I were tired and had gone to bed when suddenly we had some callers Lucille and Edith and some seniors. The first I knew they were Bounding on the door. They were very much amused to find us in bed; but we received them with great dignity. Well, about my room. It is like this We are going to put a curtain over the door in the middle and make the front part the bed room But we can't find anything decient for portiers. Poughkeepsie is a dreadfully one horse little place you can't get anything. I got a desk for ten dollars which I don't think particularly nice. (I mean for the price) It certainly was very expensive. W e may decide to have you get us some burlap and send it. Do you suppose you could? Our carpet is blue and the walls painted a sort of yellow tan They are dreadfully high with no fuze. We got some pretty curtains in tan $1.50 with blue lines which are very pretty but not quite broad enough. We haven't quite decided what to do about it yet. We have put my flag up as a portier over the door into the hall and it's stunning every body admires it so. It's just the right sine. This afternoon we went for a long walk with a senior. I would tell you her name only I don't know how to spell and Cora is lying down. We aren't much settled for we only have one bureau and they haven't brought the other yet* So things are all over Then it's so hard to hang the pictures we have to climb way up on the top of the ladder and reach as far as you can then. Lots of love Ruth. Miss Ellery is Dr. Baldwins Assis. I met him. They call him Jimmie. She doesn't. I know this is dreadfully written and full of mis^takes, but I haven't a moment to look it over. How I am to write regularly 2 a week I don't know.
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: January 11, 1901
Text: Vassar College January 9, 1901 at 7:45 o'clock PM Piano Recital by Martinus Sievking Program Preludium…Bach-Sieveking Sonta appassionata…Beethoven Two Etudes, C sharp minor and C minor… Nocturn, C minor…Chopin Scherzo, C sharp mino… Prelude…Rachmanioff Erlking…Shubert-Lizst Duet…Mendelssohn Moo erpetuo…Weber Menuet… Tarentella…Mozskowski Steinway piano used.Dear people:- This is Wednesday and I meant to write some to you each day, but it is so hard to find time. Its after 10 now and I...
Show moreVassar College January 9, 1901 at 7:45 o'clock PM Piano Recital by Martinus Sievking Program Preludium…Bach-Sieveking Sonta appassionata…Beethoven Two Etudes, C sharp minor and C minor… Nocturn, C minor…Chopin Scherzo, C sharp mino… Prelude…Rachmanioff Erlking…Shubert-Lizst Duet…Mendelssohn Moo erpetuo…Weber Menuet… Tarentella…Mozskowski Steinway piano used.Dear people:- This is Wednesday and I meant to write some to you each day, but it is so hard to find time. Its after 10 now and I haven't got my German done nor eaten my orange. However I shall let my German go. The reason I haven't got it is that I went to a concert tonight. We had a grand pianist up and enjoyed it very much. I will send you the progamme. He was so funny and conscious the way the moved his hands and particularly the way he lifted them up. He was a kill as to his appearance. but he certainly played beautifully. I am having the awfullest time with my trunk. I can't get it open at all. Thursday I got so sleepy I had to stop last night. Well I did have a bad time with my trunk. The key wouldn't go in far enough to turn around. And so I sent for a man and he tried but couldn't do any better and got dreadfully angry at it. Then he wanted to know if he should take the lock off and I told him to go ahead as I had got to get into the trunk. But he began going at the thing with one of those big box openers, like ours you know, and I thought certainly hewould brake the front of the trunk all to pieces and ruin it, so I asked him if there was anybody who could pick the lock, and he said I was afraid he would hurt it. At which he became very mad and walked off. Well at last this morning I got it opened. They had to cut it out. It has been very inconvenient as I could change my clothes this morning. It is very nice to have it now though. I gave Miss Eilery they plater piece, and she was very much pleased and wished me to thank you. The pen holder and tooth brush came. I broke the pen I had and so writein pencil again. Would you please send that map, Papa, for using in conniption with "Die Bilder" It has been a horrid day today, raining and sleeting all the time, so that I haven't been able to go out. This afternoon I read German with Mary Yost, the southern girl you know from Virginia. She is so lovely, I wish I were like her. Everybody loves her. Yesterday afternoon I went out for a little walk with Marie Honeycutt who lives in Washington. I think I told you about her. Her father is an army officer and they havelived about everywhere in the United States. They know Dr. Geo. Bushwell. Isn't that strange. More girls meet here and find out that they have mutual friends. Well its very early but I think I will give up and go to bed. With a great deal of love I wish I were at home. It seems so long since I left. RuthMrs Geo. B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn.
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: n.d.
Text: Vassar Dear papa: At last I have been to see Prof. [Bracgand] he says I may take that course in French literature next year, without an examination. Isn't that perfect? I never was more pleased with anything in my life. I went over, and he began asking me questions about what I had done in school, and of course it didn't make much showing, and I could see that hewasn't inclined to let me come then I began telling him about what I read in France and it changed matters decidedly....
Show moreVassar Dear papa: At last I have been to see Prof. [Bracgand] he says I may take that course in French literature next year, without an examination. Isn't that perfect? I never was more pleased with anything in my life. I went over, and he began asking me questions about what I had done in school, and of course it didn't make much showing, and I could see that hewasn't inclined to let me come then I began telling him about what I read in France and it changed matters decidedly. Then he talked the least little bit of French with me. And then I told him I had been expecting to read some french this summer, and would be very much obliged if he would suggest some books which would be good for me to read. So he gave me a list of booksthey are terribly easy books, Peggy and those children were reading them in school when I was there. Oh I am so happy the girls are all wild at me. I said I went over and smiled at him, and said I should like to study with him, and he told me nothing would give him greater pleasure. That's all I tell them. Now for the rest of my business. We decided that I should take chemistry instead ofPhysics didn't we? So I have a three hour course still to take. I want to take something comparatively east as the rest of the work is rather stiff. I rather want course A of Astronomy. Will you look it up in the catalogue and see what you think of it in connection with the other courses I shall be taking. They say it is very interesting and not hard, (they being Sophs who have had it this year)I shall want to take it somewhere in my course anyway. Other easy courses are C + D in Music. Do you think it would be worth my while to take the History of Music ever? It is something I ought to know something about of course. Then courses A + B Art were taken this year for easy courses but turned out otherwise I believe. They were however very interesting, though thereis a good deal of reading to be don.e There is not much danger of flunking them I believe. Don't you want to look over the catalogue with an eye to my course as a whole. I want to take the economic courses as is advises, all of them. I am more interested in that than anything else. Then I want in Biology A B + C. Now I should like to take Physiology rather. It's hard but very interesting. What do youthink about English and History courses. I don't know what I want there. I suppose they are terribly good training for one. And please examine the German? There is nothing that looks particularly enticing to me. Oh I forgot Geology is another very easy course and nice to. Dear old Prof Dwight has that and he takes the girls off on expeditionsPlease tell me is he a brother of President Dwight I insist he is not and Miss Hastings says he is. Will you look this up right away and write me because our elections have to be in on Monday. We are once more enjoying the sun and my spirit rise. Lovingly Ruth. Tuesday 11.
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: May 1901
Text: Dear people- I am going to start this letter in the girls room while we are waiting for Miss Hastings to bring her father up. He is the darlingest old man you ever saw and is so pleased with all his new grandchildren. Miss Hastings has told him all about us so we feel quite acquainted. Beth Seymour is up here over Sunday with Miss Palmer, the greek instructor, I walked in to her room the other night with out ever having met here which was rather cool I think. Of course it has been raining all...
Show moreDear people- I am going to start this letter in the girls room while we are waiting for Miss Hastings to bring her father up. He is the darlingest old man you ever saw and is so pleased with all his new grandchildren. Miss Hastings has told him all about us so we feel quite acquainted. Beth Seymour is up here over Sunday with Miss Palmer, the greek instructor, I walked in to her room the other night with out ever having met here which was rather cool I think. Of course it has been raining all the time she has been here. I shall never dare asked anyone to come up here again. It always rains. We haven't managed to have field day yet. I don't know what will happen now because the seniors have to have their exams next week and they haven't time to spend on such things. Mr. Hastings has made his call. He is so nice and jolly. Last night we went into the Amherst dramatics. They did finely, rather better than the Williams people I think. The girls were better any way. Why it gives you such a queer sensation to see a woman and knows that it's a man all the time. Clothes do make a difference. You can't help some way feeling differently towards a girl, no matter how well you know, her when she is dressed as a man. Dear me it's Monday now. I fully meant to get a nice long letter off to you, that is get it done yesterday. It wouldn't have got to you any sooner than this will. I went in to tea with Dube yesterday and only cameout in time for the address at 8 o' clock. A miss Bradford of Whittier house Jersey City spoke to us on social work and all kinds of things that are being done for the poorer people. She is perfectly lovely. We went into the senior parlor afterwards and sat around her on the floor, while she talked to us more, and answered all our questions. We were all ready and crazy to start into social work immediately. I wish so many interesting people wouldn't come here and talk to us so. I shall go wild. I have at last made up my mind to take every economic course I can get a hold of. Oh dear I am terribly sorry I believe I have missed the mail. I don't see how I could have been so thoughtless. We are not going to be nearly so busy this week, as we are to have no Latin prose but a lecture instead. Our essay however is something terriblewe are to describe in Pater's style either a basket ball game or the Shakespeare lay imagine anything more absurd. It isn't at all like anything he ever wrote. Such things are really quite trying. Friday night the choral club gave a concert and also our new symphony orchestra of which we are very proud. Then Saturday it poured all day and we were all dreadfully cross. I never saw Lucile get so mad in my life, and we allsat around and swore at each other. Friday afternoon I forgot to tell you we had a [stunt] party. I mean the Juniors had one for us. It was lots of fun. We had 3-legged races and red headed races and potato races and all sorts of things. Then they took us over to their fence and gave me refreshments and a speech on the subject of the fence. Oh my I almost forgot to speak to you about a very im-portent affair. Edith is very anxious to have us all go home with her directly after commencement for 3 or 4 days. What do you think of that? She lives in Fall River you know and we should go by boat which of course isn't as expensive. We would have a fine time I know but I told her I didn't believe I could come for many reasons. I hope Grandpa and the maid are improving. lovingly Ruth./1; /c,\"*Kl:5j /Q-_§’MAY2i Q1 ,. . ii 1 Oi \ 69 ' xiii *' I¢' ~"1 no-1—*‘1 4&- ~* in " FT! WJOA . (__:v_ \/.\/>1» _m;_,w,_; _Q__;____, . \\\ *7 H A % pk? ,._. ( »%"’ /’= AJ~=-» ‘ ____..4 MH _' A ]_\ /J . M x wg_‘__‘H V; xi J i ﬂy ' “Q _”_____" _ N _ ‘ 5' J _ W 33 ' _____'___ Y " _‘ {M _ _‘ ‘Q ’/ YR‘ Ea I,,_’, \‘ If ‘ u 4/__ ‘Eli 4_V '_ iv; \ __ \,b, NI‘ ‘P, > ,_ ,_‘ U I \
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: November 1900
Text: Vassar. Dear people:- Your letter with the money came all right. Thanks very much. I don't know that I shall need it. But its better to have it. I shall have to pay 5 dollars for a gym suit. Please excuse this pencil Cora isn't well tonight and has gone to bed and I have no pen and don't want to go in & light the gas. Nothing particular has happened. Have been busy. But has gone to bed until tonight at 9 o'clock every night Ruth.

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