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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1913-01-18
Text: January 18, 1913 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I missed the afternoon mail yesterday, so I sent my letter special this A. M.--hope you will get it. I have decided to do Leibnitz for my exam, and shall start on it tomorrow. Nothing new to report, except that I have engaged the following at Miss Mullaly's for Commencement: a room on second floor with double bed and cot (comfortable--like college cots), a room downstairs with double bed (rear of house), and another room downstairs with...
Show moreJanuary 18, 1913 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I missed the afternoon mail yesterday, so I sent my letter special this A. M.--hope you will get it. I have decided to do Leibnitz for my exam, and shall start on it tomorrow. Nothing new to report, except that I have engaged the following at Miss Mullaly's for Commencement: a room on second floor with double bed and cot (comfortable--like college cots), a room downstairs with double bed (rear of house), and another room downstairs with large bed. It is the best I could get, and she assures me that they are quiet and comfortable. I had to argue quite a while to convince her that my family weren't keen about double beds. Does that suit you? R. S. V. P. There is another house, two blocks farther from college, where I inquired, but they too have cots. Personally, I think they are more comfortable than the average rickety bed. I engaged Miss Mullaly's definitely--tell me if they do not suit, please. Love, Fannie Am going for a walk now--I have adopted the fresh air cure. This is the period of the year that I always dislike college. Without fearing exams, I certainly hate the pre-exam atmosphere, as it has been the last ten days. I went off to lunch with Hlen and Kro today, and it felt good to eat some food that was recognizable as such.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1919-01-14 [1920]
Text: January 14, 1919. [1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: It is delightful to save your chapel cuts till the end of the semester and then stay home every night and get a chance to write the daily letter then. I got away from the doctor's office at a little after two today. Dr. B. gave me the punch. I then came back to my room and went over one sixth of the ground we are supposed to review for the Latin exam with Phyllis' roommate. She is very good in class, but she certainly was punk...
Show moreJanuary 14, 1919. [1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: It is delightful to save your chapel cuts till the end of the semester and then stay home every night and get a chance to write the daily letter then. I got away from the doctor's office at a little after two today. Dr. B. gave me the punch. I then came back to my room and went over one sixth of the ground we are supposed to review for the Latin exam with Phyllis' roommate. She is very good in class, but she certainly was punk in review. I got along very well working with Phyllis for two years, but it must have been unusual. She is the next best in the class to me, if not as good, as far as marks go, but I could not hand her much today. I then had gym. Today was apparatus day. There was not much to do. One of the things I could not get at all, and that was hanging on to rings, turning over, and sticking the legs in the ring. I did manage to twist a summersault around a pole, though. Saturday night is the third Philharmonic concert. I got my ticket, but I am afraid I shall have to miss it. Last week I went to bed right after dinner. The New York day is none too easy. I wonder if I will have Miss Wells next semester. I certainly hope so, but she may get the class in analyt. geometry. Yes Pete, we wre one of the seven hundred institutions of learning, but the New York Times did not consider us worth cracking up along with Yale, Harvard, and Princeton. There were speeches in chapel the night before, but not knowing that chapel was to be more attractice than usual, I used one of my wonderful cuts. I shall go to chapel during exams, though. I shall need it then! They say it rests the spirit wonderfully then. Aunt Hattie was right that they give fiendish assignments fro vactaion[sic] to Midyears. By the way, you are coming down after midyears, are you not? R. S. V. P. Love, [Fannie]
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1919-02-24
Text: Dear Mother + Father: My trunk is not here yet, and I have nothing to say, so I won't write a letter. Please send the implement of torture for my face in my laundry, mother. Don't send "[Lorna Durce]" - I won't used it. We were told today that our exam is to be on the poems of Masefield's book entitled "Enslaved" excepting the poem "Enslaved." I talked to Miss [Cowley] for an hr. last night about my proposed change in elections. I decided...
Show moreDear Mother + Father: My trunk is not here yet, and I have nothing to say, so I won't write a letter. Please send the implement of torture for my face in my laundry, mother. Don't send "[Lorna Durce]" - I won't used it. We were told today that our exam is to be on the poems of Masefield's book entitled "Enslaved" excepting the poem "Enslaved." I talked to Miss [Cowley] for an hr. last night about my proposed change in elections. I decided today to make no change. I hope I stay decided. Love, Fannie, Jan. 6Mr. + Mrs. Marcus Aaron, 402 S. Winebiddle Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. 1919-09-26 [?]
Text: [26 Sep 1919?] Dear Mother and Pete in one case; Father in the other. There is nothing much to tell you today except that I go out in ten minutes to learn to play field hockey. I hope I shall have good luck at it. My classes came off this morning without any startling display of intelligence on my part. I don't know why I am always to stupid to start with. I am rather tired of it. We had our first lecture in hygiene this morning. It took most of the hour to seat the Freshman class....
Show more[26 Sep 1919?] Dear Mother and Pete in one case; Father in the other. There is nothing much to tell you today except that I go out in ten minutes to learn to play field hockey. I hope I shall have good luck at it. My classes came off this morning without any startling display of intelligence on my part. I don't know why I am always to stupid to start with. I am rather tired of it. We had our first lecture in hygiene this morning. It took most of the hour to seat the Freshman class. Doctor Talberg, (is that the way it is spelled?) did the lecturing today. I just came back from Lucy's room. She has been here about four times in the last two days, so I thought I better go. I also went to see Helen, but she was just going out. Last night the Freshmen of my floor were invited down to the room of two Juniors for chocolate after quiet hour. I was dead tired, and did not want to go, but I thought that was a poor way of starting out to be sociable, so I decided to go. I ducked in time to get my bath before ten o'clock, and was politely informed by the Hall President that it was five-ten and my water was still running. I think for first offence you are simply told to be more careful the next time. I worked in the library most of last night. We were seated in chapel last night, too. Otherwise nothing new. Love, P. S. Ruth Franklin informed me she did not understand one speck of the service.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1919-09-24
Text: September 24, 1919. Dear Father and Pete: Having just made my bed and had a taste of oatmeal, a rotten egg, and some cocoa, I decided that my time could not be better spent than by wishing you a Happy New Year, although I suppose that I am a day late in doing so. There is nothing much to write to you today. Yesterday I had French, English, and History. My French teacher, although American, speaks a very fine and Frenchy French. We are going to read the Chanson de Roldand, in modern French,...
Show moreSeptember 24, 1919. Dear Father and Pete: Having just made my bed and had a taste of oatmeal, a rotten egg, and some cocoa, I decided that my time could not be better spent than by wishing you a Happy New Year, although I suppose that I am a day late in doing so. There is nothing much to write to you today. Yesterday I had French, English, and History. My French teacher, although American, speaks a very fine and Frenchy French. We are going to read the Chanson de Roldand, in modern French, of course. In English we had to write another theme about our work in English, our ability to read and write, etc. I will be glad when they have the statistics on us and give us a more interesting line of topics to write on. In history I have Miss Thallon, whom Mother knows from college. Lucy says she is fine, whatever Lucy's authority is worth. She also says she never gives an A. That ought to make you happy, and Doctor Goldenson, too, who informed me that they never give over triple A here. I spent the afternoon doing the work for today, straightening up around here, and standing in line to register at the gym, and then to get books at the book-store. Those two things took almost two hours. I am to report Friday a week for Physical Examination and also to try to pass the swimming test which is necessary for graduation. I believe all you have to do is to swim twice the length of the pool, not more than one hundred feet at the most. After standing in line three quarters of an hour, the books that I was to get were not in yet, so I had to take Phyllis's and go off campus to get them and take them back. She got hers second hand but they are such messy things that I am willing to wait for new ones. I had a notion at the beginning that I ought to eat here in order to get acquainted with people, but I decided that I was sufficiently acqauinted[sic], and that I would get sick of this grub soon enough, so I had dinner with Mother last night and then came back here. They feed good at the Inn. The off campus girls get better grub than we do--they get dessert for lunch and dinner and they get butter for both. We get butter for lunch only, and in return for that luxury we get no dessert at noon. We now have two Freshmen tables, which we keep till Thanksgiving. After that we can sit anywhere we please. I don't know much else to tell you. Love,
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: [1919-10-29]
Text: [29 oct 1919] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete; It will have to be a hurried letter again, although I have loads to tell you. The book I wanted Sunday in the library was in use, and I had to rush over immediately after lunch yesterday to get it. I worked in the library from one-fofteen to five-thirty. Then I cam[sic] home and did my work for today. I have all the material for the history topic now, and I have to arange it today. That ought to take one hour. I am one of a committee of four to...
Show more[29 oct 1919] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete; It will have to be a hurried letter again, although I have loads to tell you. The book I wanted Sunday in the library was in use, and I had to rush over immediately after lunch yesterday to get it. I worked in the library from one-fofteen to five-thirty. Then I cam[sic] home and did my work for today. I have all the material for the history topic now, and I have to arange it today. That ought to take one hour. I am one of a committee of four to arrange a course of study for our English class. The object in the classes is to do what they want to do, provided it meets with tge approval of the teacher, of course. We have been excused from two themes, but it means an awful lot of work in the library. Have you any suggestions, old man? The idea is to get plenty of essays, among other things, but they should be of first importance. I discovered today, Father, that the niece of Mrs. Keyes'friend is in my English class. I think she is the girl we passed going to chapel. I told her I met her aunt. The reason for rushing this letter so is that I want to get some exercise today. I missed it yesterday. I shall probably play basket-ball outdoors. It is very warm today. The glass things came. They are awfully pretty--aren't they too pretty and good for here, Mother. I don't want to have any valuable things parading around. Also, my room has all it can stand now, so don't you or anybody else get an idea that there is another thing that I need. Don't send any more silk stockings--I brought those old ones along because I knew they were wearing out and because I could not use them for good. I have enough. We measured North Tower in Math hour yesterday, using surveyors' instruments. It was loads of fun. As we were measuring some old lady came up and wanted to know if we were building a new dormitory. We told her it was just for math, and she said, "Oh, I can sympathize with you-fifty years ago I did the same thing." Only North Tower was not there then. That is all that I have time for. I hope Aunt Hattie has sent me a costume. If not, I can do the way most other people do, and get something up myself. Towels help a lot. Love,
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1919-10-[?]
Text: [? oct 1919] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I shall try my luck at a morning letter, although I shall probably have to stop in the middle of it. I just came back from French class, where we had one of the fool mile-long assignments again. She is so afraid we won't use two hours! If I did as the others did, it would not be so bad, but whenever anyone cannot answer a question, she calls on me. I can not bluff. The reason that I happened to be put on the committe to map out a course of...
Show more[? oct 1919] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I shall try my luck at a morning letter, although I shall probably have to stop in the middle of it. I just came back from French class, where we had one of the fool mile-long assignments again. She is so afraid we won't use two hours! If I did as the others did, it would not be so bad, but whenever anyone cannot answer a question, she calls on me. I can not bluff. The reason that I happened to be put on the committe to map out a course of class study in English, was that each group coming from one class elected one girl. There were only two from Miss Buck's division, she Miss Kitchel asked Miss Buck which one she considered the best qualified. I am surprised Miss Buck thought I was capable of anything. It meant an awful lot of reading and hunting around on the English 1 reserved sections. The idea is to read essays for class work until Christmas. The ssays are to be difficult enough to understand to repay class work. We had a committee meeting in Miss Kitchel's room last night and this morning we are to present several different plans to the class. The plan that I am to present several different plans to the class. The plan that I am to present is the use Steeve's and Ristine's "Representative essays in Modern Thought" as a basic for class work and discussions. Then we are to do a certain amount of reading connected with that and report on it. In addition to it we are to do some outside on any subject we please. The other plan is to get the November issue of the Atlantic Monthly, to study it, and do library reading and writing in connection with it. A list of suggested essays would in that case be posted. That plan appeals to me more, but we will have to take a class vote. One of the members of the committee is the daughter of an English Prof at Yale. Her name is Adams. Is her father anything or don't you happen to know, Pete? Talking about profs, the two books that I used most in my history topic which I handed in yesterday were West's Alcuin and the Rise of the Christian Schools" and another book which I just happened to think was not connected with Princeton. Another book by Professor Munro whom you always call by his whole name was pretty good for the occasion. I took "The Revivial of the Schools under Sharlemagne." It was very interesting and I certainly wently into it thoroughly enough to get a decent mark. My report was about three times as long as most people's. Most of them started to work on them the afternoon before they were due, when the topic was assigned two weeks ahead. I don't believe in that. I committed the first college sin the other night in studying until eleven o'clock. I was very wide awake and I preferred that to getting up at five-thirty. Strange to say I was less tired the next day than any day since I have been here. I suppose it is too late to tell you now. If you sent food in the last laundery, please don't send any in the next--I have toomuch on hand. I forgot to tell you that last night one of the girls asked Miss Kitchel what division we were. To make a long story short. She has two English sections. I mean Freshman English. One is supposed to be very good, and one is supposed to be not quite to good. We are in the latter. It is nearer the top than the bottom, however. She said she kept girls in section that I am in that she did not consider in any way inferior to those she sent to Miss Buck. Of oucrse[sic] your truly would like to be in A1, but I really like her about ten times more than Miss Buck. She surely was great in her room last night. She was not one bit like a teacher. I played tennis with Helen Reid yesterday. you know her, Mother. I discovered that she went to Peabody for three weeks before she went to Cincinnati, and that she reported in the room next to where I did. We had a class meeting Wednesday afternoon to approve a class constitution and to elect officers. Almost all those that stood any showing were from McGlynn's and Main. The two up for President are good. One is in my Latin class, and the other is in miss Buck's English. We were together before. It is raining today--I guess because I have time for outdoor exercise. Our Math class, headed by Miss Wells, measured the height of North Tower the other day. I believe I wrote you so, though. You asked about a week age what group meetings are, Pete. That is the way the Students' Association operates. I think each floor of a quad hall constitutes a group. Each group elects a delegate to the meeting, at which they get their instruction about what to discuss at the next group meeting. A different representative is elected each time. The Hall president is the head of all the groups in that hall. The meetings take place from nne-thirty to ten, and sometimes later. We had prose again yesterday in Latin. The last twenty minutes of the hour are devoted to sight prose. We never had any such thing in high school. Yesterday she gave a translation of some Latin we had read, and we had to turn it back into Latin as idiomatically as we could. I had translated to a girl on my floor about an hour before, so it was rather fresh in my mind, considering we had done it in class about two weeks ago. The girl, I just discovered, is a Jewish Presbyterian. I almost laughed in her face when she told me she was going to the Pres. Church in town on Town Sunday--she does not belong to the church, really, she says, but her family do. We had two Roosevelt lectures in chapel that were not very good, that is, what I heard was not very good. I got a commencement present from Mrs. A. L. Weil yesterday. It is some sort of fancy hanger.I am going to take tomorrow night off and write letters. I got a letter from Pill last night, giving me some dope about Bryn Mawr. Hope you see her at the Harvard game, Pete. She is sure I cannot be as busy as she is--I am sure She cannot be as busy as I am. Her paper had the college seal on it. She wrote in parenthesis takes only three what she calls Main subjects--Economics, Latin, and English. In addition to that she is tutoring in German and Latin poetry. Evidently her September exams were unsuccessful. They had the Belgian Queen there. Otherwise nothing new, except that the hour is up. Without being homseick[sic] or anything like that, I am looking foward to November 15. Love, Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Aaron, 402 S. Winebiddle Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.P. O. Box 882, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1919-11-21]
Text: Dear Mother + Father, I'm going now to see the first [hockey] game I'll [write] a letter later + try to remember to send it special. Love, Fannie[This side of card is for address] Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Aaron, 402 Winebiddle Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1919-12-19 [?]
Text: [Addressed to Hotel Commodore] December 19, 1919. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have been over in my room an hour now attending to things that have to be done over here. My trunk is down now, and I shall pack it the first chance I get. I think I have gotten myself fairly well in hand now, although the minute I stop doing soemthing I realize that I feel far from calm and composed. I told you Dr. Thelberg that I wanted to go back to my room today, that I thought Metcalf had done me all the...
Show more[Addressed to Hotel Commodore] December 19, 1919. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have been over in my room an hour now attending to things that have to be done over here. My trunk is down now, and I shall pack it the first chance I get. I think I have gotten myself fairly well in hand now, although the minute I stop doing soemthing I realize that I feel far from calm and composed. I told you Dr. Thelberg that I wanted to go back to my room today, that I thought Metcalf had done me all the good it could do, that I had to do alot of things over here and I would be wasting so much time going back and forth. She said you told her to keep me there till Friday. It was news to me, as it was the first time you every bluffed me, and I am inclined to think you never said any think of the kind. However, I'll know more when I see you, and I shall not fight with her. I have too much else to do. At any rate, she told me I was very ungrateful. Swallow that. She says the reason I am feeling better today is on accound of the medicine she gave me. It makes me laugh--it has not helped me a bit. It is will-power that did it, in spite of the fact that she said I was not using it. Lucy told me in much excitement that Kyra Kann's father died. While I was working at my desk, I wrote her a note. I thought I knew her well enough that it was the proper thing to do. I have quite a little work today, also gym, if the doctor will let me take it. If not, I shall get a walk in. I got a note from Mrs. Hirsh putting herself and her apartment at my disposal for Friday afternoon. I shall not answer it until I know more. It was a very nice note. I also got a long letter from Miss Groff. I have not time to write more. I sent lots of wash clothes home with the laundry today, with instructions to Mary not to have the clean ones washed. See you soon. They have taken off the eleven-thirty-eight, the train I was going to take next Friday. Of course we won't have a special either, so that means we will have to wait for the one-nine. Love,Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Aaron, Hotel Commodore, New York, N. Y.9th FL CLERK Dec 12 @ 13 AM 1919
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-01-11 [1921]
Text: January 11, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am going to see if I cannot type a letter without any mistakes even though I am going fast. I am getting entirely too careless. That is pretty good--only two mistakes. I am going over to Main to eat with Carolym Baily tonight. I mispelled her name, but that does not count. I suppose I will come back feeling dumb and dull, because she is so wonderful and I will naturally start "Woe is me"ing. I started my history topic...
Show moreJanuary 11, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am going to see if I cannot type a letter without any mistakes even though I am going fast. I am getting entirely too careless. That is pretty good--only two mistakes. I am going over to Main to eat with Carolym Baily tonight. I mispelled her name, but that does not count. I suppose I will come back feeling dumb and dull, because she is so wonderful and I will naturally start "Woe is me"ing. I started my history topic yesterday. It is on the Philadelphia convention. It is not pregressing any too rapidly. I have a Spanish conference tomorrow morning. Otherwise there is nothing new, except that I got no mail today. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-01-08 [1921]
Text: January 8, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: There is nothing new to report since yesterday. We had a wonderful walk out to the Kenyon estate. There is quite a little snow on the ground and the country is beautiful. It is wonderful to be able to enjoy it again. Lucy came over for dinner last night and as usual we had a good "bicker" together. After chapel I went to hear a piano recital by somebody Giorni. I think I enjoyed it. I am told by those who know what they are...
Show moreJanuary 8, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: There is nothing new to report since yesterday. We had a wonderful walk out to the Kenyon estate. There is quite a little snow on the ground and the country is beautiful. It is wonderful to be able to enjoy it again. Lucy came over for dinner last night and as usual we had a good "bicker" together. After chapel I went to hear a piano recital by somebody Giorni. I think I enjoyed it. I am told by those who know what they are talking about that he wasn't too potent. I slept till nine o'clock this morning, made some breakfast, and managed to get myself over to the library by a quarter to eleven. I had planned to do history, but when I got there, discovered that Senorita Agostini had changed her mind about not giving us an assignment for Monday. I spent two hours on it and have not finished it yet. I think I'll do history this afternoon. I am looking forward to Dr. Grenfell's lecture of ton ght. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-01-23[1921]
Text: January 23, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I just finished writing a very enlightening paper on Jane Austen's satire of the Gothic novel. It took two hours and a half, and is quite a masterpiece! I got up for breakfast this morning, knowing that if I didn't, I wouldn't get to work till about eleven o'clock. I then came up, read the paper, took a bath, made my bed, and proceeded to work. This reminds me of a Mark Twain diary. Jo and I wrote what we considered a...
Show moreJanuary 23, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I just finished writing a very enlightening paper on Jane Austen's satire of the Gothic novel. It took two hours and a half, and is quite a masterpiece! I got up for breakfast this morning, knowing that if I didn't, I wouldn't get to work till about eleven o'clock. I then came up, read the paper, took a bath, made my bed, and proceeded to work. This reminds me of a Mark Twain diary. Jo and I wrote what we considered a very clever dialogue for Spanish tomorrow. It took us two of the other members of the honorable class, they told us that it was better Spanish than they could write but that the joke which we were developing was old as the hills. We had both heard it in French, but never in English. Apparently it is an American joke, too,--the story of a man who goes to consult a doctor because he is feeling sick. The doctor takes his temperature, pulse, etc., asks a million questions, gives him a prescription, and he tells him what he needs more than anything else is lots of exercise. He then gives a long speech on the lack of exercise in modern life. As soon as the patient can get a word edgewise, he says, "But doctor, I am a postman!" I suppose you have heard it, too. At any rate, it is not so easy, working that up cleverly in Spanish. I still have some Chem and American history to do for tomorrow, also plenty of boring, boring, boring English Speech for the written exam which comes Thursday. I am through with Ec for two weeks. I have done all my studying for the exam. It took exactly three hours. Love, Fannie I had a letter from Aunt Hattie yesterday. She didn't say much.[enc w/23 Jan 1921] O fprgpt to tell you about our debate dinner. Khaki came up late yesterday afternoon to remind about it. It is a good thing she did, or I should have forgotten about it completely. It was at Mrs. Glenn's, which is a small house two blocks from campus and which makes a specialty of serving dinner-parties. We had the dining-room, and in the room adjoining there was a party of all the Jews who were in Raymond last year. I hope their food was as good as ours! We had tomato bisque, wonderful chewable steak, mashed potatoes, peas, fruit salad, ice cream, delicious cocoanut cake, not to mention wonderful jelly rolls, olives, and celery. The funny part of the meal was that when Betty Cannon stopped for me, she said, "Oh, I forgot my pocket-book. How much do you suppose it will be? It's funny that Khaki never said anything about the price". Well, in the course of the meal, one of the girls said, to her, "Don't you wish your father could see us enjoying this food?" From which we gathered that her father was treating us, only she had neglected to tell us so. Anyhow, it was a pretty good treat that he gave and us so. Anyhow, it was a pretty good treat that he gave and a very good idea on his part it was! There were twelve at the table, including committee, team, alternates, and the senior ex-member of intercollegiate debate who helped coach us. We discussed everything from compulsory chapel to the movies, it seems to me. I was rather quiet on the latter subject, not knowing an awful lot about it. The chapel discussion arose from the fact that Shrimp Marshall, one of the members of the committee, is on Studens'[sic] Board, and apparently their meetings for the last month have discussed nothing but the poor decorum in chapel. Incidentally, not one of the twelve there approvedof compulsory chapel. Well, the interesting part of the discussion came when Betsy Strong came out with the firmly uttered conviction that she thought it was a chame on the part of the Trustees, who claim to be so broad-minded, to compel the Catholic and Jewish girls to go to chapel. Seh[sic] went on a great rate, in fact I tried to get in a word edgewise, but could not succeed. She said, among other things, that it was impossible to feel like prayingduring Prexie's prayer, when a lot of the people were gazing blankly at the ceiling, the Jewish girls, for instance. I did manage to say then that just because they did not bean forward did not indicate that that they were not praying. Incidentally, it was sort of a shallow argument, because it is pertty hard to know what other people are doing! Just then I heard Phyllis say in a very low tone, but not low enough, to her next door neighbor, "Well, I wonder what Betsy will say next, Fannie is Jewish. She must be dense" Then I started to feel amused, but before that, I was rather uncomfortable, for the simple reason that i did not know what was coming next. Soon after that, Phyllis started the conversation in another direction. Altogether, it was a very enjoyable evening and one which I will have a great deal of pleasure in remembering. I thought of Marse during the meal. Everybody was dressed up and looked nice. He always claims that there are so few pretty girls in existence. Well, I think of the twelve, eight were among the prettiest girls at college. It's too bad he didn't see the party. I wrote to him the other day.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-01-15 [1921]
Text: January 15, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: It may interest you to know that I wrote to Grandpa yesterday. I don't want to get another letter from Aunt Hattie telling me Grandpa would enjoy hearing from me. Incidentally, I got a letter from him this morning. he takes my debating very seriously. It poured all yesterday afternoon, so the girl with whom I was planning to walk came over here and we fooled fro[sic] about a half hour, then decided to take our walk tomorrow...
Show moreJanuary 15, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: It may interest you to know that I wrote to Grandpa yesterday. I don't want to get another letter from Aunt Hattie telling me Grandpa would enjoy hearing from me. Incidentally, I got a letter from him this morning. he takes my debating very seriously. It poured all yesterday afternoon, so the girl with whom I was planning to walk came over here and we fooled fro[sic] about a half hour, then decided to take our walk tomorrow afternoon. Then i read for bout two hours--Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey". I had hoped to read all of it, but I did not manage to. Last night I heard a very interesting lecture, but I shall not tell you about it until I find somebody who knows what the man's name is. I got up for breakfast this morning, strange to relate. The reason was that I had to go to chem lab, and I could not see standing over there all morning on an epty stomach. I worked over there from nine until twelve thirty. It's a great life, this chemical life! Please don't correct my English because I did not mean it to be correct. I think I will finish the book this afternoon and then take a walk later. The ice carnival is off. There isn't a speck of snow or ice left on the ground. I had inteded to cut chapel tomorrow morning. I have enough cuts left and I could use the time to good advantage--besides which there is nothing that I do at college that gives me the same amount of satisfaction as cutting Sunday chapel. but the preacher tomorrow is said to be very good, the Reverend Cleland McAffe of Chicago. His daughter graduated last year. She was president of the Christian Association. What should I do about it, Pete. I have conscientious scruples against leaving cuts go by. We are going to have a debate dinner next week-end at Mrs. Glenn's. She has good food, and it is a small private house. I expect it to be loads of fun. Love, Fannie The last paragraph, i mean the one about chapel, is intended principally to shock Pete. Lester, please return Grandpa's Letter, contents of which pease note".
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-01-18 [1921]
Text: January 19, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Were in the world is my laundry? I hope it has not been lost. It usually comes by Saturday, or Sunday at the latest. Today is Wednesday, and it is not here yet. It got home all right last week, didn't it? I hope so, because I had the library books in it, in addition to clothes. Pete, I inaugurated my typewriter reform several days ago. I am improving gradually. In case you hadn't noticed it, I am telling you now. Also, didn...
Show moreJanuary 19, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Were in the world is my laundry? I hope it has not been lost. It usually comes by Saturday, or Sunday at the latest. Today is Wednesday, and it is not here yet. It got home all right last week, didn't it? I hope so, because I had the library books in it, in addition to clothes. Pete, I inaugurated my typewriter reform several days ago. I am improving gradually. In case you hadn't noticed it, I am telling you now. Also, didn't you ever hear that a person was going to give a lecture on something which interested you, and then go to the lecture, in the meantime forgetting that person's name? I admit I don't do it often, but it does happen once in a while. I studied chem yesterday afternoon until dinner time. I am getting the stuff down pat, I think. All I needed was a little intensive study. Theoretically, you are not supposed to have to study in this course between lectures, but practically, you do. That is where the trouble was coming in, I think. We had to write in class today, but I had learned the tables which we were supposed to give, so I was all right. The ice carnival last night was beautiful. It is the first that has been held for three years. Two years ago there wasn't any ice all winter and last year there was too much snow to keep the lakes shoveled. There were five huge bonfires on the shore of Pratt Lake, enough to light up the whole lake. There were no lanterns, but there was a huge American flag hanging over the center of the lake. The band was seated down at the far end and everybody got in line there for the grand march. Only those could skate in it who where completely dressed in white, and there were a lot. They skated down the center of the lake and around it in twos, then fours, eights, sixteens, and finally, in single file. Then anyone who wanted to could skate for a little while. Then they formed a large circle aroud the exhibition skaters. Two juniors, one sophomore, and one freshman did some marvelous exhibition dancing-skating. They were as good as any professionals could be. Then the four of them skated along, winding in and out among each other. They certainly were wonderful. The sophomore, Anna Osterhout, (whoe father incidentally, is the well-known botany prof at Harvard) was telling us last year that when they moved from Berkeley to Cambridge she was presented with a pair of skates and the first time there was ice she went onto the lake and skated as though she was known how to skate all her life, doing all kinds of stunts. It was a beautiful sight, all right. I was very sorry you couldn't see it, Pete. I felt sure that had you been able to, you would have agreed that the beauty of Vassar equals, if it does not surpass, the sublime and heavenly beauty of Wellesley! Our Spanish lession for tomorrow is on Chile. The student-assistant in the Spanish department, who hails from Chile, is going to conduct our class. I have some studying, and a healthy amoung[sic] of it, too, to do for the Spanish exam. I have used it for my semi-snap course, and the result is a sad need for concentration on irregular verbs, etc. We are reviewing in Ec now. I am going to skate for a little while this afternoon. I have also to prepare a secen minute Speech on some question of current interest for the large meeting of Speakers' Bureau seventh hour this afternoon. The speakers are to be chosen today for the half hour address to the current topics class of farmer at Rhinecliff, so I had better hump myself. I would like to go. I understand it is loads of fun--in fact, I don't very well see how it could help being so. I have an English paper to write for next Monday. The only thing I like about writing papers for that course is to be able to make Miss Peebles repeat her comment of a month ago, that my papers "showed a great deal of intelligent thinking and good ideas". We are having wonderful weather. But it's hard to get up in the morning"! I had a letter from Helen Diamond today, but it was not particularly interesting. Considering that I have a lot of studying to do, this is a rather long letter! Love, Fannie Father, and Mother, How can you read my shallow letters, after all Pete's prfoundly[sic] philosophical words of wisdom, or rather, reflection? It must be annoying to you to have the difference in our mentalities laid before you so plainly every day!
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-01-07 [1921]
Text: January 7, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: You will be pleased to know that my trunk has arrived. I suppose the typewriter interests you more than the trunk, though. I cannot say that getting back to work has been a particularly agreeable sensation. I don't know what it is that I don't like--perhpas[sic] I miss Moses, Father. We are having a regular Vassar snowstorm today. I intend to go walking in it next hour. I had planned to read this afternoon, but Helen came down...
Show moreJanuary 7, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: You will be pleased to know that my trunk has arrived. I suppose the typewriter interests you more than the trunk, though. I cannot say that getting back to work has been a particularly agreeable sensation. I don't know what it is that I don't like--perhpas[sic] I miss Moses, Father. We are having a regular Vassar snowstorm today. I intend to go walking in it next hour. I had planned to read this afternoon, but Helen came down in great distress to get me to hlep[sic] her with her trig. She certainly doesn't know enough about it to hurt her. I think she ought to tutor. She thinks so, too, but she cannot find anybody to tutor her and she won't go to Pap White and ask him whom to have. I spent an hour trying to help her. If it only got her somewhere I wouldn't mind giving up the time, but when I have finished she never knows anymore than when I start. Our history class this morning was the most interesting have had all year. We had a town meeting a month after the passing of the Stamp Act. Everyboday was free to talk. I did a goodly share of it, and had a very good time. I took the Tory point of view, just for diversion. I am afraid debating has taught me to argue against my personal conviction. I am handing in my elections today. I think I shall go on with history. My reason for deciding is principally that you just get your start in the first semester and therefore lose a lot by dropping the course in the middle of the year. If I want Russian History, which I really think must be very interesting, (in spite of your prejudice, Father) I can take it next year. I am going to have some tall eliminating to do the next two years in the way of desierable courses. There is more than two years' worth of courses that I want to take before I graduate. The only letter I got today was a baby letter from you, Father. I got a C on that Chem written we had before vacation. It distressed me terribly--in fact I had the next thing to nightmare over it in my sleep last night. Really, chemistry makes my young life quite miserable. I did the best I could on it--I don't know what is the matter with me. There were several A's and some B's, also quite a lot lower than mine. B would satisfy me, but C worries me. I am afriad[sic] that there will be no more XYZ keys in the Aaron family unless Marse should get one. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-01-15 [1921]
Text: January 15, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Yesterday was a great day, not! I was in the lab over two hours. I had left an experiment in the middle two days before and wehn I went over there yesterday, could not find it anywhere. I started it over and after I had been working an hour, I found it. Lab make some more tired than walking for the same length of time would. From lab I went over to the library and worked for an hour on my history topic. It is rather interesting except...
Show moreJanuary 15, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Yesterday was a great day, not! I was in the lab over two hours. I had left an experiment in the middle two days before and wehn I went over there yesterday, could not find it anywhere. I started it over and after I had been working an hour, I found it. Lab make some more tired than walking for the same length of time would. From lab I went over to the library and worked for an hour on my history topic. It is rather interesting except that I have more work to do on it before tomorrow than I have time to do it in. I have taken the four main plains set forth in the Federal Convention of 1787 and compared their points of difference, and ended up with the result as shown in the Constitution of the United States. I also tried to give the main points of discussion in the convention. I hope Lucy will like the topic as well as I do--Lucy Salmon, I mean. I lost my Spanish grammar somewhere around college and I have had to waste a lot of time trying to find it. Starting tomorrow, I shall be more careful with my typing. I am really getting into a very careless way. Love, Fannie Mother, will you please have McKennan's fill my face prescription, (the salve) and send it to me. No 268989. It is helping, and I want to be sure to have it filled right.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-01-21 [1921]
Text: January 21, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have the pleasure to announce to you that I passed the Ec. written the other day. Considering that over half the people who take Baby Ec flunked it, I am quite proud of myself. Some of the best people in my class, and it is a spendid class, including Dorothea Schmidt, flunked it. The department marks on a basis of five, and I figured out by the marks next to each question and by the final marks at the end, (all of which had been erased...
Show moreJanuary 21, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have the pleasure to announce to you that I passed the Ec. written the other day. Considering that over half the people who take Baby Ec flunked it, I am quite proud of myself. Some of the best people in my class, and it is a spendid class, including Dorothea Schmidt, flunked it. The department marks on a basis of five, and I figured out by the marks next to each question and by the final marks at the end, (all of which had been erased but were distinguishable, that I had an average of four and a half. That is either B or B plus. It certainly was a corker. Father, do you remember the paragraph in the outline book about the fact that fixed capital hindered the adjustment of market price to normal value? We decided that it was unintelligible. Well, I had checked that in my book to ask about the next recitation, and then we got that as one of the three questions on the quiz. There was only one in all the classes who got it completely right. I put up a big bluff, not knowing what I was talking about, and got away with it, evidently. That is the one way I can blugg--on paper. If I try to doit in class my unconfident voice and facial expression give me away. Miss New Comer told us that the reason they gave this written was to show us where we stand before the exam. Most of us stand on trembling ground, I am afraid. We had to write for a half hour in chem this morning. I managed all right. As long as it is memory work, I am safe. Then after that he started firing questions at us. I excaped until just after the bell rang. He is hard of hearing, and very rarely hears the bell. I was going to tell him that it had rung, but I thought that was making it too evident that I preferred not trying to answer. Finally he called on another girl for something else, and she came forth very strongly the the answer, "Professor Moulton, the bell rang over five minutes ago". It was very funny--he thought so too. This morning in history class the Federal Convention discussed whether to abandon or amend the articles of Confederation. We had great fun. I advocated abandonning them, and the discussion became quite spirited. We all prefaced our speeches with remarks such as this, "As you no doubt know, I represent such and such a state, and my state elected me to do so and so. i feel that I am on my honor to see that this is done, and if you will not consider this, I feel it my duty to leave the convention." It was very funny at times. Our next history lession, for Tuesday, is to make out an exam. We all decided to make out easy ones, because we all have a feeling that it would be just like dear old Aunt Lucy to hand these papers out the day of the exam, instead of making one out herself! Dr. T. has been known to do that in physiology. I heard an intensely interesting lecture last night byDr. Haas (sorry I don't know his first name, Pete, but it was not announced), who worked for eight years in Adena. He spoke principally about the Turkish attitude in the Armenian massacres, and then he considered the method of overcoming this intense hatred of the Turks. He proposed doing it by deeds of love, and similar bunk. He told one story to illustrate the intensity of race hatred in the region in which he worked. He said on the big Mohammedan feast day every Mohommedan sacrifices a sheep to Allah and prays that as many Christians be killed that year as sheep have been sacrificed. On Easter every Christian tried to see how many Easter eggs he can eat, and prays that that year as many Mohannedans be killed as eggs have been eaten. And the Jew prays that both these prayers may be answered. I had never heard that story before, but I should imagine that it is a pretty true expression of the situation. And that is not so very much different from what the Zionists will encounter. I was telling Helen Reid after the lecture what the man had to say, and I also expressed my doubt of what could be accomplished by the love he advocated. I thought the two examples he cited of what it accomplished were glaring examples of the exception to the rule, and I said so, too. She said, maybe, but it sounded reasonable to her. About ten minutes later she happened to be talking about war relief, and she mentioned that she would never want to give a cent to Austrian war relief until every poor person in this country were taken care of. I asked her how she reconciled that attitude with what she had just said, that she believed in "turning the left cheek". (Isn't that the expression? I am not up in these religious discussions, you know!) Anyhow, she admitted she was stumped and that that system would not work in practice. Altogether it was a very interesting evening. I must get ready to go to town now. We decided to call on Miss Salmon this afternoon, and to walk down and back. It is quite warm. I am afraid that the ice is going to melt. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-01-07]
Text: Jan. 8. Dear Mother + Father, This business of getting [puuches] is going to be a nuisance. I came over right after lunch + found eight ahead of me. Mlle Champy told me that she sent the book to N.Y. + it was returned to her. She also told me that I would be able to catch up in the reading easily, not to worry, - she ex - pected me to hand in one of her best exam. papers! And that from her. Miss [Kitchel] was not there today. so we [bad] written work - to writechiefly about the large English...
Show moreJan. 8. Dear Mother + Father, This business of getting [puuches] is going to be a nuisance. I came over right after lunch + found eight ahead of me. Mlle Champy told me that she sent the book to N.Y. + it was returned to her. She also told me that I would be able to catch up in the reading easily, not to worry, - she ex - pected me to hand in one of her best exam. papers! And that from her. Miss [Kitchel] was not there today. so we [bad] written work - to writechiefly about the large English section meeting that I missed. I wrote about the preparation for it instead. The book report that I wrote is due next week, so I am that much ahead. Miss [Bourne] was very particular to ask me several times how I am. I tell them, somwhate better, because there is no sense in saying am all better. They would then expect fine work. Miss Wells told me if I was not straightened out in math by tomorrow to come to her. My trunk is in Main. I had to pay 98� excess baggage. How do you [ac][count] for that? I studied in the library this <after morning>, It works much better than my room. I wish I had done that sooner. The quiet rules are certainly not observed. I was quite tired yes - terday, so last night [in] - stead of working + doing nothing I went to the introductory lecture of Mlle. Marguerite Clement of the University of Versailles on Modern France. I heard her last year under the auspices of the Alliance Francaise. She speaks a beautiful Frenc. There is another lecture 8th. hr. today but I cannot make it. I [want] to get that [makeup]out of my system. Dr. T. accepted Dr. F's letter, but told me to tell him she wants a statement from him about the particulars of the case. Poor Dr. T. - her feelings are hurt that I never submitted to her examination...Incidentally, I am no better today, but it is raining + very damp, so it's all right. I met Mrs. Robeson's niece today, whom Mlle. told me to look up. I also saw Helen J. for a while yesterday. Her room-mate who had appendicitis has 7 wks. work to make up. I understand there was quite a loss in the Josselyn [fine.] Love, Fannie Me for [Ikel Corona]
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-01-29]
Text: Dear Pete, I promised to go coasting now, so I have not time to write a letter now. Now that the strain is over, I feel all in. The history was a corker. I'll send it to you, but I want it back. I shall go to N.Y., making the customary Saturday connections. Father will meet me + come back here. So he telegraphed yesterday. Love, FannieMr. M. Lester Aaron, 55 Campbell Hall, Princeton, N.J.

Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-01-31, 1921 [?]
Text: Jan 31. 1920 Dear Mother: Have just been talking over our English course for two hours. It was quite bene-ficial. Received your letter from Boston, also yours, Father, from N.Y. mailed in Boston. Am very busy with exams. Studied chem all yesterday afternoon, and forgot it all in a long sleep last night. See you Thursday! Am very busy, as I believe I said before. Lots of snow today. Love, Fannie

Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-01-12 [1921]
Text: January 12, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Nothing exciting happened yesterday. I finished "The Bride of Lammermoor" and enjoyed it somewhat. Last night a friend of Lucy's from Raymond, Ida Maisel, came over the talked for an hour and a half. She was quite interesting. Miss Peeble's is sick, so we got a cut today. It's too bad that she is sick, but it is nice that we got a cut. Oh, there is something exciting to tell you--Gertrude Allen bobbed her hair! I...
Show moreJanuary 12, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Nothing exciting happened yesterday. I finished "The Bride of Lammermoor" and enjoyed it somewhat. Last night a friend of Lucy's from Raymond, Ida Maisel, came over the talked for an hour and a half. She was quite interesting. Miss Peeble's is sick, so we got a cut today. It's too bad that she is sick, but it is nice that we got a cut. Oh, there is something exciting to tell you--Gertrude Allen bobbed her hair! I have a splitting headache today. I ought to be ahamed to admit it--I suppose it is from too much reading. Miss Smith came to pay me a call last night. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-01-17 [1921]
Text: January 17, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Answers to questions:--the gifts were received with much appreciation and an increasing good-will on the part of Miss Herndon has been manifest ever since. The salve came this morning. Thank you. A package of American Stationery Company paper came also. Thank you for that too. I have been meaning to order some for myself all year, but never got to it. The things from K. B. are satisfactory. I am using the blue dress and have had to stop...
Show moreJanuary 17, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Answers to questions:--the gifts were received with much appreciation and an increasing good-will on the part of Miss Herndon has been manifest ever since. The salve came this morning. Thank you. A package of American Stationery Company paper came also. Thank you for that too. I have been meaning to order some for myself all year, but never got to it. The things from K. B. are satisfactory. I am using the blue dress and have had to stop wearing the brown. It looks like a bag, and then some. Should I send it home for you to give away? I had a very nice walk yesterday afternoon. it was a gorgeous day. Then i came home and read the New York Times for an hour! Please take notice of that, Lester. I then proceeded to read the poems of Masefield on which our Romance exam is to be based. I went to the organ recital in the chapel last night, otherwise known as "dark music". I then came home, washed my head, and studied chemisty till ten o'clock. During that time there was a very excited and lengthy interruption, caused by Ruth Bransten who burst in to give me all the particulars about the invitation she had just gotten to the Harvard Junior Prom. Her brother cooked it all up and his roommate, the famous member of the football team, is taking her. She certainly was excited. Everybody kids her about her brother's roommate, because she is talking about hime all the time. you don't happen to know any members of football teams that you would like to room with, do you, Pete? We had a fierce one hour written in Ec this morning. He asked three hard questions, one of which I had made a note of to ask about in our next quiz meeting. But that did not do me any good. I have some interesting information for you. Do you remember that wonderful looking girl who sat at the table next to us in the dining-room at Late Tahoe, whom i used to stare at all the time? Anyhow, the oone I mean is Mrs. Charles Heimerdinger, now Freshman year for Marshal of the Daisy Chain, but did not come back; graduated from Barnard with Phi Beta Kappa and won a history prize that had not been awarded for five years because nobody had been good enough for it. One of my freshman neighbors, a friend of her sisters, started raving about her today and volunteered this information. I am about to start off to lab again. [Love, Fannie]
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-01-14 [1921]
Text: January 14, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I believe that this is the date I have dated my letters for the past three days. Don't send me a calendar, Pete, because I have three already. I don't like to acknowledge the time I woke up this morning to study for our chem oral quiz. However, it was five-thirty, and then it was so bitter cold that I waited a half hour lettering the room warm up before starting to study. The maddening part of it was that we didn't cover...
Show moreJanuary 14, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I believe that this is the date I have dated my letters for the past three days. Don't send me a calendar, Pete, because I have three already. I don't like to acknowledge the time I woke up this morning to study for our chem oral quiz. However, it was five-thirty, and then it was so bitter cold that I waited a half hour lettering the room warm up before starting to study. The maddening part of it was that we didn't cover nearly as much as we were supposed to, and therefore I could have slept till seven. That is very hard on anyone who likes sleep as much as I do. I was so dead yesterday after three hours of lab that I finished my history topic after dinner and went to bed at nine. Miss Salmon gave a long dissertation this morning on marks. She says she hates them, hates them to the nth degree, and that the only reason she gave them and will keep on giving them is that she must conform to the rules of the college. She hates honors, too. She said she could not say that she thought that a girl who inherits a good brain and who doesn't study much deserves honors more than a girl of average mentality ho does good, hard work. The other night she had the officers of all the classes, of all the organizations of importance, and the ediotrs of the Miscellany News out to her house to discuss the question. She wants them to start a campaign of discussion in the News, in the hope of waking people up and eventually abolishing marks. She says that that is one of the chief causes for what she is constantly talking about--the falling off of intellectual interest in the student bodies of the colleges. Miss brown of the history department, who lives with Miss Salmon, told the girls afterwards that no reform of any importance had ever been brought about at Vassar which had not been instigates by Miss Salmon. Incidentally, she said in connection with the subject, that she never yet had been satisfied with a mark that she gave and didn't imagine any student had ever been satisfied with the mark she received, but she had one thing to ask of us--that we shouldn't ask her why we get the mark we do, because she would not be able to explain it. All of which is very interesting, provided she gives us decent marks! I admit I am not sufficiently developed mentally to be able to forgetthe existence of makrs. I would be a lot happier if I could, but they certainly are in the foreground most of the time to most of the people. We are reviewing in class in Ec. I certainly like the stuff. There has been skating for two days now. I had planned to try my luck this afternoon, for the first time in two years. but it snowed all night and is rainy and sleety now, and there is no skating today. The Ice Carnival was scheduled to take place tomorrow night. I hope it won't be interfered with. I shall compromise and go walking this afternoon. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-01-16 [1921]
Text: January 16, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: It is a wonderful warm day today, so I decided to cut chapel and get a good walk in this afternoon instead. I did not wake up till nine o'clocl and then after I had finished with my semi-breakfast a girl in my chem class came up and alked till about eleven. She had a notion that the lab was open today, and she wanted me to go over and work today. She came up to tell me that it was closed--a fact that did not surprise me greatly....
Show moreJanuary 16, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: It is a wonderful warm day today, so I decided to cut chapel and get a good walk in this afternoon instead. I did not wake up till nine o'clocl and then after I had finished with my semi-breakfast a girl in my chem class came up and alked till about eleven. She had a notion that the lab was open today, and she wanted me to go over and work today. She came up to tell me that it was closed--a fact that did not surprise me greatly. Then she proceeded to tell me about what she intends to do in college--take two science courses every year until she graduates, (she is a Freshman now), go to John Hopkins for six years, and then specialize for two years after that. I think anybody that takes two sciences a year all through college must be out of her mind; it would wreck me to spend all that time standing in lab. She says that she is as strong as a horse, that it is her ambition to break down sometime! That is quite an individual ambition. Last night I was planning to go to bed early, but Ruth Brandsten came in with her troubles and talked till almost eleven. I don't make a practice of talking as late as that, but when it is interesting, I don't mind. The thing that amuses me is why anybody on earth should come to me for advice. I think she is a very fine and interesting girl, very much superior to most of the Jewish girls that one meets. I finished "Northanger Abbey" this morning. I enjoyed it very much. That is the first of Jane Austen's book that I have read. I remember trying to get interested in "Pride and Prejudice" quite a few years ago. I remember also that I tried without success. As I said before, i am going walking for a while this afternoon, and then I am coming home and study chem. If anybody disturbs me, she will be shot on the spot. It is great to be able to take one's time to do things, but I guess that feeling will weak off within the next week. That is what I like about cutting Sunday chapel, it starts the day off so leisurely. (Don't get 'het up', Pete.) I spent last evening in the library reading the Articles of Confederation and the arguments advanced against their adoption. It was quite interesting. We are going to spend next week in informal discussion on that subject. There was no letter from you yesterday, Mother. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-01-18 [1921]
Text: January 18, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: It was so wonderful after lab yesterday that three of us decided to go skating. We chased back for our skates and then went over to the lake and skated for about a half hour. The ice was great and so was the weather, but my ankles were not. They turned terribly, but I skated alone for about half the time, which is more than I ever was able to do at home. Considering that it was the first time in two years that I have been on the ice, I...
Show moreJanuary 18, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: It was so wonderful after lab yesterday that three of us decided to go skating. We chased back for our skates and then went over to the lake and skated for about a half hour. The ice was great and so was the weather, but my ankles were not. They turned terribly, but I skated alone for about half the time, which is more than I ever was able to do at home. Considering that it was the first time in two years that I have been on the ice, I managed pretty well. The carnival is tonight. I am going over to watch it for a little while. It was very cold today--either below zero early this morning. I was the original Columbus of Davison today. Three was a notice on the bulletin board today, "No skating on Pratt Lake, (Sunset) until this evening, on account of the carnival." There was another small notice, which said, "Skating on the old Lake". So five of us went down there afer lunch, and had that whole huge lake all to ourselves. The ice was like gladd. it went a little better than yesterday. it is all a matter of practice, I guess, but certainly my ankles are not naturally any too strong; I don't think skating is going to hurt me any, as long as I don't get chilled. I was so sleepy last night that I went to bed at eight thirty adn[sic] set my clock for six this morning, intending to get up any study. But I did your trick this time, Pete. I am afraid it takes too much courage these cold winter mornings. I just say Lucy. She was on her way back from a conference with Miss Wylie, and she was in her seventh heaven. I told her that it was too bad that I wasn't able to go home and rave with you about Miss Salmon, but that she could make up for me and rave with you about Miss Wylie. I do hope I'll have her next year, but there is a possibility of her course being made into a senior course. We had another interesting day in history today. We constituted ourselves the Continental Congress, and the question before us for duscussion was whether or not to lay the Articles of Confederation before the states for ratification. I am going to study chem for two hours now. The more I look at your picture, Father, the more excellent I think it is. Seriously, (excuse the expression, Pete) I think it is fine. I guess the trouble before was that I wanted you to be very handsome, and--well, you know! Mother, are you planning the come up to college to see me here after I come back from New York after midyears. I think it would be an excellent idea. you were here last year when I was sick, so I would like you to come once and enjoy it. R. S. V. P. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-01-09 [1921]
Text: January 9, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have nothing of much interest to report. I spent an hour yesterday afternoon trying to get started on a history topic and finally gave up in disgust. I took Anna Howard Shaw's "Life of a Pioneer" out of the library and came home, cozied up in my Morris chiar and read for two hours and a half. it is very intersting. Lucy Salmon recommended it to us once upon a time. Then I read two thirds of "The Castle of Otranto...
Show moreJanuary 9, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have nothing of much interest to report. I spent an hour yesterday afternoon trying to get started on a history topic and finally gave up in disgust. I took Anna Howard Shaw's "Life of a Pioneer" out of the library and came home, cozied up in my Morris chiar and read for two hours and a half. it is very intersting. Lucy Salmon recommended it to us once upon a time. Then I read two thirds of "The Castle of Otranto" by Horace Walpole (required reading). Last night I went to Dr. Granfell's lecture on Labrador. It was very good and his pictures were excellent. He was a wonderful sense of humor. The lecture was rather disappointing, though, in that it dealt more with pictures of the country and of the hospital stations than with his actual work and contact with the people. Among other things he showed us a picture the Princeton, Yale, and Harvard boats and told us that the Princeton men were anxious to give a new one because the other one was lost some few years ago. He said it might have been found, except that it was lost by Harvard men! I have been reading today from ten to three-fifteen, with anintermission for dinner. I read four hundred of the five hundred and fifty pages of Scott's "Bride of Lammermoor". I expect to finish it today. I hope I get out of this reading crazy pretty soon. It isn't particularly good for one's spirits. The library cards are in the two books I took out of the library, Mother. I forgot to leave them at home, but they will arrive in the next laundry with the books. My laundry came yesterday, incidentally. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-01-07]
Text: [postmarked 7 Jan 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: It is handy to be able to borrow one's neighbor's type-writer. I came up on the train in my own company, so I got some work done. The red ribbon seems better than the ble on this machine. I came back in a taxi with a California girl in my class. She spent the vacation in Pittsburgh with the Dilworths, on Negley Avenue, your friends, Pete. She is the girl I saw in the Fairmont last summer-you remember, Mother. She came from San...
Show more[postmarked 7 Jan 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: It is handy to be able to borrow one's neighbor's type-writer. I came up on the train in my own company, so I got some work done. The red ribbon seems better than the ble on this machine. I came back in a taxi with a California girl in my class. She spent the vacation in Pittsburgh with the Dilworths, on Negley Avenue, your friends, Pete. She is the girl I saw in the Fairmont last summer-you remember, Mother. She came from San Francisco. I was the fifth back in Davison. I straightened up my room, unpacked my suitcase, went over and telegraphed, and it was then dinner time. After dinner I went to the library and completely finished my history topic, which I handed in today, and al my trig but one problem. I am very much messed up in it. I shall try to straighten myself out today. I opened all my windows and turned off the heat yesterday afternoon, but in spite of that the room was so suffocatingly hot that I did not get to sleep until after midnight. I got up any covers. i moved my furniture around today, so that the bed is now under the windows. Perhaps I can breathe now. The letter from Doctor Furniss asking for a weekly excuse for me came today. I shall attend to it now. I got to the station yesterday just in time to see the gates shut on the one o'clock train. We did not get in from Pittsburgh until noon. The doctor fired the usual line of questions at me. He wants me before exams. He says I can study enough to pass with honors as it is. He wants me for one treatment, no several, as Dr. S. seemed to. He says I can go back the same afternoon. Saturday is his operating day, and he is only there from eleven-thirty to one thirty. I got a twelve appointment, so I shall take the trainleaving here at ten-five and getting in at twelve-five. It is the only one that will work at all. Aunt Bessie says she will meet me at the doctor's office, and can do so without inconvenience, I can return at three-thirty, getting back in time for dinner. Incidentally, Aunt Bessie insisted on using up the money you would not take for taxies, porters, etc. Doctor F. Wants me to take gym unles I find that it hurts me. There was a fire in Josselyn yesterday morning. It started in the candy-kitchen and quite a litte damage was done by water. They had to have the Poughkeepsie fire engines out. Miss Thallon called me by my first name this morning--I wonder if she does that to everybody! Lucy came up at one o'clock to work and did not do anything. [Fannie]MotherDr. [F] came me the [iron] hyperdermic. The [R. Lin] is rather bad today, but I guess it is just an off day. I tell you because you want to know. Let Aunt Bessie meet me this time. And save your [trip] for another week. - Father.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1/13/20
Text: January 13, I9l9. i Dear Mother, Father, and Lester; I shall be very busy tomorrow, so I shall write this before going to bed, incidentally waiting for my room to cool off enough to sleep! As you notice, it is the P that I have not had time to have fixed yet. I shall send my laundry off tomorrow. Will Jfou please have the two books returned to the library. Mother? They are due very soon, I think. Also, the gray woolen stockings are too short in the leg and the brown ones are much too long in...
Show moreJanuary 13, I9l9. i Dear Mother, Father, and Lester; I shall be very busy tomorrow, so I shall write this before going to bed, incidentally waiting for my room to cool off enough to sleep! As you notice, it is the P that I have not had time to have fixed yet. I shall send my laundry off tomorrow. Will Jfou please have the two books returned to the library. Mother? They are due very soon, I think. Also, the gray woolen stockings are too short in the leg and the brown ones are much too long in the foot, tion't chase all over trying to get some> I have three paprs a§ it is, and the buildings are so warm that luness things change the only way to use them is with low shoes anyhow. The package came from Welsh's tonight, wonderfully boxed and insured. They can collect their insurance on the Nox—it is conspicuous by its absence. The bottle is in little j)ieces. The Maltine is all right, though. Meanwhile I have the per-scrittion that you sent me, and I can leave it in town Saturday morning. I told Beatrice Bagg how it came, inasmuch as she had walked to the drug store in Arlington with me on Sunday. She said, Probably the medicine trickled out of the box onto the sidewalk and some ppor dog came along and lapped it upand was p oisoned and died", ^^o you suppose she was trying to be funny? Speaking of Beatrice, she is proctor now for the next three weeks. A little bit too much work, (I appreciate that that is poor construction), went to Helen Reid's and my heads last night-so at ten o'clock we went in and informed her that we had been making quite a little noise, and that it was her duty as proctor to call us down. She was terribly fussed and put out. It does not sound so.funny to say it or tell about It, but we surely had a circus with her. She took me by the arm and told me to go home and go to bed. Miss Sogers came out in the hall, and by the smile on her facr, fully appreciated the humor. Beatrice told me this morning I would be her undoing yet.. Please keep the old unionsuits that have not got my name in them at home—they were packed by mistake. I have plenty wife out them. I saw Carolyn Bailey for a few minutes today roommate now—her Mst name is Lester. She has a I left the bill of the stockings out by mistake, enclose them in this letter. I shall Mother, please have a few of my old red Peter Tom ties died black so that I can use them for gym. I shall be very busy tomorrow aft., so shall not write then
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-01-14
Text: Jan. 14, 1920. Dear Mother + Father: I am extremely busy today. I am going to lab for an extra two hours, as I don't want to have so much the last minute before exams. I still have a good deal to do on this week's history topic. Had a Spanish confer-ence this morning. Am sending my laundry today. Had a letter from Aunt Hattie today, in which she [adoised] me to take all the [snap] courses + no hard ones henceforth! I wonder what she thinks you come to college for. Your new picture...
Show moreJan. 14, 1920. Dear Mother + Father: I am extremely busy today. I am going to lab for an extra two hours, as I don't want to have so much the last minute before exams. I still have a good deal to do on this week's history topic. Had a Spanish confer-ence this morning. Am sending my laundry today. Had a letter from Aunt Hattie today, in which she [adoised] me to take all the [snap] courses + no hard ones henceforth! I wonder what she thinks you come to college for. Your new picture reposes on my desk, Father. It is growing on me - in fact I think it is quite good, now that I have gotten used to the fact that my Paps isn't as beautiful as I once imagined. Love. FannieMr. + Mrs. Marcus Aaron 402 S. Winebiddle St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1919-01-15 [1920]
Text: Januar 15, 1919. [1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Your special came this afternoon, Mother. I would feel like a "selfish person", as Father would say, to have you come this week. I do not need you, although I admit it is nice to have Aunt Bessie. I would not enjoy particularly going alone. I worked my fool head off today. Thank goodness when three weeks are here. Miss Wells is going to send me a written in the unstamped mail. I shall take it on Sunday. I went down to see Miss...
Show moreJanuar 15, 1919. [1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Your special came this afternoon, Mother. I would feel like a "selfish person", as Father would say, to have you come this week. I do not need you, although I admit it is nice to have Aunt Bessie. I would not enjoy particularly going alone. I worked my fool head off today. Thank goodness when three weeks are here. Miss Wells is going to send me a written in the unstamped mail. I shall take it on Sunday. I went down to see Miss Thallon tonight, and she will give me the history written tomorrow afternoon. I must have them out of my system. Exams are in the air--the world seems to revolve about them now. We were told today to buy the essay "Current Literature and the Colleges" by Henty Seidel Canby. We are to read it, do anything ith it that we please--that is to say, study it as we have studied various essays this semester--then bring it to the examinatuon. We will be examined on it. I had counted on not havving to study for the English exam. We review half of trif for Monday. I asked Champy is we would have the last day for review, whereupon she hopped all over us and said she could not understand out spirity , we ought to be reciewing already, the exams did not seem to worry us, and she saw us going sledding and skating, whereas in France when she had exams she used to get up at five and study all day long. She expects us to cram reviewing when she is cramming us full of new stuff miles long now. Poor fool! I had class drill in gym today. It was much better than at high school. I then dressed and went uover to Main for dinner with Helen Hurd the girl who came up the night I was sick. Do you remember her, Mother? Main is a wonderful place, all right, if you are built with a horse's stength. I think I would have lasted about six weeks there. Love, [Fannie]
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1919-01-16 [1920]
Text: January 16, 1919. [1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete:' According to the letter I received today you expected a telegram in either case, but I understood by your special yesterday that you wanted a telegram only if I wanted you to come. I am very sorry that I misunderstood. I worked first hour this morning, and then had my usual bunch of recitations. The hygiene lecture was the last for the semester, and Dr. T. told us the sort of questions she was going to ask on the exam. I don&apos...
Show moreJanuary 16, 1919. [1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete:' According to the letter I received today you expected a telegram in either case, but I understood by your special yesterday that you wanted a telegram only if I wanted you to come. I am very sorry that I misunderstood. I worked first hour this morning, and then had my usual bunch of recitations. The hygiene lecture was the last for the semester, and Dr. T. told us the sort of questions she was going to ask on the exam. I don't think I need worry about that exam. The best thing she told us this semester and which she has repeated so often is, "What you think you gain in time by studying late at night you lose in energy the next day". I appreciate that very much. I had my punch yesterday afternoon, I mean this afternoon, again. I have only struck Dr. T. once. I took the history quizz over in the library this afternoon, after an hour in this wonderful weather. I felt in good trim for work, but I am afraid I over did the exercise a little. I went down to Miss Thallon last night and told her I was ready for the exam. She called me Fannie again! I told her not to make it too hard, and she said she would not! She then wrote down on her memorandum pad, "Written lesson for F. Aaron, not too hard."! How can you help likeing anyone like that. She gave me four questions and I was to choose three. They were, 1. What was the difference in organization of the Estates General and the Model Parliament? 2. What were the causes and results of the Peasants' Insurrection? 3. What was the political and economic conditon of France at the end of the Hundred Years' War? 4. What conditions in the church made it necessary to call the councils and why were they a failure?. I took it over to the library and wrote for fifty minutes. It felt great to have it over with. I will take the math quizz Sunday morning when the rest of the college is at chapel. For the first time since I am here I could not get enough to eat--they must have been short and I had no fruit in my room. Inasmuch as I cannot, or at least, am not supposed to eat sweet stuff I went off campus in quest of some apples. And here I am with this letter. Off for N. Y. tomorrow. Nothing more new. Love,I am to come Wednesday aft. + he will only want to give me one treatment if we do not go to A.C. that is. if we stay in N.Y., he would rather have me [Thursday] at 1 o clock as Wed. is his hospital day.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1919-01-23 [1920 ?]
Text: January 23, 1919. [1920?] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: One exam behind me. It was not hard, neither was it easy, and it was very long. The strain of trying to get through in time was terrible. As far as I know, I got four out of the six absolutely right, the theory right in the other two, and part of the work right in them. I did not have time to check up on thr[sic] solutions of the triangles, and that is where I made the mistakes. One girl in Miss Smith's class left early and made...
Show moreJanuary 23, 1919. [1920?] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: One exam behind me. It was not hard, neither was it easy, and it was very long. The strain of trying to get through in time was terrible. As far as I know, I got four out of the six absolutely right, the theory right in the other two, and part of the work right in them. I did not have time to check up on thr[sic] solutions of the triangles, and that is where I made the mistakes. One girl in Miss Smith's class left early and made one hundred per cent on her exam. Miss Smith said so. I passed all right, and that is more than most people thing that they did, but I lost my chance of an A in the course, and it is the only course I had a chance for that in. I got about two hours' worth of fresh air in stretches yesterday. I also got quite a little work done. I rested up after lunch a bit--the exam did me up completely. I asked Miss Ells a question about the last problem. She told me it checked within two seconds. I told her I got mine to check within ninety degrees. She was very much amused. I was not. I shall now go for a walk. Nothing new to report that I know of, except that engaged sign are much in fashion and it is no longer impossible to go to sleep before ten. Miss Thallon smiled to me in the dining-room today. Don't get mad, Pete. I like to peeve you. Love, [Fannie]
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-02-24]
Text: Dear Father and Pete: I am glad Irene Mott approves of me, Pete--I surely do approve of her. Also, I do not know Mr. Morton Meyer well enough to know whether that is a compliment or a slam. Which is it? The reading list is very interesting. I shall probably profit by it next summer. At present it is almost impossible to do the work which directly helps my assigned work. I am going next hour to the discussion of Miss Haight, head of the Latin department, on the historical background of...
Show moreDear Father and Pete: I am glad Irene Mott approves of me, Pete--I surely do approve of her. Also, I do not know Mr. Morton Meyer well enough to know whether that is a compliment or a slam. Which is it? The reading list is very interesting. I shall probably profit by it next summer. At present it is almost impossible to do the work which directly helps my assigned work. I am going next hour to the discussion of Miss Haight, head of the Latin department, on the historical background of Electra, which is to be read by Edith Wynne Matthison. I just came back from the Library, where I read "Celui Qui Epousa Une Femme Muette", the French Club Paly. I signed up for the tryouts. I ought to be able to do something with that, it seems to me. Miss Thallon is back on the job today. I handed in my topic today. I certainly am not feeling decent. Last night I could not make myself go down to dinner, but after resting and half-sleeping for two hours, I felt somewhat better. Otherwise nothing new. The bell has rung for the next hour, so I must beat it. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-02-09]
Text: Dear Father and Pete: I am guilty of forgetting to write until the last minute. I fooled around working for a while and doing generally nothing. This afternoon I heard Dr. Rinehart, president of Mills College, San Francisco, speak Informally in Senior parlor. Outside of that I did nothing exciting except to call on my faculty advisor. She asked me how I came out, and when I told her she had probably looked my marks up already she admitted she had. I will probably write a letter later in the...
Show moreDear Father and Pete: I am guilty of forgetting to write until the last minute. I fooled around working for a while and doing generally nothing. This afternoon I heard Dr. Rinehart, president of Mills College, San Francisco, speak Informally in Senior parlor. Outside of that I did nothing exciting except to call on my faculty advisor. She asked me how I came out, and when I told her she had probably looked my marks up already she admitted she had. I will probably write a letter later in the evening. I spent an hour and a half getting my debate instructions this morning, and I am working on that now. I write the letters Fan[This side of card is for address] Mr. Marcus Aaron, 402 Winebiddle Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-02-09]
Text: Dear Father and Pete: I am guilty of forgetting to write until the last minute. I fooled around working for a while and doing generally nothing. This afternoon I heard Dr. Rinehart, president of Mills College, San Francisco, speak Informally in Senior parlor. Outside of that I did nothing exciting except to call on my faculty advisor. She asked me how I came out, and when I told her she had probably looked my marks up already she admitted she had. I will probably write a letter later in the...
Show moreDear Father and Pete: I am guilty of forgetting to write until the last minute. I fooled around working for a while and doing generally nothing. This afternoon I heard Dr. Rinehart, president of Mills College, San Francisco, speak Informally in Senior parlor. Outside of that I did nothing exciting except to call on my faculty advisor. She asked me how I came out, and when I told her she had probably looked my marks up already she admitted she had. I will probably write a letter later in the evening. I spent an hour and a half getting my debate instructions this morning, and I am working on that now. I write the letters Fan[This side of card is for address] Mr. Marcus Aaron, 402 Winebiddle Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-02-10]
Text: Dear Mother, I am in students' awaiting my tyout turn. I haven't a ghost of a chance, but I would like to make just something. You should have seen me [wading] over the high snow down to Vassar Lake + then standing there by my lonesome trying to [derlaine]. (5 minutes later) I went through 1 part. I don't like the looks of the girl who followed me for the same part. The French instructor gave the class - for not doing the assignment. I am glad I have found my way into her good...
Show moreDear Mother, I am in students' awaiting my tyout turn. I haven't a ghost of a chance, but I would like to make just something. You should have seen me [wading] over the high snow down to Vassar Lake + then standing there by my lonesome trying to [derlaine]. (5 minutes later) I went through 1 part. I don't like the looks of the girl who followed me for the same part. The French instructor gave the class - for not doing the assignment. I am glad I have found my way into her good graces - I had not done mine either, but she said it did not matter with me. The program our English class wants to adopt for the semester looks very interesting. I finished up the debate work last night. Love, FannieMrs. Marcus Aaron, Hotel Royal Poinciana, Palm Beach, Florida.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-02-08
Text: [Addressed to Hotel Teymore] [Fed 8, 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I just woke up from a one-hour nap. I hated to take the time for it, but I was very tired and had a bad headache, so I could not help myself. It is gone now. I had four classes this morning. I don't know how I am going to like my new schedule. It took me till now to recover from lab yesterday. Enclosed you will find my semester bill. It is right, as far as I know. I think the medical bill is very reasonable, don...
Show more[Addressed to Hotel Teymore] [Fed 8, 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I just woke up from a one-hour nap. I hated to take the time for it, but I was very tired and had a bad headache, so I could not help myself. It is gone now. I had four classes this morning. I don't know how I am going to like my new schedule. It took me till now to recover from lab yesterday. Enclosed you will find my semester bill. It is right, as far as I know. I think the medical bill is very reasonable, don't you? I have to go to the libe to work on debate now. Tryouts start tomorrow and I haven't looked at a thing. I thought they would start in about a week. I am up to try out with Marian Cahill, an all A senior and debater of last year! Goodbye, Fannie. We had a one hour meeting with Miss Yost last night. As you proably remember, she judged at the class debate and also teaches argumentation. She spent the time giving us general pointers. Here's where I get to work and work hard. As Pete says, I'm going to come through or bust, and I don't planto bust. Wishing you the same, I remain, as every our devoted servant.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-03-08]
Text: [postmarked 8 march 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have not time to write much today. My long-hoped for English conference comes in a few minutes. I got a good deal done yesterday, but not as much as I had hoped for. I will have a great deal to do today. No one can see Miss Smith today, as luck would have it. Nevertheless I am going to the station this afternoon and take my chances on getting permission to get away all right and order my berth. Miss Landon was not home yesterday...
Show more[postmarked 8 march 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have not time to write much today. My long-hoped for English conference comes in a few minutes. I got a good deal done yesterday, but not as much as I had hoped for. I will have a great deal to do today. No one can see Miss Smith today, as luck would have it. Nevertheless I am going to the station this afternoon and take my chances on getting permission to get away all right and order my berth. Miss Landon was not home yesterday afternoon. I met Lucy on campus yesterday. She has had a great desire all year to sleep in Helen's and Ruth's doubledecker bed, and Saturday night her wish was fulfilled. She fell out of the top in her sleep and got pretty badly banged up, but not hurt. She says she is going to pack my trunk and go to the station with me. We ill see. Her good-will is might nice, but it is a joke. I had hoped to have you special delivery letter before going to town, but it is not here yet. Has Aunt Hattie's "Horace" a vocabulary? Answer if you can. If it is, I will not have to bring my dictionary home. I will have so many books anyhow. Love,
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-03-08]
Text: [postmarked 8 march 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have not time to write much today. My long-hoped for English conference comes in a few minutes. I got a good deal done yesterday, but not as much as I had hoped for. I will have a great deal to do today. No one can see Miss Smith today, as luck would have it. Nevertheless I am going to the station this afternoon and take my chances on getting permission to get away all right and order my berth. Miss Landon was not home yesterday...
Show more[postmarked 8 march 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have not time to write much today. My long-hoped for English conference comes in a few minutes. I got a good deal done yesterday, but not as much as I had hoped for. I will have a great deal to do today. No one can see Miss Smith today, as luck would have it. Nevertheless I am going to the station this afternoon and take my chances on getting permission to get away all right and order my berth. Miss Landon was not home yesterday afternoon. I met Lucy on campus yesterday. She has had a great desire all year to sleep in Helen's and Ruth's doubledecker bed, and Saturday night her wish was fulfilled. She fell out of the top in her sleep and got pretty badly banged up, but not hurt. She says she is going to pack my trunk and go to the station with me. We ill see. Her good-will is might nice, but it is a joke. I had hoped to have you special delivery letter before going to town, but it is not here yet. Has Aunt Hattie's "Horace" a vocabulary? Answer if you can. If it is, I will not have to bring my dictionary home. I will have so many books anyhow. Love,
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-04-16]
Text: Dear Mother, You told me sure I could call up whenever I want to, so I shall do so next Sunday before temple, between 9 + 10. Do not be worried. I feel so perfectly rotten, and goodness knows, I am obeying the doctor's instructions. I want to speak to you to get some advice, so that you can ask the doctor if he has any suggestions about what I should do. I thought it was the railroad trip, but it is already Friday morning + there is no improvement. Per-haps I ought to get treatment from...
Show moreDear Mother, You told me sure I could call up whenever I want to, so I shall do so next Sunday before temple, between 9 + 10. Do not be worried. I feel so perfectly rotten, and goodness knows, I am obeying the doctor's instructions. I want to speak to you to get some advice, so that you can ask the doctor if he has any suggestions about what I should do. I thought it was the railroad trip, but it is already Friday morning + there is no improvement. Per-haps I ought to get treatment from that Poughkeepsie doctor. I ought not to go on like this, I am afraid the whole darn thing is coming back again. Don't be angry - I want to know what you have to say about it. If I had gone to the [Herfelz consent], I would have spent the $2.88. Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-04-28]
Text: [postmarked 28 Apr 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Old man, you take everything seriously, don't you? You knew perfectly well the advantage I saw in having some one in your family in the army. Miss Wells handed me the quiz this morning with a broad grin on her face. She things I'm a good joke. Miss Smith told me that she had a letter from you, Mother I am curious to know what she had to say to you--all this mystery makes "Curiosity kill a cat". Yes, helen Reid is...
Show more[postmarked 28 Apr 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Old man, you take everything seriously, don't you? You knew perfectly well the advantage I saw in having some one in your family in the army. Miss Wells handed me the quiz this morning with a broad grin on her face. She things I'm a good joke. Miss Smith told me that she had a letter from you, Mother I am curious to know what she had to say to you--all this mystery makes "Curiosity kill a cat". Yes, helen Reid is staying in Davison. You know sophomores who have not excercised their privilege of drawing are entitled to first choice of the vacant rooms and can practically be places. Helen just wokr up to that fact yesterday, and missed her chance of getting a peach of a bay-window room on the floor below. It is reaining very hard today, and I feel pretty punk. I guess dampness does not agree with me. Mother, I wripped the waist-band of the white skirt and pinned it the way it should be fixed. I also put pins in the bands of the two gingham dresses to show where they should snap. The belts should have the snappers moved over as fas as possible to the edges. Dr. Baldwin told me last night again how becoming it was to me to be fatter, she meant my face. I told her I would just as soon not have it in the waist band and in the face instead. I did not realize Cousin Aaron was sixty. Good-night! The program for Founder's Day is:--inter-class song-contest in the morning, address by Prexy, afternoon-faculty-student baseball game (maybe it won't hurt to have to watch that), evening--representation of Founder's Day in the early days of the college. I am enclosing the letter I received yesterday from Marian. Sometimes I wonder if the girl is all there. It is a good thing for me to get a letter from her occasionally. When I get luke-warm about college occasionally, (don't get excited, due to feeling so punk at times) and wish i were at home, then when I see the intellectual, ----life the kids lead at home, I am more satisfied with that I have got instead. The letter from St. Moritz was good. I like Estes Park, but St. Moritz certainly has something that it has not got. Love, Wednesday, I am sorry, I have not the remotest idea of the date.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: [1920-04-17]
Text: Dear Mother + Father, Speaking to you this morning was certainly anything but satisfactory. Miss Smith caught me as I was leaving the telephone booth, and made me come in and tell her my story. She was very nice to me, but [insisted] on communicating with the doctor. Dr. [T]. said I should come to Metcalfe for the week-end and stay in bed. They both insisted so here I am. I guess they were right. At any rate, I had to obey orders. I don't know what to do - I am waiting to hear from you....
Show moreDear Mother + Father, Speaking to you this morning was certainly anything but satisfactory. Miss Smith caught me as I was leaving the telephone booth, and made me come in and tell her my story. She was very nice to me, but [insisted] on communicating with the doctor. Dr. [T]. said I should come to Metcalfe for the week-end and stay in bed. They both insisted so here I am. I guess they were right. At any rate, I had to obey orders. I don't know what to do - I am waiting to hear from you. I hate to give up with only six weeks left, but I certainly do feel like the [dickens] You may think ti is worry and homesickness, but it is not. It is the pain, as I told you this morning. There is nothing to do now, but to work here in bed until I get your second telegram. I telegraphed you this morning because I did not know whether you could make head or tail of the telephone message. Dr. [D]. was just in. She was very nice, but the niceness of the whole [bunch] does not seem to help any. Love, Fannie Saturday. Lucy jstu gave me your telegram. I certainly don't need you up here. I'll give myself a few more days trial, and [let] you know further.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-04-29]
Text: [postmarked 29 Apr 1920] [Frag?] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am sorry I seemed to disturb the tranquillity of your mind, Pete, by having so many mistakes. I real my letters off at such a rapid rate that it is a wonder I do not have more than I do. I mastered the spelling of the word "quiz" and that is really all you ought to expect of me in one college year. Nothing startling has happened--that does sound like your letters, Pete--except that I am continually growing fatter and...
Show more[postmarked 29 Apr 1920] [Frag?] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am sorry I seemed to disturb the tranquillity of your mind, Pete, by having so many mistakes. I real my letters off at such a rapid rate that it is a wonder I do not have more than I do. I mastered the spelling of the word "quiz" and that is really all you ought to expect of me in one college year. Nothing startling has happened--that does sound like your letters, Pete--except that I am continually growing fatter and fatter. I shall send home two white skirts in the next laundry, to be done with as you see fit,--not you, Pete, or Father, but Mother. They would have to be let out three inches in the waist and a little around the hips, and it "aint" there to let out. It's a great life. When I come home, please give me vegetables and not potatoes. I saw Carolyn Bailey this morning. She thought that I had not come back. Mr. Jackson is here, and Helen asked me to take dinner with them at the Inn tonight. I shall not go unless the weather clears up. It was been damp and rainy all day and this weather makes me feel like the dickens. We discuss "Cahnging Winds" in English class next Wednesday. I certainly read it in time. Mathew Vassar's grave is decorated at eight-thirty tomorrow morning. he resides out on the south road. have you ever been out there, Mother. I cannot go, but then I am not weeping about it. I think if I go once while I am at college that will be enough. Prexy's address, delivered from the steps of his house, occurs after that. Carolyn B. told me in quite a loud voice that she had never gone yet, that you stand out on the grass and listen to Prexy mumble from the steps of his house, and that she did not enjoy hearing prexy mumble. He was standing several feet away. I saw the father of Marian Gratz this morning. He looks very much like what his name would indicate. The sond contest between the classes occurs tomorrow morning. I went to rehearsal this noon. Our songs are pretty good. I do think the "Alma Mater" is rather pepless, though. Me for the math quiz this afternoon, also the rest of my English theme. Phyllis was up here last night with JO. Marple, the other freshman of the French class. JO seats she is not exaggerating when she says that if she cannot get into Davison next year she will not come back to college, Davison closed on 220 and she was 221. She drew to Raymond. So I guess we won't be such a bad hall after all. I like her very much. I hope she gets in. If she does come, she will be directly under me. It seems funny. Our class is already discussing Sophomore party
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-04-15]
Text: [postmarked 15 Apr 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The typewriter seems to have arrived this time without damage. Classes went much better today than yesterday. i am pretty far behind in Math, but I think I'll get caught up all right. That will be the hardest. There is to be a quizz the beginning of next week, but Miss Wells told me to come to her first for help. I am sure she will be very nice about it. I have to go to two lectures in Assembly Hall today, one before dinner and one...
Show more[postmarked 15 Apr 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The typewriter seems to have arrived this time without damage. Classes went much better today than yesterday. i am pretty far behind in Math, but I think I'll get caught up all right. That will be the hardest. There is to be a quizz the beginning of next week, but Miss Wells told me to come to her first for help. I am sure she will be very nice about it. I have to go to two lectures in Assembly Hall today, one before dinner and one after. I have to go as required work. Dorothea got a single, second floor, north transept, near the staircase. The trip certainly must have been hard one me. I feel quite a little better today than yesterday, but still not nearly as well as the few days at the house. i will have to go it easy, all right. I went to bed last night at nine, but could not go to sleep till after eleven, after I had gotten a hot-water bag. It was not encouraging. Dr. Baldwin game me a chapel excuse and an exercise excuse, good till April 30. I'm sure it will have to be renewed. Today is a beautiful day. I wish it were warm enough to sit out. Love, That was a great letter, Father. Pete, you are to send me Jim Meyerovitz's letter. Father said so before I left. Then I will return it to him to be answered. Don't be so smart.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: [1920-04-19]
Text: Monday. Dear Mother + Father, I [desided] last night to stay in Metcalfe <for> today yet, but I might have saved myself the trouble of deciding, inasmuch as Dr. T. sent word up this morning that I could go to classes today. but had to come back tonight! I got into bed at two o'clock, and will stay there until morning. I have improved a great deal since Saturday morning, but still do not feel as well as I did when I left home. Let me know how long I have to continue telegraphing you...
Show moreMonday. Dear Mother + Father, I [desided] last night to stay in Metcalfe <for> today yet, but I might have saved myself the trouble of deciding, inasmuch as Dr. T. sent word up this morning that I could go to classes today. but had to come back tonight! I got into bed at two o'clock, and will stay there until morning. I have improved a great deal since Saturday morning, but still do not feel as well as I did when I left home. Let me know how long I have to continue telegraphing you. The medicine + your special have not come yet. (2:30 p.m.) Also, my specs were not in my cape, so they must be around home. The train + delegation came back from Colgate at ten-thirty last night + the whole college turned out in torch-light procession to cheer them. They marched around campus singing the Alma Mater, which is not, as you said, at Lake Tahoe last summer, father, "Bring in the kitchen [stove]!" Math quiz Wednesday. I have finished most of the math makeup. All I have aft is a long theme in English + a back quiz in math. Miss [Banrue] kept me after class to tell me that she would like me to take + would therefore give me the necessary recommendation, for a special 2 hr. Horace + 1 hr. prose class next yr!! I have not the slightest desire for it, but she seemed so disappointed I told her I'd come to see her about it. Love, Fannie It is a gorgeous warm day. I was sitting on the porch on a steamer chair for a while, but the sun was too hot.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [p.m. 1920-04-23]
Text: [p.m. 23 Apr 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: So Saul Makrauer and Albert Kabet made the Freshman debating team. We have no freshman team, and I have made nothing. Altogether I feel as though I have been more or less of a nobody this year. Believe me, next year I am going to get into things or bust. Enclosed is the note I received from my neighbor yesterday. Speaking of cordiality, grace, etc!!!! I am very much behind in English Speech, in addition to being very stupid with it. I have to...
Show more[p.m. 23 Apr 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: So Saul Makrauer and Albert Kabet made the Freshman debating team. We have no freshman team, and I have made nothing. Altogether I feel as though I have been more or less of a nobody this year. Believe me, next year I am going to get into things or bust. Enclosed is the note I received from my neighbor yesterday. Speaking of cordiality, grace, etc!!!! I am very much behind in English Speech, in addition to being very stupid with it. I have to go to Miss Rogers for private instruction! I asked her if she would rather have me drop it and take it next year when most of my class take it anyhow, inasmuch as most of it is gotten in class and I have missed most of the classes, but she said she thought with help I could make it up all right. I must confess it is not worrying me sick. Did you know my breath and speech are not coordinated? She tells me so, anyhow. I have no plans for leaving Metcalfe. I don't know why I always tag an E on it. I seem to be improving gradually, so I might as well stay there. The only thing that I miss there is the "college life", a much overworked expression, but I could not get it even if I were over in my room, and I do get the rest at Metcalf, so I might as well stay there for a while. Also, I can sit out on a steamer chair without sitting on the ground, which I consider quite an advantage, and which can be done nowhere else. It is not a very interesting life that I have to write about, but as I said before, either it will be next year I will bust. Such being the case, love, [Fannie]Dear Fannie, Having seen you about on campus I thought you would be returning soon. Caroline [tell us me you] are spending most your life in bed. Let me know if I can get you anything. Gertrude[enc w/23 Apr 1920] [enc w/ 23 Apr 1920] Dear Mother, I have almost finished the first bottle of medicine. That, or something else, whether it is the rest or not, I do not know, has helped me quite a little. I have been going to bed as early in the afternoon as possible, sometimes after lunch, sometimes about four. That does not conduce to getting strong, but I think it has been helping me. Perhaps the doctor does not want me to spend so much time in bed. R. S. V. P. Also, Dr. T. and Dr. B. both informed me that they are opposed to using heat. Consequently I dicontinued it yesterday. i had been using it pretty steadily before that. Find out about that, too, please. You say you want to know all about my pain, etc. I do not think that it is quite as good as when I left home, but considering that this is my third day and the pain is not bad, I feel very hopeful. Are you coming for Third Hall? I think it would be wonderful if you would, that is, if you want to. You said when I left that you would be coming in a few weeks to see how we were anyhow. Each student is entitled to one ticket. When I signed up, I was about five hundred and fiftieth. I would have to know so as to engage a room for you. Freshman room-drawing is today and tomorrow. I plan to do most of my English theme over this week-end. Then the math quizes will be left. Miss Wells said I could take two in one if I wanted to, but I preferred not to have my fate depend on one when I had the chance of dividing up.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-04-22]
Text: [postmarked 27 Apr 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Miss Mulaly just called me up. Third Hall is Saturday evening, May eighth. She can give you a comfortable room on the first floor for Friday and Saturday nights, and move you up on Sunday in case you should stay longer. She will reserve it until I hear from you. Of course I realize that you may not come, but it is very hard to get a decent room around that time, and that is why I thought I better see about it. Which would you prefer,...
Show more[postmarked 27 Apr 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Miss Mulaly just called me up. Third Hall is Saturday evening, May eighth. She can give you a comfortable room on the first floor for Friday and Saturday nights, and move you up on Sunday in case you should stay longer. She will reserve it until I hear from you. Of course I realize that you may not come, but it is very hard to get a decent room around that time, and that is why I thought I better see about it. Which would you prefer, that or eighter in the Inn or one of its cottages? R. S. V. P. immediately, in your next letter. Perhaps you won't be able to come at all. We have a class meeting today, I suppose to consider the important question of rings. No classes Firday, Founders' Day. Of course its just my luck only to have two that day. The two packages of medicine came yesterday, one whole and one completely smashes and nice and oozy. Dr. B. had already ordered the perscription filled once at Woods'. Why did they not pack it the way they did the last time? I was going to ask Dr. B. last night what she thought about my going back to my room when I got your letter telling me to stay here indefinitely. So I guess I shall. Their cocoa, toast, and potato diet shore" is making me fat. I will send home a few white skirts with directions for letting out the waist bands in the next laundry. If Mrs. Menges can fix them, all right, if not, don't worry about them, but send them back. All the people near the college who might do it are booked up for the rest of the year, that is why I have to send them home. I have two skirts that I can get into, and my two gingham dresses just to exercise. Don't bother about sending the blue dress, I have no more use for dark clothes. We surely do rush the season here. I don't like the cape, since you ask. I think it looks awfully sick. Don't you? Excuse me, Father and Pete, I might have put this dress making paragraph in a separate note. I was told about a pretty nasty trick that was pulled off on one girl in room-drawing. She went to North on trial draw, and a crowd that were going there told her, "If you come to North, you will be keeping one of our crowd out an we will make it so disagreeable for you there that you won't come back to college". The girl went to Josselyn. Our system is not as democratic as it sounds. How is Grandpa? What do you mean by "the same"? Is he very sick? Love,
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 16-Apr
Text: April 16 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I think you ought to make & plus working on the railroads, Pete. A great job. I am sorry to say that I still feel quite badly, and that I had the same difficulty in goingto sleep last night that I had the night before• I dOj^H know what I have done or eaten th-t I should not have. It certainly is not encouraging» The English Speech class piay last night was very good» I like classical underworld stuff, and there was enough in it. There were only...
Show moreApril 16 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I think you ought to make & plus working on the railroads, Pete. A great job. I am sorry to say that I still feel quite badly, and that I had the same difficulty in goingto sleep last night that I had the night before• I dOj^H know what I have done or eaten th-t I should not have. It certainly is not encouraging» The English Speech class piay last night was very good» I like classical underworld stuff, and there was enough in it. There were only four actors in it, and they are the fäur best in the college. In case you should be talking to the doctor, you can tell him how I feel and see what he has to say about it- I saw Lucy for a few minutes last night- She seems to be quite worried about her father. Love,
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-05-13]
Text: [postmarked 13 May 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: My great difficulty in the clipping system seems to be to cut them out and then forget to send them. The song may interest you even though it is slightly behind the times. I am to take my course of elections over to Miss Cowley in ten minutes to have her sign them. They are:--English Speech, Chemistry 3, English--Romance, Economics, American History, Mathematics. I think it was a tossup between the two literature courses, but Soph. Litt...
Show more[postmarked 13 May 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: My great difficulty in the clipping system seems to be to cut them out and then forget to send them. The song may interest you even though it is slightly behind the times. I am to take my course of elections over to Miss Cowley in ten minutes to have her sign them. They are:--English Speech, Chemistry 3, English--Romance, Economics, American History, Mathematics. I think it was a tossup between the two literature courses, but Soph. Litt conflicted with Ec., which conflicted with chemistry, and that chemistry only came one hour, so there was no choice. I don't think I'll change my mind in the next ten minutes! I have heard various things about Miss Salmon's course. The maddening part of it is that everybody volunteers information without your even asking for it. Ruth F. says it is excellent, except that there are far too many topics. Others say she is a very sleepy, dreamy lecturer, and that you can get either nothing or a whole lot out of her course, as you yourself choose. Another obliging information-giver informed me that you ought not to go through college without taking her course. I concluded, not so much from what I was told, as from my own desire, to take it. I don't think I'll be sorry about the chem. From what everyone says, it is the only course for me to take. The only think I am not keen about is the fact that there are two lectures and sic lab hours second semester, but then I won't still be taking English Speech. It counts as a four hour course instead of three. That change was made this year in all the advanced science courses. Miss Wells went over my C plus quiz with me this morning. She was very much amused at me--I was not. I tried to see Miss White in her office hours this morning about the second year of foreign language, but she had a mile of sophomores waiting outside the door, so I did not wait. The major and minor system is new here, starting with '22, and they had to make out cards of sequential study this year and have them approved by the heads of the departments in which they intend to major. I have to read "Les Nouveaux Oberles", five hundred pages, over the week-end. She told us our exam was going to be much more definite than the one at mid-years. I prefer the vague variety. She also told me that she is going to teach at Berkeley next year, and then go back to France the following year. It's a good way of seeing the country all right. The Vassarion is out. It is very good, but it ought to be for $2.50. It says Miss Kitchel graduated from Smith in 1903, but they must mean 1913. I wrote a good theme for her today, at least I thought it was. I hope she will agree. It was just about the longest I have written this year. It was on "Changing Winds". It took long enough to be good. We have a math quiz next Wednesday. I did not send any laundry yesterday. There was not enough to make it necessary to send it; besides which, I forgot it.I made some interesting discoveries in Jewish research in the Vassarion yesterday. Eleanor Gottheil, former member of 1920, was on Sophomore Party Committee and chairman of Sophomore Tree committee, so I guess once in a while a Jewish girl does do something here outside of hobnobbing with her coreligionists. Also, Mrs. Charles Heimerdinger of Lake Tahoe Fame was a former member of 1919. Our Republican Convention in Students' night before last was more or less of a joke. Hoover got the nomination. Prexy was elected for the dark horse. (Dark is the word, is it not?) Ruth Franklin read the Republican platform, which was also more or less of a joke. She did it with the elocution of al[sic] loyal follower of the H. U. C., with true rabbinical mournful intonation. She might just as well have been her father spouting that long prayer that he pulled off for the New Year two years ago. The ten minutes are up. Bess will be waiting. Love, Fannie Search me for the date, but it is the fay before Friday when I have English Speech. Keep cool, Pete.THE SONG THAT WON THE CUP FOR '21 There are some who always make a fuss Because to chapel they must go, And who think it very childish That they should be treated so. But I have seen these very ones On a lively Sprint from Main, And 'though the ushers shut them out They still complain! Oh yes, they still complain! There are some who always make a fuss Because they must be in by ten, And who think it very childish Such a rule should hamper them. But I have seen these very ones On a midnight fire-drill bent, And 'though they're outdoors after ten They're not content! Oh no, they're not content! There are some who always make a fuss Because they cannot go to ride In autos outside college grounds- Or even just inside! But I have seen these very ones Ride in taxis from a train, And 'though they auto be content, They still complain! Oh yes, they still complain! Words by A Goss, '21. Music by I. Grimes, '21.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-05-21]
Text: [postmarked 21 May 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I certainly enjoyed Yeats' lecture on Ireland and readings from his own poems last Thursday. Miss Kitchel told us not to expect too much, and I imagine that is why I was very pleasnatly[sic] surprised. He is queer-looking all right, but I suppose that is one of the qualifications of being a poet. We had no exam in English Speech, thank goodness. Today our last recitation. We have covered our grade in Latin, so now the review will...
Show more[postmarked 21 May 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I certainly enjoyed Yeats' lecture on Ireland and readings from his own poems last Thursday. Miss Kitchel told us not to expect too much, and I imagine that is why I was very pleasnatly[sic] surprised. He is queer-looking all right, but I suppose that is one of the qualifications of being a poet. We had no exam in English Speech, thank goodness. Today our last recitation. We have covered our grade in Latin, so now the review will begin. Professor Roselli is to lecture on Cavour next Tuesday, consequently we have one recitation yet. We have gone down to the Great War, and I think I have enjoyed the last few weeks more than the whole year put together. I asked Miss Thallon this morning whether Miss Salmon's course is as stiff as it is made out to be, also whether it is true that sophomores commonly do not take it. She said that there is a weekly topic, but that the recitations are lectures and require practically no preparation. She said that it might be true that more Juniors and Seniors than Sophomores take the course, but that some sophomores do take it, and then wound up with this, "For goodness sake, Fannie, and girl that is capable of doing the high class work that you do does not need to be afraid of any course's being too hard". But the point for me was whether I was making next year too hard. That, after all, is my own worry. It is not that I am not capble[sic] of hard work when I feel well, but it is keeping the balance between study and fun or loafing, whatever you choose to call it. I plan to do most of Monday's work today, and spend tomorrow and Sunday reviewing. The math quiz arrived in the mail this morning. Tell Aunt Hattie that her Friend Miss Palmer of the Latin department, commonly known as Pop-eyes, died recently. She was away this semester on leave of absence, owing to ill-health. Phyllis had her last semester, and she said then that she had outlived her usefulness as a good Latin teacher. That is true of some others I know. Love, Fannie
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