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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: 1900(?)
Text: <p>I got the bundle. I think the wrapper pretty but it is nearly a foot too long and the waist is very much too long. So it looks abominably on me. And I think I had rather not get it. I think I can get along without any at all, the flannel one you cleaned looks so nicely. So don't bother any more about it. I return the package as you direct. Send it collect. That's right isn't it? R. M. A</p>

Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: 1900(?)
Text: I have just got your letter and one from Frances. Tell her I was delighted to hear from her. I am in despair about Theophilus. I can find nothing about him. I think I shall have to go in town and use the Po. Library. What are the (?) for the pillow? I think they are lovely. For goodness sake what do you expect (?) mother? You and she didn't arrive I didn't know there was any chance of it. R.M.AMrs. Leo B Adams 37 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn

Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: 1900(?)
Text: How like the postal card habit? I am trying to acquire it. Did I tell you that when my window seat came, they found it can't be got into the room it being too long to turn in the hall. So I had to wait until I eld get a man from the carpenter to come out this morning and take it to pieces & put it up inside the room. I feel that it has a funny side. Other ppl come to see it. I have ordered the cushion it is to cost 5.25 & the shelf 18 cents bracket 8c all. I am sorry you felt...
Show moreHow like the postal card habit? I am trying to acquire it. Did I tell you that when my window seat came, they found it can't be got into the room it being too long to turn in the hall. So I had to wait until I eld get a man from the carpenter to come out this morning and take it to pieces & put it up inside the room. I feel that it has a funny side. Other ppl come to see it. I have ordered the cushion it is to cost 5.25 & the shelf 18 cents bracket 8c all. I am sorry you felt obliged to send the money - but thanks very much. R. M. A.
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: 1900(?)
Text: English exam. Dear people: I have finished writing my exam, but I don't dare go out yet and wish to be writing so you see I am writing you a letter. The exam was not bad. But it is the last one of that kind I expect. Dr. Gentry says the trig exam is her "master piece" and she flatters herself nobody could get more formulas into an exam Ha-Ha. Miss Wilkinson is a dear, we all love her. She is so distressed about the exam and so anxious to tell us everything she can so that we...
Show moreEnglish exam. Dear people: I have finished writing my exam, but I don't dare go out yet and wish to be writing so you see I am writing you a letter. The exam was not bad. But it is the last one of that kind I expect. Dr. Gentry says the trig exam is her "master piece" and she flatters herself nobody could get more formulas into an exam Ha-Ha. Miss Wilkinson is a dear, we all love her. She is so distressed about the exam and so anxious to tell us everything she can so that we can get through. The weather is perfect, the buttercups are all out and the daisies are beginning to come out, while you can fairly see the rose buds swell. I wish you could see the garden when the roses are out. There are 2 big trellises running partly around the circle which are covered with buds and lots of beds besides. They will be gorgeous exam week. Here somebody had courage to start the exit so I followed. I wonder if you are having as good a day for your birthday as this. I wish you many happy returns of it. What a pity that you can't come up for the day. Not that I could see you but still. I have to review Latin which I have let slip not being able to grasp that itis exam week. But I must pitch in. Ruth
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: April 1900
Text: Vassar Dear people: I must scribble off something to let you know I am neither drowned, hurt or sick. I couldn't get the mail yesterday because I was in a lecture the loveliest one I was ever at by Champney on pastelles. He made 3 for me right off the platform. Then we are going tohave a beautiful circus tonight, some of us freshmen who can't go to the dance. And then we put up some loves of posters Mrs. Doowitall's circus etc. cock fighting, trained monkey, performing...
Show moreVassar Dear people: I must scribble off something to let you know I am neither drowned, hurt or sick. I couldn't get the mail yesterday because I was in a lecture the loveliest one I was ever at by Champney on pastelles. He made 3 for me right off the platform. Then we are going tohave a beautiful circus tonight, some of us freshmen who can't go to the dance. And then we put up some loves of posters Mrs. Doowitall's circus etc. cock fighting, trained monkey, performing elephants etc. Miss Cornwell saw them. One was on our door and she called me up and gave mea dreadful blowing up. Such a scandal to the college if any of these young gentlemen who are come here had seen there was to be cock fighting at a young ladies college!!!!! She can't take a joke. The things she said to me were no joke though. She was perfectly furious. She's such a fool. lovingly Ruth.so sorry you are having such a time with the servants.
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: April 1901
Text: Vassar Sunday Dear people: - It makes me so weary to think of beginning to write letters again. I wish nobody had invented them. We feel now as if we had never been away for a vacation. Everything is going on just as it did before, except we are going out doors more all the time. SInce we got back we have had perfect weather, and so warm that all the little flowers are coming out. We have found a place where theground is covered with hypatica plants full of buds, but there are no flowers so...
Show moreVassar Sunday Dear people: - It makes me so weary to think of beginning to write letters again. I wish nobody had invented them. We feel now as if we had never been away for a vacation. Everything is going on just as it did before, except we are going out doors more all the time. SInce we got back we have had perfect weather, and so warm that all the little flowers are coming out. We have found a place where theground is covered with hypatica plants full of buds, but there are no flowers so far. Skunk cabbage abounds around here on the banks of the brooks; where ever you stop you crush the leaves and create a very unpleasant odor. Yesterday morning Lucile and I took our trig. up on Sunset hill, and did it up there. It was lovely and warm there. A man was ploughing in a field just below me, and lots of little birds were chirping and singing around us, and the hills over across the Hudson were very blue.It was so nice out doors that I had great difficulty in staying in long enough to get any studying done. Friday night, and Saturday night, and today I have worn my blue silk gingham and I can't bear to take it off, I like it so much. Every one thinks it is very pretty. So!!!! Thursday or Friday I met Miss Richardson in the corridor, and she took my hand, and asked me how I was, and if I had had a pleasant vacation!!! I went to see her last nightplease mark but she had an engaged sign out, so I couldn't go in, and you can't put your sign on an instructor's block, so she doesn't know I went (I mean your name. Some of the girls have signs they put up instead of their name) and I suppose I shall have to go again. I have had to spend such a lot of money for books. Very sad. I am so interested in my walk, what is lost with it? I am so curious! The girls have begun playing basket ball out in the circle again, and it's such fun to watch them. Theyhave made up a training table. It's more fun! It's the table right next to ours, and they got Dr. Harley to sit at the head of it. She's so nice. We elected her an honorary member of 1904, you know. She will only let them eat certain things, and makes them take a great deal of them. They don't like some of it very well. Lucile is there, and Cecilia, the little Spaniard or the girl that looks like a spaniard, has come to our table in her place. She has no end of money and gets up theprettiest costumes, very unusual you know, almost like fancy costumes, but they are always pretty, and the colors are lovely. Then she has quantities of pearls and diamond etc. Sometimes she wears a great long string of pears festooned in her black hair. She always wears diamonds in her ears. Really she is very pretty and interesting. Friday night we had a fine concert up here. It was called the American Symphony orchestra, and was composted of men chosen from various other orchestras I think. They were such an unusually gentle manly looking set of men. Saturday afternoon Beta, that's my chapter you know, and Alpha gave plays. They were very clever and amusing. Dear me, I almost forgot to tell you how the trunk came through, that is of course my hat. The box was all smashed in and I was in despair when I saw it. Butthough the hat was pretty badly bent I think it will all come out so that nobody will know it isn't natural. Everything else was alright. One poor girl was bringing a glass of jelly home in her trunk, and it broke, and went allow over her new, and clean dresses, so that they all had to be put into the wash, and some couldn't go. That was rather bad. I have some of Hawthorne's book out to read over summer. I like him so much. Ruth How is grandfather?W ~\ ..........----~ ~ //5/>(X\'§‘D‘ - Z» ..» ~ . E .3» ‘ __ t, ..--aw->'-" . .1,‘-w-——-*"'”A ‘V :*71i%zi :—***—'*:';' ::;1—i—'_: V __ _.. , -- _.,; ' :14 1 \ > v 1 i \) ‘Z r41-ﬁi-" 7 1‘? - Wn\ _ IO, [ 7 ~ j‘; $.P""wm :1 —f -~ I _ _,_.. L _— 4’ § lg {Q — ‘”F'1l" \.r* \ J ___ _ _ —— V 7" A V 7 4, >‘l<‘ __ T ~ \_ \; \ ‘ ‘___.___ ~> i ti 1 =__; _ __ 5 / ~ -._, 'T"""“* _ . \\A,_\,, __,;}_:_%W qwm_@iw,\_%r__%. @eQ-Q--4-v~/.z____ $7" 8“, v ‘ Q ‘-~a.. '~ ‘.12?’ a 30% $“‘* H4, 1;’-[D ‘ii "_R-rplﬁ 1'. v \9 ' " ‘ \C‘ (3 5*’ . *r=»,= <3, ‘-~_,»;_._'£' 7
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: April 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people:- Safely arrived you see. I have hardly time to catch the mail. We have been off on a long tramp and took longer than we expected. We got into a field full of the love- best pussy willows and bough home our arms full of them. Mine look beautifully in my copper pot. Well we just hardly caught the train in New York and got put intoa car where there were about 3 girls- the rest all common people. There was a sickening bride and groom in front of us. But when we got to...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- Safely arrived you see. I have hardly time to catch the mail. We have been off on a long tramp and took longer than we expected. We got into a field full of the love- best pussy willows and bough home our arms full of them. Mine look beautifully in my copper pot. Well we just hardly caught the train in New York and got put intoa car where there were about 3 girls- the rest all common people. There was a sickening bride and groom in front of us. But when we got to Poughkeepsie there were plenty girls. Cora and I came up on the same train but we didn't know it till we got to the college. We saw everybody and had a grand time we went to Miss Hastings room and found the light out and her in bed but we went in to see her and were sitting on the edge ofher bed in the dark, when Cora began pummeling me and in the confusion which inside a glass of jelly which she was holding got knocked on the floor and smashed to smithereens the jelly messed all over the floor. Very unfortunate in the dark. And it looked so on the carpet!!!!! Lessons began this morning unfortunately. Ruth.Haven't opened trunk yet/ /4><~'\V\ ‘ J»? 4 ‘) M Ir , //It I /\\ <> 7* -LO ‘<\ ‘ » r" C1) ._\ =/A ".13 (D '\ ( (_> 5- ;,;1-.§;=i»>;?1=z- a 9'41 “*0 < ,_' -\ ., . .. , ,- J * v.»ma>v.-w4»n=w-no-'v.~w9-w~»<‘~n-.-1.-v—r<-u--w-1~.w.-_>. -:;~.-1:1~u-van-».r_v \...\1un. ~ ’ . , \ _- \ .' - (440-'91»-1 0,-.. .-_w..¢,.,.,,..»..-........-.......=..-=,....- ”..-.._..._.,.....~ W Q tar ';\ liyj _ " '” " ‘ 7"’ " ' ' ' . \\. J 7} '~@‘;., _. . . ‘ P _ ;"r1 ._ "1' M-‘ . I »¢ - .,'_!T'c11=1"l5 _1 I, - =3-_ t. . . ....__.. . ........._...,._..~-1.1..-....,...-.........._......¢.M-...... I . Q.-.--..~..--¢-..,__.».-....,.--.._.-».-_-'.-_-.-=.—~-w-n=--~.-'-.»-_=~=¢v-~-- —-» ~ - —~- - -~ - 97 {TL Rmwkﬂ, ﬁg 3$@~.-& _ __ _A.-,,,_._ﬁ1>*_,»;_-~..,.. _ 7 7 N ___: __..--< -._ -.v ......,._-w- \- P _ _ ﬁ xv‘, :1 ' "I I ‘ J I I ~ _§ 7‘ Ta , ,1. \‘ f I , _ J ¥ _
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: April 1901
Text: Vassar Sunday Dear people: - Well the men have once more fled. You wouldn't think it was the same place it was yesterday. Everything is so quiet and peaceful. It is very hot, it might almost be mid-summer. Such an uproar as there has been here this week, or the end of it. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday it poured poured, poured, but Friday and Saturday and today have been perfect days. Friday, my how peopleworked, I never was more tired. You know the girls decorate the corridors...
Show moreVassar Sunday Dear people: - Well the men have once more fled. You wouldn't think it was the same place it was yesterday. Everything is so quiet and peaceful. It is very hot, it might almost be mid-summer. Such an uproar as there has been here this week, or the end of it. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday it poured poured, poured, but Friday and Saturday and today have been perfect days. Friday, my how peopleworked, I never was more tired. You know the girls decorate the corridors and dining room and the rooms we usually use for dancing themselves. Our end of the corridor they fix up with rugs and couches and lazy chairs for promenading and sitting between the dances, also J. where we dance every night. Of course all the rugs and couches and chairs and pillows have to be taken from different girls' room, they have to be go together and worked, so they will getback to their owners, and then arranged. It is no small work. The dancing is done in the dining room and that has to be properly decorated with bunting etc. The girls do it all themselves. Part of the corridor on 3rd is arranged for promenading too. Then the other end of this corridor with the reading room and so forth is used for serving refreshments and has to be fixed up with little tables and chairs. My [morris] chair and the table went. The freshmen were allowed to get refreshments at 11.15, which we all did. Friday morning some of us went down town to have our pictures taken and do some other things then when we got back we walked into the store with Miss Cornwell, I told you about, and I flew miles and miles about these corridors then we had a meeting of the circus company + decided to put it off until Saturday night, + as it finally happened we didn't have it lastnight either, the girls were too worn out and some of the most important ones didn't feel well. But we haven't given it up for good. We had the funniest time with Miss Hastings. Poor dear we do tease her so, at lunch Friday I was very tired and so was quiet and subdued contrary to my usual custom. She was terribly distressed for fear I felt badly about the row, and asked Florence in private if she thought I mindedit very much, or was just pretending to. Of course Dube was highly amused, and said well she really couldn't tell. So Miss Hastings was terrible worrited in her feelings and said she was awfully sorry, but she didn't know what she could do. So she was very unhappy about me. and Dube came and told me all about it much amusement. That evening, I went down with Dube to help miss H dress. I thought I had better set her mind at rest even though itwas very funny. After I had been down there a moment (nothing had been said about the circus yet) Miss H. said very beseechingly and humbly "Am I so out of favor that I can't come to the circus tonight" That was too much of a temptation. SO I said, looking away from her onto the floor, in a very sad tone "Oh we aren't going to have it after all tonight" Miss Hast. turned perfectly white. I almost shouted,but restrained my self for a moment. I could see Dube on the be simply doubled up and shaking with laughter. Miss Hastings said "Why Ruth dear did you give it up because Miss Cornwell and I said what we did? I am terribly sore. We didn't mean that you should do that at all" and she came and put her arm around me and kissed me to make me feel better. At that Dube and I could contain oursel-vest no longer. We shouldered at the top of our lungs. She was so perfectly taken in. Then she was much relieved to find we didn't really feel as badly as she had thought. She's such a dear. Saturday morning they had the glee club concert. And in the afternoon everybody went off on the river and driving or something, that is all the people who had men: We were so cross we didn't know whatto do. It was such a glorious day we wanted to go off somewhere but some of us couldn't walk, Lucile has torn the cartilage in her knee part off and can't walk (that's what I might have done if I had gone in training) of course it isn't very bad but very painful. Then we were terribly cross so finally we went to sleep and felt better when we woke up. After that we went out on the grounds and found Dora +Marie on a bench in a chump of pines doing Latin so we joined them. Cora was reading along and got to talking louder than she thought she was. She said "by pollux" very loud and just then two young men went by behind us, they started and looked around very much surprised at hearing a young lady use such an exclamation. We were very much amused. Today we had Dr.Rainsford (?) preach and I never had such a fine sermon in my life. If I heard him once again I believe I should go right into some social work. He carried everyone away with him. When he stopped everybody drew a long breath as if they had been holding it all the time he spoke. But it's no good talking about him as to your letter Papa. What struck you. You wanted me to learn to swim at once and to speak to Prof. Brac at once. I am sorry to say I have done neither yet. Though Idid ask Prof B. when I could come and see him as I wanted to talk to him about my next years work. He said he was always at the service of the young ladies and was only too delighted to converse with them on any subject in their life which interested them. I think perhaps I shall go to see him tomorrow. As to the swimming I haven't had an opportunity for that yet. Why are you so anxious about it all of a sudden. As to Mrs. Gal. I am thoroughly disgusted with her. She sent me Friday morning my blue dress also I had to pay .25 cents on it. I think she ought to pay the charges of it, seeing it is her fault they didn't get home on time. And then did she think I wanted to wear that blue dress to the ball. She is so provoking. I had to wear my blue lawn. It looked alright enough but when I am going to have another dress I like to have it to wear at the big thing. The blue looks very pretty and is very becoming but makes me look old, old. So everyone say. Ruth.
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: April 1901
Text: Vassar Thursday. Dear people: I am so sorry not to have got this in yesterday, but Wednesday is particularly hard you know. i have an essay to get in, a conversation hour in german and prose in latin to prepare for the next day. The prose paper I got back this time was better I am glad to say. Nobody talks about anything but rooms now-a-days. The incoming senior draw this afternoon, the juniors a week fromtoday, and we 2 weeks from today. Everyone is in such a muss and excitement. Oh if only...
Show moreVassar Thursday. Dear people: I am so sorry not to have got this in yesterday, but Wednesday is particularly hard you know. i have an essay to get in, a conversation hour in german and prose in latin to prepare for the next day. The prose paper I got back this time was better I am glad to say. Nobody talks about anything but rooms now-a-days. The incoming senior draw this afternoon, the juniors a week fromtoday, and we 2 weeks from today. Everyone is in such a muss and excitement. Oh if only we could do just what we want to it would be so nice but I suppose it's impossible. They say it is dreadful (the drawing I mean) every body loses their head and you hate you best friends etc. I wish it were over. The weather keeps lovely and warm. The girls are out almost all day, play bockel ball, or training, or play golf. The circle is filled with peoplelike a big reception in the afternoon, only they all come without their skirts. You will be interested to hear I have left off my flannels. I haven't worn a hat since I got back to college. When do my dresses come? I life my little scissors, + my cuff buttons at home. Will you send them please? I don't know what pins I left but you might as well send them along. I see there is a students meeting posted for Friday night. I am so anxious to hear what the Facultythought of our amendment. I have posted some more postal cards in. Saturday night a whole lot of us, about 20, are going in to see the Williams' dramatic club which is coming then. Isn't that fun. I never saw men play women's parts. Edith knows 4 of the men, and they are coming out to dinner with her. Two of them are to be ladies. lovingly Ruth
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: April 1901
Text: Vassar Sunday. Dear people:- There are always so many more things to write about on Sunday than on Wednesday. I wrote you Thursday afternoon didn't I? Well after that noting happened because I have to prepare for the 3 first house Friday morning, so I have to get them all done Thurs. night. Now I will give you a diary of what I have done since then. Friday morning after the 3 recitations were over I did my Latin formonday and part of the trig. Then after lunch I did an hour's more...
Show moreVassar Sunday. Dear people:- There are always so many more things to write about on Sunday than on Wednesday. I wrote you Thursday afternoon didn't I? Well after that noting happened because I have to prepare for the 3 first house Friday morning, so I have to get them all done Thurs. night. Now I will give you a diary of what I have done since then. Friday morning after the 3 recitations were over I did my Latin formonday and part of the trig. Then after lunch I did an hour's more trig and then Edith and Helen Graves and Cora and I went on a long tramp. We went way off up on a ridge called Cedar ridge in the woods. I took a basket, quite a good size, along just as a joke "to gather my flowers in" and it was very fortunate because it was heaped up with them when we came home. We found hepaticas by the dozen, one big plant, I never saw such a large one, Edith dug it up for mewith her finger nails. I have it in a big Japanese bowl and it looks very pretty. There are 13 flowers on it now and more coming out. Then we came on a spat where there was a big patch of blood roots, we got enough to fill four tumblers full. They are so pretty. We had such a good time all off in the nice springsy woods we found a place where Colombine is going to be very thick, and we found dutchman's breeches and violet and dog tooth violet plants by the score.I got some burs in my hair, in reaching under the bushes for the flowers, and we had a terrible time trying to get them out. I can fully sympathize with Loddie now. Then we came back and got dressed for dinner just in time. After chapel came a Students' meeting. But they hadn't got the report from the faculty yet. After Students' we made some fudge in Edith's room. Lucile and Dube couldn't eat any being in training, so we had it all to ourselves.and mm mm mm mm but it was good. Then the soph's, just a few of the real nice ones that is, (the ones we would like to get in with next year) have the rivets show in one of the rooms. They charged 3 cents admission. It was something they just concocted for the occasion. This young gentleman came to see a girl at Vassar but had no peace, 1st they were interrupted by one thing and then by another. It was very clever all the college characterswere introduced you know and current jokes. They mimic chapitally. The room was packed and every one roared. They had to keep fueling us up. Then Saturday morning I did my German prose for Monday and some work in the library, and fooled around until lunch time. Then in the afternoon I went for a walk with Mary Bell then as we were coming in we met Marie Honeycutt and she wanted us to turn around and go with her. Mary couldn'tbut I went. She is very nice. I like her and her room-mate Dora Waring about as well as any of the girls. Mary Bell is a fine girl too. She has asked Lcuile to room with her next year if they can't get singles. Lucile thinks she is condescending to room with her (Mary B.) and doesn't exactly want to I think. She says she doesn't know her very well, but if Lucile wouldn't study all the time but would try to be more agreeable she could learn to know a great manypeople. That has been just the trouble she doesn't know any body. She always has some work to do. It is perfectly dreadful. She gets her lessons all done up in no time, then she does them for the next day, and she never seems to get any leisure. We can't understand how she works it. I am very fond of her but she disgusts me extremely sometimes. She has absolutely no sense of how things she says sound. There is something very strange abouther. I know she would like to room with e. But it would drive me wild to room with her. Mary B. is a poor girl, but she has got lots to her, and I think it was very nice in her to ask [Stimmie] to room with her. You see complications are many. If we have to stay over here in main next year then we should have to be in a parlor and I know Lucile would want to come in with us and it would fidget Cora more than it would me. She gets so disgusted with her. I can make herdo pretty much what I like, but it's tiresome and that isn't the kind you want always. Now I think this is rather horrid. But she's queer. Cora and I have great discussions about her. But to continue. (It's nearing supper time). Saturday afternoon, after that, there were two chapter plays and one of them was particularly clever. It was a melodrama. I'll tell you about them when I come home. Then in the evening we went to the Williamsplay, which was great. I had never seen men take girls parts before. They were so funny, not as good as the girlmen. Why they all wore such big bustles I can't imagine. It looked very odd. I wonder if they think all women stick out so behind? I'll tell you about that when I get home too. Why don't my dresses come. Next week comes the big promenade and I must have them. I think Mrs. Gallagher is horrid to keep themso long. I wish could hunt around and see if you couldn't find a good dressmaker who could make my dresses and get them done when she says she will. Of course Aunt Flo must come. I can't think what Aunt Belle can be like to allow her to do such a think. I think there must be some mistake. I hope Grandfather is feeling much better now lovingly Ruth.
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: December 1900
Text: My dear family:- I have just 10 minutes before it is time to go to get my lunch and so am going to write to you. We have just been having a class meeting sandwiched in between the fourth hour recitation which ends at 20 minutes past 12 and lunch at quarter to one. We voted to sign a petition to have some distinguished gentleman come and address the college at commencement Instead of having the girls who have received honors read essays. It has been signed by all the classes. Well thats as far...
Show moreMy dear family:- I have just 10 minutes before it is time to go to get my lunch and so am going to write to you. We have just been having a class meeting sandwiched in between the fourth hour recitation which ends at 20 minutes past 12 and lunch at quarter to one. We voted to sign a petition to have some distinguished gentleman come and address the college at commencement Instead of having the girls who have received honors read essays. It has been signed by all the classes. Well thats as far as I got. It's now dinner time. And I am In such a state of excitement. What do you think a messenger came to the room and said President Taylor wished to see me In his office after Chapel. What can he want. Cora and I amused ourselves with making the wildest suppositions (?) about it while we were dressing. (I wasn't going to change my dress but changed my mind after the mess. Luger had come and put on my brown dress. Well I have seen the president. He had heard I wasn't feeling well from Dr. Thelburg and wanted to see If he could help me In any way. Wasn't that nice in him? He wished to be remembered to my father. I wish everybody wouldn't ask how I am andso on. What made you write to Dr Thai, about me? Didn't you believe me when I said I was feeling better? Certainly I am an only daughter, and there Is no use trying to disguise the fact. As to what I want for Christmas, It is a serious question and it took me most an hour of hard thinking while I was out walking alone one morning to decide I am very sleepy but I will try and think the things up again. First I couldn't think of anything I wanted at all. But of course books I always want, and I should like little Shakespeares or some of the Thackery's or anything. ThenI should like a pair of skates. And pictures framed, perhaps some of my English pictures or postal cards. I should like a set of furs. This I think you might as well give me any way. Just to fill up the toe of my stocking, you know. It's so little and inexpensive. Then a chafing dish or tea-kettle. And some little five cent cups. I dont want nice ones. Or whatever you happen to see that you think I would like. Well I am going to give up and go to bed. I am good for nothing in the evening. It isn't half past nine yet. But I just can't think and so am going to leave my theme and go to bed. Ruth.1 /. V _ 7/ v W "2 ‘ 17”‘; P ~ y»/'1‘./-’ ‘.-__;,g_ \:._:» ai '=,> D /r?*K“‘*'5z;1“k\ _ \) 1'71"‘! '5‘ 7@§*\ u ‘n ‘J L I -.4 .__, " .1 ,.. .. ..... V \ ' . W \ \ “ -¢- _ '_\_ .. . / " f 1 '»§ \;¥ _=» J“_ F" ix b If ‘=\->4; “ ~=~/'—*\ *1/:3 ‘ /-Q 5' ‘ K <\ , I- ‘ -w~J ¢'>”==§_,*\;*;.-> » ) \ . A ~ ‘ ..l_{ ‘Ja- l | 1 ' \ ~ » _ ' . , j , , , - ._.-- _ . .‘ ,2 " ﬁx I‘ 5‘ \ "*L_ cc//‘_ \ 1 \’~ . ":4 ;~: .1»;/5, A., _,._ ~ A 1»: 9 dlurbw u <'uI1 -ww; 1. -01! $0 _ y 2 0 ‘O M 3%} 5 H VJ ‘O r E Q D69 i\ Q aux
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: December 1900
Text: Dear people:- It has suddenly occurred to me that perhaps you dont know the train I am coming by. Did X tell you? I cant remember there has been so much to think about. I leave New York on the 2 o'clock train reaching New Haven about 3-45 or 50 I think. What on earth is the baby blanket for You never told me a word about it. - Ruth I am not vaccinated. Ought I to be ?

Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: Dec. 1900
Text: Vassar Dear people:- I have been lying down the last hour and wishing I was at home. I made various plans for seeing if I couldn't go home and still continue my work. They all seemed very plausible. 1 don't know whether they would strike other people in the same way. However I don't really wan't too. I have slept better since I came back but I feel pretty frightfully nervous. It makes me so angry. I don't see why I can't stand it whenother people do. Sunday we...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- I have been lying down the last hour and wishing I was at home. I made various plans for seeing if I couldn't go home and still continue my work. They all seemed very plausible. 1 don't know whether they would strike other people in the same way. However I don't really wan't too. I have slept better since I came back but I feel pretty frightfully nervous. It makes me so angry. I don't see why I can't stand it whenother people do. Sunday we got here all right after 10 and had to ring the bell and be let in by the night watchman. We stopped at the station to get some hot chocolate. Monday and Tuesday went about as usual. I nearly put in a meal order Tues. night, but decided it was foolish after all and didn't. I am quite lame from working in the Gym. Mon. I took me glasses down to be fixed. They didn't have to send to New York and I can get them as soon as I go for them. I expect to go down tomorrow and want to try to go to see Miss Wylie too. But I am very busy Thurs. Oh I almost forgot to ask you. Do you think there would be time for me to send a doll to you and get it back before we leave for Christmas. And in any case do you want to dress it. I can get it done up here for $.75. You needn't be very particular with it. I should say they were about 8 or 10 ins long. Most of the girls have gone in swimming this afternoon. I ought to have my suit here. Do you know where it is. Miss Slade goes Friday. With lots of love Ruth.J _ \ < / /M’ * IE)” 1/ /( \ J ‘ 2___ Emu AW; ___m ( Q _ E ___ M A L _ _ _ __________q __ : : _ _ w % _ _ If (k_’__/ < ( %V%// /w 1 4/M 9 ﬁn <__‘_‘_ __ _ 1 \ n_v>__ % _ \’__§_ ___ ' Lt_.'l_i§. ‘vhf gm [U AM rd FL MK C _\ w:\ _ (Um ‘ M '_\\ \_ ' 1‘, ﬂMW_ FL 1 & \ {Q N Vt Q __\ K >>‘- jj _ my 3 ” _Q_! %__Ur_ MVP‘ W ‘ _ z 4* “Q Q_,_g’_ly ﬁlo I “A X T NH‘ Ni‘ _ ‘ﬂu ‘ _ R ___ \H‘ H_(_ _n__'_V)N\ ‘J _>_\ 5, \_ J A\ If V I ““
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: December 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people:- The time for mo to go home seems very near now, for they have got all our trunks down. And today we even got our tickets and the checks for our trunks. I hare decided to check my dress suit case along with the steamer trunk I am going to bring home. The case is so heavy. But the horrible thought has occurred to me that they may want to take the bagage down the night before, and then where would I be. I shall have to borrow a night gown of some girl who is going to stay...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- The time for mo to go home seems very near now, for they have got all our trunks down. And today we even got our tickets and the checks for our trunks. I hare decided to check my dress suit case along with the steamer trunk I am going to bring home. The case is so heavy. But the horrible thought has occurred to me that they may want to take the bagage down the night before, and then where would I be. I shall have to borrow a night gown of some girl who is going to stay here. But this isn't what I want to say to you at all. The all important fact is that I have been skating!!!! and have bought a pair of skates!!!! What do you think of that? I couldn't resist the temptation when Lucile came rushing down to the room wild with delight and she and Cora Hew over to the Lake, where the ice is at last sale for the "whole college". As I say I couldn't stand it to say the girls go by with their skates and everybody so excited and having such a great time. So I ran up to Florence & Edith to see if I couldn't persuade one of them to go down town with me immed-iately and buy a pair. I found them both sitting in the same bed eating breakfast. It was about five minutes of nine and they had only just waked up. You see it Is Saturday. Well I so worked on Florence's spirits and feelings that she gave in, and promised to meet me at the loot of the elevator at a quarter past nine,- it was then nine - though she had heaps of work to do and had said she wouldn't go skating. You see her skates were in at her home. Well we got the 20 minutes past car into town and went way around to Florence's and got her skates and to townand bought some for me, and to a picture store, to get a picture, which Edith is having framed, and which was to have been done last week, and which has been going to be done just hall an hour alter we are there for at least the last four times we have called for it,- or somebody has called for it. So provoking every time he says he is so sorry it isn't quite done but will be in Just hall an hour. He knows college girls haven't any hall hours to waste waiting for pictures And then we went to to see a young man, or rather Dubie did end see if he would go to a dance with her that the Po'keep girls are getting up. We didn't go to his house, but to the bank where he works* And got home by hall past 10, wasn't there pretty good time? Then I came in and got Coras sweater (?) (by the way I must have one. A regular man's you know, a great big white one. I will take it in place of the skates tho' I imagine it will cost about 3 times as much.) and took off my glasses in case of accidents and went out for my first lesson I wish you could see me. I do finely. I think. I must remember fromwhen I first learned. My but I am lame now. I went out again this afternoon. It has been a most glorious day so sunny and bright and the ice was perfect in some places you can see right down to the bottom of the lake the ice is so clear. It makes you feel as if you were skating on water. I wish you could see some of the girls my but they skate beautifully! Why dont you skate Papa? all the Profs do up here. It would be fine for you. And then you could take me out in the Christmas vacations. I only hope the ice will last. It is now Sunday night and this isn't finished, and I am very sleepy. So I am Just going to put an ending on this and send it off with out telling you anything about the Beta play Saturday after noon, or the Alpha play, to which Margaret Mather invited. They will wait until I come home. Today I have had such a good time. And this evening was the Christmas music which was beautiful beyond words. Mary Thompson had a solo which she sang wonderfully. They say she has the best voice of any one in college Since then she has been singing in the senior parlor and we all got invited in. She is a stunning girl. Ruth.ﬂap»--,--» ——- :n1~~1 “i 1 4\++<f<% fﬁ l @5501? _, (aw A Y“ _ A O ' $909 ( __,,, - ‘Q !\ Q Q 3 *f , <3 7 M ,5 -<1 J, =~»*-=¢\ ' /;.j_J¢\<.-\\,.4\_;.,»_ Y. ﬂ_ n k , \\‘:;.. ‘ \ - ’ —ﬂ‘ -v 11 1,./.._ M. ._ Dug‘, “ Z5; (/i§ -... F» E’ ‘A Q -mar" _\,;;L4-Qix E? b *— M /_!_ “H ___‘_' _ ‘Q I /K“ hang I ’ W’ __ Vvz ’ _" I f_ M6, I’ M 0 / :53‘ I 7 Fr 1‘ _ 5’ AU _ _ V {L _ up /V _'_ 7//IE_ _ 3“ M “ V,‘ J I
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: February 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people:- Its sunday afternoon. Cora went in town with Hilda to dinner at some bodies house. I forget their name. After dinner I went up into the Sophomores room while one of them read a sermon. It was a translation of one of the Italian Monk's sermons delivered at the time of a plague in one of the southern cities and wos very good. Then I came down here and foAdele Buffinton just leaving a little note asking Cora and me to go walking with her. But as Cora couldn't go I...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- Its sunday afternoon. Cora went in town with Hilda to dinner at some bodies house. I forget their name. After dinner I went up into the Sophomores room while one of them read a sermon. It was a translation of one of the Italian Monk's sermons delivered at the time of a plague in one of the southern cities and wos very good. Then I came down here and foAdele Buffinton just leaving a little note asking Cora and me to go walking with her. But as Cora couldn't go I went up and got Lucile and Edith and we had a very nice walk, though they snow made the walking rather hard. It snow some more yesterday so we are quite covered up. What do you think we did Saturday afternoon? It was snowing so we thought we wouldn't go sleighing as we intended to. But we went into town to the theater to a melodrama. We paid .20 cents for orchestra seats. It was very thrilling and absurd. All the good people got rich, and turned out to be great personages and the daughter who had been stolen as a baby is restored to her father and marries her lover. And all the villains get found out and punished. At wagons points the heroine expressed lofty and sublime sentiments during which the band played softly. It was dinner time when I got back and I intended to do a lot of studying in the evening, but they asked us to come down to the fire wall, and be read to which we accordingly did. And I didn't get a lesson done. Alegbra I have first thing Monday morning, and I don't know it at all. I ahem been meaning to review the stuff ever since I came back to college and have nee got around to it. It is something dreadfulthe way time goes. Saturday morning I intended to do latin prose and my essay but i want skating and only got my prose done. When I went to read my poems for my essay I found that one of the books was not on the reference shelves and so I hunted up Miss Hookers and asked her about it and she went down to the library and made inquiries about it but the book seems to have entirely disappeared. Then while they were hunting the thing up I read some books on art instead of studying as I ought. You see I am a very foolish person. What do you think, Mama? Such a blow! Cora was told she couldn't wear her Maria Stuart costume because it wasn't appropriate for a Washington's birthday party. I am afraid perhaps the same objection might be made to a such peasants costume. What do you think?I wish I could write Valintine poetry. THink of it, our prose day is Valintne day. What a sweet Valentine we hand to Miss Sanders. There was something else I wanted to say to you o ask you but I can't rhino what it was. I shan't send this till Monday afternoon though so perhaps I will remember before hone. Monday. I can't think what it was at all unless I wanted to ask for Miss Sevann's address. I know it wasn't that, but I do want that. Yesterday I wrote a letter to Miss Haines. It was the steadiest thing I ever wrote. No sense in it at all. But still I sent it. Well I have got throe Algebra and German safely. Though I found that I hadn't studied the right lesson in the book nor learned the rules she gave us. Some of the girls got dreadfully scolded, but she didn't realize a hadn't done it. Cora and Lucile had Miss Dutton in Latin for the first time this morning She has been sick. Such disgusted children you never saw. It must be dreadful really some of this poetry is decidedly sentimental. At present we are reading Ovid. At halfpast 3 a single bird unto a silent sky propounded but a single term of cantos melody. At halfpast 4 experiment had subjugated test, and lo! her silver principle supplanted all the restat halfpast 7 element nor implement was seen, and place was where the presence was, circumference between. Emily Dickinson. Can you make sense of this thing? I can't and i had to interpret it for my last theme. Isn't it absurd? We want to send each junior a little bunch of violets for a Valentine; from the class you understand because they have done so much for us. DOn't you think that would be nice? We are to have a class meeting this afternoon to bring upthe subject. There's the bell for latin boo hoo how I am scared. Ruth Mrs. Gorge B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn\ NE I _“ Sh ‘V t_ ‘ ‘ If W ‘Q § ‘wk _’n\_* J A V I: T >1? > _ _ _ I‘ ___) _ ___ __ __ :3 \ \ _\ \\ _ / J _ ;_ ‘J _ V‘ ‘M M ’_ ; ‘ \’_ __ _ _' _ "_ I‘ L.‘ _ L __ “(J _ V M K‘ F‘ _ _\ “\‘p_+__ __ I ’ I \ _’_ I FJ > _ \ _ 3' _}/_%\ V_\ _\\ !,("“ \
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: February 1901
Text: Dear father: I have been talking with Franlein Bareteman. She doesn't seem to think I had better do it. I feel rather unhappy in my own mind and don't know just what I want to do. She says even if I had the highest marks possible ("which you haven't Miss Adams") she wouldn't advise me to do it. Now is she right in her estimate of what I can do in German or am i? It seems to me that I know more German than any other girl. But perhaps I haven't cared to make...
Show moreDear father: I have been talking with Franlein Bareteman. She doesn't seem to think I had better do it. I feel rather unhappy in my own mind and don't know just what I want to do. She says even if I had the highest marks possible ("which you haven't Miss Adams") she wouldn't advise me to do it. Now is she right in her estimate of what I can do in German or am i? It seems to me that I know more German than any other girl. But perhaps I haven't cared to make an effort to show it. Or perhaps I don't know as much as I think. Miss McCaleb, the sec. say I can't take that French next year without passion of the Freshman french in an exam. And I can't take French tis semester without taking an cam in last seems. work. It too bad isn't it? I am really quite disappointed though I keep telling myself that therewasn't any possibility of my doing it. What do you advise me to do. Drop German this seems. take French (and Miss Mc.C. said perhaps Prof. Brac would let me wait until the end of this seems or next Fall before passing off the 1st semester French work in June or Sept, work on German during the summer and take exam on 2nd semester work in Sept. and have the chance of loosing both. Or take German this semester pass it off in June and work what I can this seems on French and this summer, then try to pass off Freshman work in Sept and get into Course C. If not take Course B (which is what the frills with French as 1st language do this year) and drop German next year. What and which? Answer as soon as you can. I rather think I had rather study on French than on German, particularly this Freytag in the summer.The worst part is that I am afraid I shall have forgotten French so by that time that I shan't be able to do it. Isn't it too bad. I am unhappy. Oh no I am not. We have just been doe the grandest sleigh ride; Cora, Lucile, Edith, Dubé, Hilda (to chaperone) and I. I wish I had time and money to tutor in French. RuthProf. George B. Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn’_ ¢_' Q KW X ,_/{ J_’ E W41 fa L’ 1 _ “J PA i _“" H “:4” _ \‘ \ ‘ii }// \_ x 7/ _\H_x_ __ A t 6 “J \ _ :1 __ 5‘ __ 4*“ ,1 \ ' if//V F /_ _ ,1‘ \ Q I Q {,4 _€ _ ‘ _ I 6 ‘ V‘ _ 7: _ \‘ L, __/E ))A‘ 1 V\
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: February 1901
Text: Vassar Dear People:- Well I found no notes when I arrived but I have since heard that Miss Dutton's flunks are not out yet. Cheerful isn't it? Cora didn't get any. Isn't that fine? I haven't had time to see about the change, but Miss Hastings doesn't seem to think it would work. And Hilda seemed to think it would be awfully hard to take both Sophomore french and German at the same time. Well I got down to the station in fine shake Hilda and Cora and their brother...
Show moreVassar Dear People:- Well I found no notes when I arrived but I have since heard that Miss Dutton's flunks are not out yet. Cheerful isn't it? Cora didn't get any. Isn't that fine? I haven't had time to see about the change, but Miss Hastings doesn't seem to think it would work. And Hilda seemed to think it would be awfully hard to take both Sophomore french and German at the same time. Well I got down to the station in fine shake Hilda and Cora and their brother were on the car going down chapel. So I got my suit case tended to for the rest of the way. Our train was late in at New York and we were rather afraid of missing the other but didn't. They put us in a pullman car because the others were so crowded. When we got out here we lurmted all around and were very much excited at not finding any notes. We hunted under the beds and in the drawers and all around bu didn't come on any so we ran up to Miss Hastings and made eugurice. She said that she had heard my papers were very good. Edith flunked Math and so did Lucy. Mary Showkson flunked Math & Latin and French prose. We are so pleased she got through the rest. It was really better than we hoped. Elisabeth Ladd flunked English. Wasn't that foolish? It is simply because she has been careless and forgotten to put essays in where she ought and so on. Lucile and Florence are all right. Have had my first Algebra lesson. Miss Wilkinson is certainly not Richardson class! Well you will hear soon of my success in the change. They had great doings Saturday night. Ruth Prof. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn. __ ‘ I I _‘_‘ éﬂ 60 _:y_=\ _ v__ Y i _ /N \ ’_ ’ Iv /4‘ / /2 ‘_‘- ‘ ‘ \‘\_ N, j hp _'/; v r / ‘AH ‘ )1” mf / I _ _ * . _ I I L,“ J‘ ‘P’ '7' V! .1‘ “'.I\ \
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: February 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people:- I have no time to write, the bell has just rung for Latin, just as I took up my pen but I don't need to go just yet. I have been particularly busy this week not having been able to do either my essay or my latin prose on Saturday we have prose today. I am anxious to see what little not I have on my paper today. Last time she said I must be more descriptive noting in my use of tenses but it was not deficient asmany of them were of which I was very glad. Well I have...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- I have no time to write, the bell has just rung for Latin, just as I took up my pen but I don't need to go just yet. I have been particularly busy this week not having been able to do either my essay or my latin prose on Saturday we have prose today. I am anxious to see what little not I have on my paper today. Last time she said I must be more descriptive noting in my use of tenses but it was not deficient asmany of them were of which I was very glad. Well I have just come back from Latin and gym. I meant to go and see Miss Wylie this afternoon with Mary Yost, but she can't go so we put it off until next week. My paper was not deficient this week either. Ha, ha. The poetry we are doing is so much nice than Livy. We have Ovid now. In English we are having a very uncomfortable time. Abstract subjects and definitions. FOr our next essay we have poetry define it. What is poetry anyway? As to the Algebra I can do the examples alright and don't know what I don't understand. There is nothing I can ask to have explained, only I don't feel as if I had the whole thing classified and right down so I knew all about it and through and through it as I did with the geom. with Miss Richardson. Of course its the difference in the teacher. Do you know Cora and I think our room is haunted. A while ago a bottle of tooth powder appeared on the washstand which belonged to neither of us and we neither knew how it got there. Wasn't that queer? Then the other morning, Sat it was I didn't get up for breakfast, that is I slept over and Cora brought me breakfast. When she brought me a napkin out of the drawer where I always keep them it was not one of mine. It had no name on it and I know it never came in the wash to me. Cora doesn't know anymore about it either. Don't you think that is very strange. Then last night I wanted some camphor ice. You know I had a new tube. well I have used very little when I came to look at it last night and the bottom which you can push up as you use the stuff you know, was up at the other end and the ice below it. The seal cover gone. Evidently somebody had pushed it way out and then put in the other end to, though how they didit I don't see the camphor ice is so soft. It was nearly all gone. Don't you think we had better employ a detective? Well lots of love Ruth Cora may go home next SundayMrs. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: February 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people:- You letter come this morning. You were very good to sit down stairs. I am so worried as to whether I got your letter in intime to reach you this morning. I think I did though. I don't think I need to take a tutor in Algebra. If I would just find time someway to do some reviewing I wou ld be all straight. What do you think, this morning when I was going up stairs in Rockerfellow I met Miss Richardson. She tookhold of my hand in both hers and patter it. "I have...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- You letter come this morning. You were very good to sit down stairs. I am so worried as to whether I got your letter in intime to reach you this morning. I think I did though. I don't think I need to take a tutor in Algebra. If I would just find time someway to do some reviewing I wou ld be all straight. What do you think, this morning when I was going up stairs in Rockerfellow I met Miss Richardson. She tookhold of my hand in both hers and patter it. "I have missed you, my dear," she says with her sweetest smile. "I am sorry to have lost you." Edith who was behind me nearly fainted away and after I had been brought to, we had to turn our attention to her, but she finally came to. I had such an unhappy time ini class drill this morning. It is the second one I have been to. And of ours they have got way a head. She made us do all kind of stunts with indian chins and I nevergot into such a mess in my life. I don't like it at all. Well there is the latin bell. I must run. Wednesday. Nothing interesting has happened since yesterday, just study and recite, recite study. I wish you could have seen me trying to get a steamer letter into the post for Winifred today. The postman had come and I thought if I didn't get in the mail it wouldn't reach her in time so I tore, and ran down stairs putting it in the envelope as I ran. It was too big and I folded it any old way. It will be a pretty sight I think. When she get it. I just caught the post man. Don't you wish we were sailing for Italy tomorrow? I do. Yesterday Cora and I had the finest sleigh ride. We were walking over to the washerwoman's and we had to go past the new building. The only path went that way and just then a wagon or sleigh rathercame out and we jumped up behind and had a lovely ride out of the college fronds and down a side street. When we came o the main street, where the street cars are, we decided we would have to get off, for fear of shocking somebody or harming the reputation of the college. They treat us like babies. Miss Cornwell is a pill. I wish Mis. Kendrick was back. Miss C. wouldn't let us send the little bunchesof violets to the Juniors for Valentines. Did you ever hear of anything so absurd. Bah. Then they had a meeting of Phil. the other night because Miss Cornwell had discovered a rule made a long time about, soon after college was started by the faculy that no costumes should be rented for the Hll plays. No attention has been payed to it for over 10 years. But she discoversit and says we can't have any costumes unless we petition the faculty for them. So we had to have a eating to get up the petition, everybody hooted when the girl got up and announced the business. In the last hall play she wouldn't let the girls say rape. She told them theft was much more befitting. It sounded too absurd for anything. When the bandit told the old Gentleman about the different styles. The theft by moonlight, the theft polite, etc, etc. Thurs. Another Latin press ex. done. I passed. Miss Dutton's, but don't expect to Miss Sander's. Last nigh I made three calenttimes no 4. This morning when we went to breakfast there was an orange at every place. Nobody knows who put them there, except the person who did it, and she doesn't let on. Some of them think Cora and I did it which is very amusing. We are going to vote our class motto and mona gram. Todays they are all horrid, I have more work than I can possibly do for tomorrow 3 lesson, class meeting and gym to do before night beside one recitation. Friday all my recitations come the first thing i the morning so I have to get them all the day before hand. I got a very pretty Valentine from New Haven. Voila the bell. Alas prose and grammer. Goodbye. Ruth. Mrs. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn/ _.- J3 ;;c % K"-;i:r~,> 3' -, 1‘ r-‘jg 7 ‘W 1 \ 3 €'f:i\ i 4 \k/:\ , A ¢ , '\'/ k U / ‘\ .;_- / "~. _ ‘ \ ‘ > w
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: February 1901
Text: Vassar Freshman? 1901? Dear people:- Sunday once more. How the weeks go by. We have just come from church and I didn't wait to get asked into the senior parlor today as usual, because the minister made me feel creepy and I didn't want to be in the same room with him. He was a great big burly fellow with his block hair shaved off as close to his head as it could be, and he had big hooked nose andsuch sharp piercing eyes way in under bushy eyebrows that he made me think of an eagle on...
Show moreVassar Freshman? 1901? Dear people:- Sunday once more. How the weeks go by. We have just come from church and I didn't wait to get asked into the senior parlor today as usual, because the minister made me feel creepy and I didn't want to be in the same room with him. He was a great big burly fellow with his block hair shaved off as close to his head as it could be, and he had big hooked nose andsuch sharp piercing eyes way in under bushy eyebrows that he made me think of an eagle on hawk all the time. He had such an effected, sarcastic, [sueering?] voice too, and said marcy instead of mercy, and "such like things." Oh the girls had such a perfect time who went down to New York yesterday. I really wish I had gone. She boxes and front seats were given over to them, about 77. Then the director spared no pains to make them enjoy themselves. A man came around and gave each girl a big bunch of violets tied with the Vassar colors, rose & grey. Then he himself came around and spoke to every girl. And the crowing compliment when the curtain wen up in the second act, where Francesca and Mima are on the stage, they each had flowers on tied with long streamere of rose and grey ribbons. Wasn't thatlovely in him. The girls say they clapped and shouted for at least a minute before they let the play go no, while all the rest of the people stared open mouthed at them. The theater was crowded and it holds about 1100 they say. At the end they raised the curtain six times and finally herr coud--I forget what the rest of his name is had to come out. After the performance wasover he took there all up on the stage and showed them how all the contrivances for making it thunder and so on, and the scenery is worked. Generally they had quite a time. The railway people let them go down to New York and back for $1.60, hardly more than you would have to pay for a single trip on a regular ticket. Cora and I went down town yesterday and made various purchases including a drape lightwhich is going to nearly break us, costing $3.60. But I hope it will be good. We have had such a time with the gas. It is very poor and so far up. That 3.60 gets us only a plain upright stick for the lamp part, and no shade, we are going to make that. The burier and all the separate pieces cost so much. I am going to be dreadfully busy next week. My essay isn't written and regular lessons keep me working steadily, then a costume has got to be made for Friday night. it can't be done Friday after noon because Mrs. Stephens lecture comes then, and he excepts to stay over Saturday so I suppose I shall see him then sometime and Saturday evening come a french reading that I won't of course to go to. Don't you think I shall be rather full? Our essay is perfectly awful. We are to take some modern sentiment, as the nobleness of labor, or the equality of class, or anything we like, and take 2 or 3 poems in which this feeling is expressed and compare the different ways of bringing it out and the different though on the same subject which different people have. Why its terrible. I have no idea where to look. I should have to read all the poems, modern poets have written, thorough in under to find the ones in which they have expressed some such sentiment characteristic of the time. What shall I do. I haven't time for that, and take Kipling, there must be some in him, but how am I to find it without reading his poetry all through? Certainly Hooker is getting too frisky. The other divisions don't have any such crazy things to do. Did I tell you about Thursday night when I hadn't done a single one of my three lessons for the next day by chapel time and yet stayed to a lecture on college settlement work and had my lessons for the next day as well as usual. I got out about 8.30 and got my German by mine then I did Algebra until about 10.40 and then went to bed. The next morning I got up at the usual time and went to breakfast after that I borrowed a copy of Kate and wrote a theme on the Ode to Melancholy before the first recitation which came in twenty minutes. It was fully as good as those I spend an hour and a had on. If only you could get your lessons done as quickly when you have plenty of time and don't have to. I don't see why you can't. Cora is going to have a costume made for her by a dressmaker. She is going to be my man. Didn't they wear those little short waists and scant skirtsin George Washington's time? LIke those in "Pride and Prejudice ?"How do you think you would cut them? How many seams would there be in the skirt? And would they just be straight or would they have to be gored? Fo you suppose I could get a pattern for such a dress? What do you think of the bill? The doctors was not as much as I thought it would be. I am beginning to get so I can skate quite well alone, if only the ice would last. Lovingly Ruth.Prof. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn. _ ’_ L L‘; _\‘ _ ‘>6 ~ ‘ n"__M_g _ 1’ ‘K \ 5 _ Q U‘ K ‘Y ‘v \\_ I \M > >/___ ' _( \J f \\L 5 Ur I ‘_ :1; V) ‘ \ _ ‘V \ ‘J _/ (.\ “ L‘ J) \/, 3 p/UN _ \_' _ 1) ’v‘\ _\_ V ,2‘! Q R! \_ __ 7 _ ‘()‘§“ II I I‘ R-1 I‘ ‘ll_ _ n __ \
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: February 1901
Text: Dear people:- This is the the German class. And is very stupid, so having recited, I think I will write a letter to you. I can keep one ear on what is going on. I find it rather hard she keeps looking at me. I wish I wasn't in the from row. Yesterday I got some lawn to make my costume, and have started it but I doubt if I even finish it. Suton-Thompson is coming here on Thursday to lecture and I intend to go in to hear him, whether I get any lessons or not. Then there is a concert out...
Show moreDear people:- This is the the German class. And is very stupid, so having recited, I think I will write a letter to you. I can keep one ear on what is going on. I find it rather hard she keeps looking at me. I wish I wasn't in the from row. Yesterday I got some lawn to make my costume, and have started it but I doubt if I even finish it. Suton-Thompson is coming here on Thursday to lecture and I intend to go in to hear him, whether I get any lessons or not. Then there is a concert out here this afternoon which I don't want to miss. Just see how things pile up. Here. My course was cut short with as big a scolding as I ever had in my life. After making me over the coals for a few minutes and letting me that even if I knew any German I couldn't pay attention to what was going on and write at the same. She ended by telling me it was extremely impolite. Whew! Whew! It's such a bore. I think she has a particular grudge against me. Well I have just come from the Suton Thompson lecture. It was very interesting. My costume isn't done and I don't know what is going to happen but I except it will finish up. They are to have my gulag to adorn something for the lecture, American and British Flag and so on! Very fine doingas to my health it is fine. Never felt better. Nothing disturbs wen there is really something I might worry about I never do. Lovingly RuthProf. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: February 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people:- I am going to begin this letter now and write when I have time. I wish you could see the drifts around here. It is something terrible: there has been, and still is, a very high wind blowing. We think we will probably get stuck in one Friday night. Oh you don't know tho' do you? The current topics club is going to give the 10 freshman members a sleigh ride. There are to be two big barges, and Miss Salmonis to chaperone one and Miss Ely (the head of the Math...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- I am going to begin this letter now and write when I have time. I wish you could see the drifts around here. It is something terrible: there has been, and still is, a very high wind blowing. We think we will probably get stuck in one Friday night. Oh you don't know tho' do you? The current topics club is going to give the 10 freshman members a sleigh ride. There are to be two big barges, and Miss Salmonis to chaperone one and Miss Ely (the head of the Math department the other) won't that be fun? I have just polished my shoes, and they are so dazzling that they really hurt my eyes. I keep seeing then, even when I look at something else. Its just before dinner now. Can't you find my thimble? I need it badly. Did I tell you our division in Latin was transferred to Miss Saunders, the had one, you know. I don't know what will happen to me. I have been a very unhappy by time this afternoon trying to do latin prose. Before, when I had Miss Dutton I wished I had Saunders. But it isn't all delight, I find. Tomorrow we have got to take to the English class some [?] which we have never been able to understand, and have discussed and talked a great deal about. I haven't any idea what to take. I wish I had read more, and thought more about what I have read, and I wish we had discussed such things more, so there. Would you like to hear something funny. A girl named Christine Cushing flunked her Math and she went to see Miss Richardson about taking a reexam. But Miss R. said I don't think you can do that Miss Cushing. It will be necessary for you to take the subject [?] over next year. And Miss C. gave a sort of gasp "don't you think you wear your corsets to tight Miss Cushing?" Says Miss RichardsonIsn't that lovely? Fancy her saying a think like that. Friday. Well my lessons are over for this week, and I feel discouraged. I don't understand a think that is happening in Algebra and the m ore Miss Wilkinson tries to explain the more mixed p I get. I am wondering whether I had better try to get changed to Miss Richardson. I shall it this way a while, longer but if I find I don't know anything about it perhaps it would be less strain to go into R's class. Then German makes me unhappy. I don't feel as if I were learning much. It seems as if we learned more history than German. It takes so much time to learn the history to recite it that I don't get time to do extra reading. But I know almost all of the words in it. Of course I learn something. But ti's so slow I don't feel it. I don't seem to know more German than when I came to college. Oh dear. You see I am blue today. Well we went on our ride last night. It was lovely weather and the stars were all so bright. They sang all the way, so I hardly opened memouth all the time. I would give anything if I could follow a time. I wish you could have seen the things I put on to keep warm. I put an extra suit of underclothes on then a pair of bloomers and 2 sweaters!!! fancy. Besides, of course, my frees. Don't imagine I went out with nothing over the bloomers. Shocking, shocking. Oh another thing I am discouraged about is English. Miss Hooker is such a fool. I wish you could hear her. You know English was one of the things I wanted to improve in but with such a person!!! She isn't any help. What will you think of me. I wish I wasn't like myself. Well I must go skating and see if I can't get more cheerful. But there isn't anyone to go with me. I shall probably break my leg. I started a letter to the German girl in Berlin in the German class this morning. I love you and wish I was at home. RushIt feels much better now and am going to take a nap. Your letter came just now. Mrs. George B. Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn.i \ q~ “ <:> % ﬁn H , .:v,".;:? \V\\\ (ﬁx ’ ‘* *&\. _ _‘;- . /I * m, -- ﬁ =_ i? » >0/\' w ‘ ‘ 1; _. ' LEE A ~ ‘_ ‘\ _ r\_ Rx Q‘ _ 0 \ A Rs’
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: February 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people:- At last Cora and Edith have got away. Such absurd people I never saw. They have been acting "fit to kill". Well I draw a long breath and start to tell you about things. Such gorgeousness you have never dreamt of, as was to be seen Friday night, and they (or Miss Cornwell) wouldn't let Mr. Stephens go. Did you ever hear anything more foolish and silly. It thegirls wouldn't mind I don't think Miss C. need get excited. We are just as madd as we can...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- At last Cora and Edith have got away. Such absurd people I never saw. They have been acting "fit to kill". Well I draw a long breath and start to tell you about things. Such gorgeousness you have never dreamt of, as was to be seen Friday night, and they (or Miss Cornwell) wouldn't let Mr. Stephens go. Did you ever hear anything more foolish and silly. It thegirls wouldn't mind I don't think Miss C. need get excited. We are just as madd as we can be, and so is Mr. St. He told Prexi that he would never come again with out making it a condition that he should see what ever was going on. If Teddy, who is young and unmarried and unconnected with the college, can go why can't Mr. Stephens? Well I managed to get my consumes done. It was not ver swellbut looked pretty. I made one of those short waisted businesses not with standing what you said about the time when it was worn. It was the easiest to awake with out any pattern. I really feel quite proud of myself. I cut the lining for the waist by the [?] of my blue chally (?) dress and put the rest on os Mrs Galheger (?) does. I haven't nearly got the powder out of my hair yet. It is dreadful. But how stunning it does make the girls look. Cora was too conning for words. But as was everybody. It changed some people so that we didn't know them at all. Mr. Stephen's lecture was a great success. I just went into the reception which was given for him in the faculty parlor for a moment and spoke to him and then skipped out. You see the lecture was in the afternoon and lasted until about five and we had to get all dressed between it and dinner. Then we went to the ball and had a beautiful time. They gave us doughnuts and and apples for refreshments. Then Saturday morning we stayed in bed rather late and Miss Ellery came in before I was dressed to ask if I would take charge to Mr. Stephens at 10 o'clock and I was to acquire at the messenger office to find where he was. So up I go at 10and ask where he is. They really don't know but will find out if I will wait. I wait. They hunt and hunt and hunt. Prof. Stephens seems to have disappeared. He is no where to be found. THey will let me know if he turns up. So I go back to my room and try to do a little Algebra. After a while Miss Ellery comes in. Where is Prof Stephens? What shave I done with him? I haven't seen hi at all. How very odd. and off she goes. Pretty soon the lunch bell rings and as I go down I see him standing by the dining room door talking to Miss Salmon, so I go and speak to hum. It seems he and Prexi escaped and went off for a walk. Miss Salmon has bullied Mr. Stephens into giving an informal talk on the historical novel in the afternoon so he decides to stay over a train so that he can have a chance to talk with me. After lunch I try to get some latin done. But of course it is usually hard and I only succeed in digging out about half of it. Then comes three o'clock and his lecture which lasts about 3/4 of an hour and is very amusing. He was very much distresses through for fear Miss Salmon didn't approve of his joking so, and not taking it seriously. After wards I went up to get hum and what doeshe say but "now you are going to take me to your room and give me some tea, aren't you?" I hadn't thought of it and didn't have any tea kettle or any tea, or any milk, or any sugar, or any anything. "You promised me long ago, didn't you, that I should have tea in your own room when I come to vassal?" So I smiled and said of course he should have tea and winked at Cora whorushed, and byte the time I got Mr. Stephens down to the room everything was beautifully fixed. That is the joy of College. If you get in a tight fix everybody is willing to help and in no time you are all right. One girl rushes to some body she knows has a beautiful tea kettle she meets somebody who has the tea, etc. WHile you have time to fix up the room. Nothing fazes (?) a college girl. I will admit wedidn't go down directly Prexi came up and talked to us. He wished to be remembered to you. ANd what do you think he said. It was very delightful, but it is rather frightening. Mr. Stephens said he had come up to see how "this young lady" was getting along and he was advising her very seriously to avoid study as much as possible, because he knew she had a tendency I meant to over work that way. President I said yes he knew I wasn't feeling very well before Christmas, but I seemed much better now, (please observe) wasn't I really? Then he said I had won a victory (which I have) and it would never be hard again etc. etc. Prof. Steph asked when those dreadful exams come with which they troubled us, and whether I got through all right I said I didn't and Prexi added "and well, very well too. I looked it up myself" Now isn't that the limit? Imagine my feelings to think of his looking up my marks. Why I shall certainly have to do good work. Well then Mr. Stephens come to the room. Miss Ellery chaperoned. I have a suspicion it was improper, even a strong one. The rules say no gentlemen shall be taken to the rooms with out a chap. and that Father and brothers may stay 15 minutes but not more. Prof. Stephens was here until so before six. A trifle more than 15 minutes, you see. Then he departed and I had dinner and went ot chapel and went to the french lecture. you see I have been having my fill of lectures lately. This man is M. Lavel w with whom Miss Salmon and Miss Ellery studies in Paris. He lectured in English, very broke, and read selections from Rostard in French. I couldn't understand very well. By the way I met Richardson again and she "squoze" my hand some more & hoped I would come and see her soon. I go, I go. Ruth Mrs. George B. 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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: January 1900
Text: Vassar Dear People:- Here are the letters. I thought you might like to know that I am feeling much better quite getting over the grippe. But I never had so much to do in my life. I haven't done a but of reviewing in anything and don't see when I can. I expect to flunk Latin. Am not particularly afraid of anything else. You aren't in a hurry for the samples are you?I haven't time to decide on any now. I could meet you in New York couldn't I? That would be "...
Show moreVassar Dear People:- Here are the letters. I thought you might like to know that I am feeling much better quite getting over the grippe. But I never had so much to do in my life. I haven't done a but of reviewing in anything and don't see when I can. I expect to flunk Latin. Am not particularly afraid of anything else. You aren't in a hurry for the samples are you?I haven't time to decide on any now. I could meet you in New York couldn't I? That would be "perfectly" lovely. Do you think it would be worth the money though. If I don't come home could you send me my algebra book? Our petition about commencement essays was not granted. Perhaps if you had expressed your opinion on the subject it might have been. Oh I hate studying. I think my eyes are giving out. And I can't do German in the evening and as its the only thing I can go where I am sleepy my evens are practically wasted. RuthMrs. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: January 14, 1901
Text: Vassar Friday Dear people:- How nice it seems not to have any lesson tomorrow. We are going to bed rather early tonight. This morning in English we had rather a nice time, particularly as it only lasted about had an hour. We were taken over into the studio and had pictures thrown onto a sheet for [?]. We had to take notes on them for writing themes and essays about later. First they showed us Mona Lisa and Beatuce Cruice and are to take eitherone for our next essay. There they gave me a...
Show moreVassar Friday Dear people:- How nice it seems not to have any lesson tomorrow. We are going to bed rather early tonight. This morning in English we had rather a nice time, particularly as it only lasted about had an hour. We were taken over into the studio and had pictures thrown onto a sheet for [?]. We had to take notes on them for writing themes and essays about later. First they showed us Mona Lisa and Beatuce Cruice and are to take eitherone for our next essay. There they gave me a portrait of Van Dyck by himself and a peasant of millet to compare them. Then the Madonna of Botticelli you have over the piano and that Madonna among the Rocks by Leonarda di Vinci. Do you remember where that was and who the other woman besides Mary was. We have had the greatest discussions about it. Then we had math and Miss Richardson gave me a lecture on taking exercise and held the English up as an example to me. I wish youcould have heard her. She told us to take walk before lunch and a nap after lunch and go for a walk for at least 2 hours. She said the English woman accomplished twice as much as we did in the same time because they were about to concentrate their minds. An American's girls conscience is only satisfied when she studies all the time while and English girl tries to get her work done in as short a time as possible. I thought I would walk around before lunch, and while I was out I met Miss Richardson. so I told her to see how she had impressed me that I took her advice immediately. And she patted her on the arm (right on my vaccination spot) and said, that was right and I was a little girl who needed a great deal of fresh air. She had noticed. I am quite a favorite apparently. But it is perfectly true, I feel miserably if I don't get out. Thursday it poured all day and I felt dreadfully and didn't sleep that night as well as usual. So Friday I went out notwithstanding it was stillpouring and had frozen during the night, and the roads were covered with ice and very slippery. Helen Graves and I walked into town and out again. They fixes me all up nicely. I had a pair of leather gaiters, that came up to my knees from Dubir; and Edith gave me her maclinetoch which made short enough by taking a tuck in it, and I had on my shortest skirt and was very fine. People were perfectly astounded when they head we had been way into town on such a day, but it didn't so us any harm and I felt much better. What do you think I am going to do. Cara and I have been asked to bin the next hall play, just as figures you know. There are to be a whole lot of us and it's more fun. Dubie and I are to carry a sedan chair & Cora and all the others are in a ruffian crew. The play is "Les Romantic" by Rostand and is capital. Saturday afternoon we went to a rehearsal and had more fun. It is going to be very good I think. Margaret Jackson is to be the hero and she acts beautifully. Saturday morning it snowedand I went out for a walk and did some studying. I someway can't get up my courage to being reviewing anything, but I suppose I must get down to it. All the teachers advise us to very strongly. My sweater foes beautifully. Saturday evening I went to a German play. it was so funny. The name of it was "Das Schwert des Damarkles" and the girls did finely. Our cheeks fairly ached when we came away we had laughed so. This morning we lay in bed until 10-30 as usual. Lucile & Edith brought us some bread and butter and milk.Then we had morning Chapel which bishop Potter bed. He gave us a fine sermon Poor Prexi had to read the lessons, and he had forgotten his glasses so he had to put his nose right down into the bible on the reading desk. Poor thing. I couldn't sympathize. Then at dinner I asked Elizabeth Allen to come to the table, because you see there is an empty place as Miss Hastings is taking her vacation now. After dinner Cora and I went for a walk up on Sunset hill, and she forgot to put her fibber on and so got her feet soaked, so that she had to spend quite a time drying them. And while she did it she read aloud to me, and I lay on her sofa. We have read the first chapter of "Alice of Old [?] Do you know it? Then we had a spell of writing letters and then the sweetest little black kitten came to call on us. That is I heard her crying outside the door so I went and let her in. She was evidently making the best of her way down to the parlors and I thought she ought to be intercepted. She was a very agreeable cat, as Miss Will and used to say. Then we wrote letters some more while the cat enjoyed herself on my bees. And then Lucile came down to get us to go for a walk and we were in our wrappers and very lazy, and couldn't make up our minds whether we wanted to go or not. So we tossed up for it and found we had to go. Then it took a long tim to get dressed (Lucile was very much disgusted). But finally we got up and went up Sunset again and saw the sunset. Which was glorious and then went down into the glen, which was perilous and the path is very steep and it was all icy. Then we sat on the bridge over the little stream and sang hymns while the dark evening mists rose from the water and the darkness and chill fell around us. Then we continued our way home in the dark and just had time to get ready for supper. I think you would be interested to hear what Cora heard while shewas taking her bath this morning. one girl was telling another what they had had for breakfast. First some hot chocolate, then some sardines and crackers next mince pie and peaches. Wasn't that delightful? Do you want me to send Miss Sawns a Vassar Cataloge, and if so will you send her address. You see my pen has arrived. I never was so lad to get anything. How much did you have to Pay. O, My watch keeps coming open. Do you think it would be safe to trust somebody here to fix it? Ruth Prof. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn‘ Vii, _ v(,‘_ 11 _‘_ ‘X4, 3 _ Y‘),-‘lf
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: January 30, 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people:- Cora and Hilda have at last decided to ho home this week so I shall be sure of an escort home. I don't really think it would have hurt me to come there alone though. There would probable y have been somebody on the train. So I shall see you Friday afternoon at 3.50. The Crowning of Edward VII come that Saturday night but I sheen's ind missing it though it would be great fun. They are to have myflag for decoration. Well the Math and Hygiene Exams are over. I don...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- Cora and Hilda have at last decided to ho home this week so I shall be sure of an escort home. I don't really think it would have hurt me to come there alone though. There would probable y have been somebody on the train. So I shall see you Friday afternoon at 3.50. The Crowning of Edward VII come that Saturday night but I sheen's ind missing it though it would be great fun. They are to have myflag for decoration. Well the Math and Hygiene Exams are over. I don't know whether I passed Math or not. I don't think she will flunk me, because my classroom work has been alright. Or at least she ought not too. I am so sorry I am to have Miss Wilkinson next semester, and she isn't nearly as good a teacher; and now that I am used to Miss Richardson I had somuch rather go on with her. We have Math the first thing Monday morning too which is fierce, not to be able to look it over before class when you go it on Saturday. Whoo. We had hygiene this morning which was very easy. I am beginning to feel as if I really belonged here now that I am taking these exams, someway, even though I don't know yet whether I can stay. Of course thats only talk Cara is making out the bulletin for current topics this week. I suppose mu turn will come soon. I ought to study German but I can't screw my courage up to it. I want to go out doors but there is a terrible snow storm. If it keeps on like this I am afraid we will be snowed in and I can't go home. I will see you soon. RuthProf. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: January 1901
Text: Vassar Dear People- Excuse the pencil but you know I am penless. It is the greatest nuisance. Well as you see I am here safely. It was quite a nice last night getting back, this morning it is losing some of its charm. I have been to German and Englihs. In English we are to begin describing the fine art. We commence with pictures. For our next theme we are to describe, for a child! (not very appropriate, I think). Either that picture, we sawin the late Gallery you remember of Uncle Toby and...
Show moreVassar Dear People- Excuse the pencil but you know I am penless. It is the greatest nuisance. Well as you see I am here safely. It was quite a nice last night getting back, this morning it is losing some of its charm. I have been to German and Englihs. In English we are to begin describing the fine art. We commence with pictures. For our next theme we are to describe, for a child! (not very appropriate, I think). Either that picture, we sawin the late Gallery you remember of Uncle Toby and the widow int eh sentry box. You know the Davises had it in the hall; or our of Hogarths pictures from that seris of a fashionable marriage in the National Gallery. The trunks haven't come up yet you see. Do you realize you put Paper's tooth brush in? Do you want me to send it back, or shall I just keep it and get a new one for myself? Last night it was very exciting after we got to New York. I the mof of girls at the gates waiting to get through. There was a train there going to New Haven and they wouldn't let us through. But there was such a crowd of us and every body was pushing and joking so that the poor people couldn't get through at all. Who wanted to take the new Haven Train. Finally some big officials acme along and made a little alley way font the middle and stood there to pilot any poor mew through who wanted to catch the train. When finally they popped the gate of us I wish you could haveseen the mess there was we were absolutely helpless. The man at the gate got so mad at us and keep saying "one at a time please. don't crow so. the trains wont go without you. have you tickets ready." But it didn't do any good. We were quite powerless. I got swept out backwards. But at last managed to get safely to the car. Did you see the girl in the car, Papa, who met us. She is Edith Brooks, one of Hilda's particular friends wasn't she pretty. There weren't many freshman on that train, though. There were several cars of Vassar girls. When we got back we had to go up to the office to get our keys and saw Miss Hastings there. Then we came down and opened the room and the windows (it was like a furnesss in the room) and then went around to see people. We found Edith and Florence were here but Lucile didn't come till after 10 so we didn't wait up to see her. Lucy and Mary were here too. AndAnd I think everybody is back by this time. I have n't noticed any who haven't come back. But everybody serif our class would be much smaller after Christmer. Well me hand is nearly paralyzed with writing with the pencil, and I must study my Latin lesson. So lots of love, Ruth Prof. Geo. B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn1 E <’\ /"' "‘ ‘\~ LB. ’\ \‘\\/J =,»1Iv' ‘ V >04-1 J i \ , \ Ii}, ~ ? M A; Q3 | ' Q 1' 5’ - _ ‘ \ /1 M.“ . ‘. W‘ I - u-‘.4.-*1" _ *3 H ~ ,":" X?‘ ‘<>~ f‘E:L~w *2 ('6 W“ 53 :.3~ \ 7 I /' . {H
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: January 16, 1901
Text: Vassar Dear People:- You will have to average up the letters you got last week and those you get this week because this has got to be very short. I am dreadfully busy this week on account of those rehearsals, and then of course Miss Hooker had to go and give me a conference today for which I have to write 2 long things. I really don't know when I can do them, but still. So I am sending you a note in the time between breakfastand first hour when it is very much against my principles to do...
Show moreVassar Dear People:- You will have to average up the letters you got last week and those you get this week because this has got to be very short. I am dreadfully busy this week on account of those rehearsals, and then of course Miss Hooker had to go and give me a conference today for which I have to write 2 long things. I really don't know when I can do them, but still. So I am sending you a note in the time between breakfastand first hour when it is very much against my principles to do anything. I usually go for a little walk. But of course you must know that I am prospering. Miss Duiton, our Latin teacher is sick, so we are having samples of the others. They are much harder. Miss D's other two divisions got cuts and we were so mad when we didn't. However on Monday Dr. Shelberg couldn't come to Hygiene so we got excused from that. Sr. Sh. is having grippe, &her vaccination is taking hard (isn't that amusing). I am so afraid I shall get the grippe. Lots of people have it around here. As to the oranges. We get very good navel oranges for 35 a dz. Do you think it is too extravagant to eat there every night? I am so disappointed about the check, but anyway it is more than you thought it would be in the first place, isn't it? I think that subject for a paper would be lovely, Mamma. I shall try to imagine Papa playing whilst tonight. I expect the first time he tried to shuffle he will spill the cards all over the floor. But of course he wouldn't mind such little things! Lots of love, Ruth.Mrs. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Connr» ;-; ~ = $54» W’. <f;;\ A \ i§' \ _/\)§,/ - r __\),f/ \ . ‘UAN 5 \ :2 '2 N _ -\ \) ‘ \/xi / ‘ 5‘ 9 :/ .1 ,1 \ /' \ ‘ {"1 \"‘1_-.-._-=<='¢" _ Z U1 1 f.@-,~ Y?» Q‘ 6 >-»' § “V c, E I Lg;-E av‘ 14," .1 ,1,‘ ‘ “Q1 :;"3..»§'@5r;~;'1=_.u_;; . . i J ' - V \ ./ />-.. ;‘ '1 I .1 1” I - r ; .- . 1 . . < ipv: 4” _~..-_-.... " ' ‘ 1’!-uzm'v.'_ » /- 01 8 -.. p K 41} pi!
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: January 11, 1901
Text: Vassar College January 9, 1901 at 7:45 o'clock PM Piano Recital by Martinus Sievking Program Preludium…Bach-Sieveking Sonta appassionata…Beethoven Two Etudes, C sharp minor and C minor… Nocturn, C minor…Chopin Scherzo, C sharp mino… Prelude…Rachmanioff Erlking…Shubert-Lizst Duet…Mendelssohn Moo erpetuo…Weber Menuet… Tarentella…Mozskowski Steinway piano used.Dear people:- This is Wednesday and I meant to write some to you each day, but it is so hard to find time. Its after 10 now and I...
Show moreVassar College January 9, 1901 at 7:45 o'clock PM Piano Recital by Martinus Sievking Program Preludium…Bach-Sieveking Sonta appassionata…Beethoven Two Etudes, C sharp minor and C minor… Nocturn, C minor…Chopin Scherzo, C sharp mino… Prelude…Rachmanioff Erlking…Shubert-Lizst Duet…Mendelssohn Moo erpetuo…Weber Menuet… Tarentella…Mozskowski Steinway piano used.Dear people:- This is Wednesday and I meant to write some to you each day, but it is so hard to find time. Its after 10 now and I haven't got my German done nor eaten my orange. However I shall let my German go. The reason I haven't got it is that I went to a concert tonight. We had a grand pianist up and enjoyed it very much. I will send you the progamme. He was so funny and conscious the way the moved his hands and particularly the way he lifted them up. He was a kill as to his appearance. but he certainly played beautifully. I am having the awfullest time with my trunk. I can't get it open at all. Thursday I got so sleepy I had to stop last night. Well I did have a bad time with my trunk. The key wouldn't go in far enough to turn around. And so I sent for a man and he tried but couldn't do any better and got dreadfully angry at it. Then he wanted to know if he should take the lock off and I told him to go ahead as I had got to get into the trunk. But he began going at the thing with one of those big box openers, like ours you know, and I thought certainly hewould brake the front of the trunk all to pieces and ruin it, so I asked him if there was anybody who could pick the lock, and he said I was afraid he would hurt it. At which he became very mad and walked off. Well at last this morning I got it opened. They had to cut it out. It has been very inconvenient as I could change my clothes this morning. It is very nice to have it now though. I gave Miss Eilery they plater piece, and she was very much pleased and wished me to thank you. The pen holder and tooth brush came. I broke the pen I had and so writein pencil again. Would you please send that map, Papa, for using in conniption with "Die Bilder" It has been a horrid day today, raining and sleeting all the time, so that I haven't been able to go out. This afternoon I read German with Mary Yost, the southern girl you know from Virginia. She is so lovely, I wish I were like her. Everybody loves her. Yesterday afternoon I went out for a little walk with Marie Honeycutt who lives in Washington. I think I told you about her. Her father is an army officer and they havelived about everywhere in the United States. They know Dr. Geo. Bushwell. Isn't that strange. More girls meet here and find out that they have mutual friends. Well its very early but I think I will give up and go to bed. With a great deal of love I wish I were at home. It seems so long since I left. RuthMrs Geo. B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn.
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: January 29, 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people:- Well Cora thinks she will probably go home between semesters after all, though it is still undecided ad will probably remain so until the very day. So I don't see but what we shall have to stay so too. I will come if she does, and you can have a little surprise. I don't think I will bring any body home with me and don't care to have any dinners and things. I am not entirely sure in my mind but what it would be more of a rest for me just to stay here, though...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- Well Cora thinks she will probably go home between semesters after all, though it is still undecided ad will probably remain so until the very day. So I don't see but what we shall have to stay so too. I will come if she does, and you can have a little surprise. I don't think I will bring any body home with me and don't care to have any dinners and things. I am not entirely sure in my mind but what it would be more of a rest for me just to stay here, though sometimes I think it would rest me more to get the change and be at ohm. Certainly it would be nice if it weren't for the railway journey, which is tiresome. What do you think. I have got $197.20 for college settlements and am going to make it up to 200 tonight. Isn't that nice? I am very much pleased. Besidesthis is only the first time around and I am sure we can get more. There are a good many girls I think would give if they were only properly asked. I have had such a time with one of the girls who was collecting for me. She didn't do anything with it at all. It was very provoking. The carnival last night was a great success. It made me wild not to be able to skate. They had gap. lanterns all around the lake, strung on wires and across the lake in two places. Then at intervals were tremendous bon fires. The girls were all in fancy costume and it was the prettiest sight to see. To see them skating around in time to the music. First they had a grand march and wound all around the lake in fancy figures, after that they danced single or 6 or so together. The shores were lined with people watching. Lucile and I staid out until we nearly froze and then came in and made ourselves beef tea. Cora had a gorgeous time. The music just carries you away. I had my watch fixed and payed .35 for it. I only got it yesterday so I can't tell yet how it goes. Monday I didn't get this finished yesterday. But will try to now.. I had an unexpected visitor, Mamma, yesterday so I feel fine today. Isn't that pleasing. I made the college settlement up to 200 last night aren't we smart. Well perhaps you would like to here about the Latin exam. I almost died before it was over but managed everything alright except the prose which I am sure I flunked. Everybody else seemed to have too though. It really wasn't so very hard, the exam was as whole I mean. I am glad i is over. Tomorrow come geometry but I am not studying much for that. Miss Hastings came back this morning from her vacation and we were all very glad to see her. Tonight the seniors are going to serenade Prexi. having finished ethics this morning. I think now Cora will go home next Saturday. Oh I have such a back ache I can't sit up a moment longer. RuthMrs. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn_\_ Y W:/I K A’ '_ _v “_ A V 3 I ' _ U ’ __ w ~ it ' l ‘ \_‘ \\ V 1 _\ / ff _ 7",, V _ C Q K ‘_ _ "iv \‘ NH C _ my _ ‘V _> \\ {_ Y‘ ‘_ '5‘ ‘K
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: January 28, 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people:- I am in such a mix. Cora and Hilda have decided that they would go home until over the next Sunday after semesters. Or at least they have nearly made up their minds to that. They think Miss Coruwell would give us permission to stay over the Monday then. If they do that I don't know of any one who would be coming all the way from New Havenat least. There would probably be somebody on the train up from New York. Now what shall we do? What a pity you refused that...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- I am in such a mix. Cora and Hilda have decided that they would go home until over the next Sunday after semesters. Or at least they have nearly made up their minds to that. They think Miss Coruwell would give us permission to stay over the Monday then. If they do that I don't know of any one who would be coming all the way from New Havenat least. There would probably be somebody on the train up from New York. Now what shall we do? What a pity you refused that invitation. Tell me what you think I had better do. There is to be a party here that Saturday and us "The Crowning of King Edward VII" and the Freshman are to appear as the crowned heads of Europe, Asia, or Africa. We think we will go as European Willie and his family? That wouldbe rather amusing wouldn't it? Tonight they are going to have a carnival on the ice. I do wish I skated well enough to be in it, but it is all I can do to stand up with out trying any favey stunts. I have just been flying around like a hen with its head cut off these last few days. With getting in the last College settlements money (such a time I have had!) and making out alphabetical lists oh!! oh!!! ad class meeting and electing presidents and going to current topics meeting and reviewing Latin and a few dozen other things. Do excuse this scribble I hope this will get tout in the mail tonight. Tomorrow I will right more if I have time. RuthMrs. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn. < ‘A; H4 Li ., ~;~'§;r;~-'~..__ I ‘ § 1 '\ ’ \\ “I < ‘ -< /' -.1 \17“- 1; . \ 19 i, ,/A C 3 » /' - ...», \ I xi?‘ 1.;
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: January 1901
Text: Vassar My dear people:- You won't have a very long letter today I am afraid. What do you think I have been indulging in a little scare with the grippe. I am all right now, only I feel a trifle weak. Wasn't it a blow to be done up Friday and Saturday when I wanted to get some of next weeks work done up so that I could have a little time for reviewing particularly in Latin where I feel I need it. So you see I have hadto go to the doctors again, which made me very angry. But of course...
Show moreVassar My dear people:- You won't have a very long letter today I am afraid. What do you think I have been indulging in a little scare with the grippe. I am all right now, only I feel a trifle weak. Wasn't it a blow to be done up Friday and Saturday when I wanted to get some of next weeks work done up so that I could have a little time for reviewing particularly in Latin where I feel I need it. So you see I have hadto go to the doctors again, which made me very angry. But of course I had to have the business stopped right off. Such a lot of girls are getting it. I am glad mine was so slight. And wasn't it convenient of it to come on Friday afternoon & Sat. morning? There are piles of things I want to tell you but it tires me to write much. The list of explanations are out. Latin come Monday morning. They are all in the morning. Geometry Tues. Hygeiene Wed. German Thurs. and English Friday. They are very well aranged I think. Friday afternoon and evening and Saturday I shall have to go over all my Latin. Then Mon. after I will have tim to look of Geom a little. But we are going to review all this week so there won't be much to do. Then Hygiene won't require much work so over I can spend some time of German besides Wed. Don't you think that goes well? Frey Tag reallyis dreadful to remember. THe book of maps came, but there isn't any that helps me in it. The only one of the German tribes is one at the close of the "walker wandering. And what I need is one before and during. SShe make us follow a tribe all around and trace their routes which is rather hard when there are about 40 girls all buying to use one little map at the bautetime. The play went off beautifully. I didn't act thoughwasn't that a blow? I thought it wasn't wise to go up there and stand around, besides not really feeling equal to it. Lucile and Edith each had a girl up. They were both very nice. Lucile's friend goes to Bryn Mawr next year. By the way you forgot Mamma to give me a cambrie fog to put my muffin. The things in the trunk came al right except my lovely bible which had the leather tour at one of the corners. Wasn't thattoo bad? They say my trunk can be fixed. I don't know whether it can or not. Have you thought whether you want me to come home over Sunday after Semesters or not. I should get home Friday at 3.45 and should've to leave Sun at 5. 10. Perhaps as I to shall have likely have to come home for good a little later I had better not come then. What do you think? Cora is going home. How is Frances? Tell her I think of her often but really haven't had time to write love love RuthI have to pay 10 cents a week for my flannels. Is that a good deal? or how is it?Mrs. George B. Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn.
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: June 1901
Text: Dear people: Today is town Sunday but I am staying at home today to rest after the fatigue of yesterday, that I may be prepared for the fatigues of tomorrow. Monday- comes English Tuesday- " Latin Wednesday- " Math Thursday- " German Just think we have had our last recitation in Freshman year. It doesn't seem possible does it? About going to Edith's. I think perhaps I had bettergo, and then seeing about when I shall have to leave New Haven. Of course I can't stay...
Show moreDear people: Today is town Sunday but I am staying at home today to rest after the fatigue of yesterday, that I may be prepared for the fatigues of tomorrow. Monday- comes English Tuesday- " Latin Wednesday- " Math Thursday- " German Just think we have had our last recitation in Freshman year. It doesn't seem possible does it? About going to Edith's. I think perhaps I had bettergo, and then seeing about when I shall have to leave New Haven. Of course I can't stay if nobody wants me. But in case I do go with you on the 21, I shall have one of the girls up each night with me and we can lie awake all night and talk. We could get in quite a job that way. As to the trunks, Cora and I would only take one between us, and you see a lot of the Welches are coming up to commencement and Cora think perhaps they wouldtake the rest of our trunks home with them. Anyhow I should have to wait and see. There was so much going on yesterday that I didn't get time to look at the express list to see if anything had come for me. But I will probably find it Monday. I think in the future I shall avoid Mrs. Gal. if possible and see if I can't get my dresses made within a reasonable time. Don't you think we mighttake the goods up north and have some shirt waists made up there? There must be dressmakers up there that can make shirt waists just as well as the ones who would make them for us in New Haven. and even though we didn't find any one whom we thought would do them well it would do no harm to have the stuff. I found I didn't need that white stuff I got, so I have never had it made up. I shall need a flannel waist nextyear before Thanksgiving too and a silk waist perhaps a wash silk. But we can decide on those things after I get home. One thing I should like to make this summer would be a [Chimona]. They are very simple I want a cotton one. Either a plain pink with a white border, or some stuff with pink flowers or something and a pink border, just something cheap and not very fine you know. If we should decide that these curtains wouldn't go in our room next yearshall we try and seek them up here or would you like me to bring them home? Can I take a French book from the library for the summer? I don't want to but them. But I really must read this summer because I have forgotten a great deal. Yesterday the seniors had a sale of furniture with an auction in the morning and in the afternoon a country fair to which they charged admission and had side shows and refreshments. It was capitally done. They had fortune tellers and [palraiste] (if that's what you call them) and you could have your picture taken and there were races of all descriptions. It ended with a may pole dance. But in the evening came the best of the lot. They gave a modern commencement with all the Props and [Prexi]. I think it was the funniest thing I have been to this year. Someof the girls are perfect mimics. Miss Wylie and Miss Salmon sent us into [scrieke] and you never saw anything better than Jimmy. After the performance the real Jimmy took his double down to get some strawberries and you can't imagine how weird it was. Margaret Jackson was prexi and she is always grand. They had all kinds of ballet and dancing and singing and stunts. All this was for theircommencement expenses you know. How did Mr. Hall happen to be east? You won't let Grandfather go until I get home will you? I should feel dreadfully if you did. I really don't know how much money I shall need. Everything in college is filling up it's deficit by laying a tax of .05, .10 or .25 cents on its members etc. But I should think $15 or 10 would more than pay all I shall need till I get home. lovingly RuthDo we go through Holyoke on our way nor?No OCR availableNo OCR available
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: June 6,1901
Text: Vassar Dear people: Such heat! I hardly have strength to hold my pen. Well exams are over, my last studying for a long time is over and done, in fact I am a sophomore. Of course provided I passed. I am not terribly worried over the subject [but] still pride always has a fall you know. None of them were very hard but the Latin was long. Eachday has been hotter than the one before. It's very nice to feel we are all through, though of course we don't realize it. Every body is departing...
Show moreVassar Dear people: Such heat! I hardly have strength to hold my pen. Well exams are over, my last studying for a long time is over and done, in fact I am a sophomore. Of course provided I passed. I am not terribly worried over the subject [but] still pride always has a fall you know. None of them were very hard but the Latin was long. Eachday has been hotter than the one before. It's very nice to feel we are all through, though of course we don't realize it. Every body is departing and it's quite exciting. We are already saying how nice it will be when we all come back next fall. Cora just heard Miss Wilkinson's voice in the hall and rushed out to ask her if we passed. Wilkie said she did. And then Cora said "I suppose Ruth did too?"Wilkie was quite fussed and said "Ah. Uh. I…Yes, that is. I-I haven't looked over her paper yet." As to the dentist, perhaps I had better have him look inside my mouth but I don't think any thing is wrong. The 18th would be all right. I could hardly come home on the 15th because I wouldn't have any time at Fall river at all then. My dress from Mrs. Gal has not arrived yet. Either she liedWhen she told you she sent it or else it has been lost. It's a terrible pity you have to go and blow her up so much. I never heard of anything like it. I suppose she thinks when we order a dress for me at college it makes no difference whether we have it at college or not. Our class pictures have come they are pretty good on the whole though a lot of girls are left out. We are all going to drive with Mr. and Mrs. Pelton tonight. Ruth. So hot.The money cause OK. Thanks.w \ \”_ _ “_ ______§________>__ J > K Y $ L‘ * ‘ V_ ‘ > H 1, _ _ J W q 4 _ _ _ _ _ ‘W > __ n __, _ _\ __ ‘H v 7 __ N ,6,‘ _ i V I _ MW M” _ J ~ _ M 1 % _ 1 gﬁ “__ 1'__ _ _ __ W L I’ N j _ U Q W K) ft X S _Q@/m_ %__W_ _t_b P /_ t4 _\_ A \ N 0 __ 3 9 I 1 PD 3 A\ ‘K / K H ANE\\ W _ m‘ Mm; WWW: W7 _ __ _ _ _§_y __= _ R M i \ M _ _W M H w 5 _ v t 2“ V13 L ﬂy, //{ , m ‘ Q __ _ H‘ . ﬁkA‘% ."*”'”'*-'3‘-’§’~:~ Q -|'\= “- -;‘\. '*r~’~ m i ‘Lid ~.| .' ‘ {MN <9 z A § ’ \,r \|\/ \ u /F) 9 L \ / 11: - --\\- ’ ‘» ..-—'-"‘ e~.
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: June 9, 1901
Text: Sunday Dear people: Well I have just passed through the pain of the Baccalaureate sermon, etc. I wish [Arexi] wouldn't make such terribly feeling remarks it makes everyone want to weep. Some do. Since I wrote last nothing particular has happened, every body has relaxed and done nothing. Saturday the Peltons took us for a long drive up along the Hudson then we went there for lunch and after that we went to the circus and enjoyed ourselves very much. We went and sat on the seats with all...
Show moreSunday Dear people: Well I have just passed through the pain of the Baccalaureate sermon, etc. I wish [Arexi] wouldn't make such terribly feeling remarks it makes everyone want to weep. Some do. Since I wrote last nothing particular has happened, every body has relaxed and done nothing. Saturday the Peltons took us for a long drive up along the Hudson then we went there for lunch and after that we went to the circus and enjoyed ourselves very much. We went and sat on the seats with all the little rag-a-muffins. They are very amusing. As to the exams, we are all through, I mean, Cara and I. We are so furious we don't know what to do about the way Miss [Dalton?] has done. You heard we speak of her didn't you? She is the Latin Teacher I had the 1st semester. They said she was very partial and flunked girls if she happened to take a dislike to them but we never thought it would be as bad as this. She flunked Dora in all the work that means 4 hours work and Dora can do it just as well as any of us. Miss Dalton has hated Dora all the time and been perfectly hours all along, so Cora says, but how do you suppose she could dare flunk her? We are so mad. Cora says Dora always makes good recitations and I reviewed some with her and know she knows the stuff. Then Miss D. did the same thing to another girl. And to make it worse she let one girl through who knows absolutely nothing about it at all. And Cora says it's just as plain in class as can be. She has used a [trot] and done no work. Doesn't that seem dreadful? I didn't know you wanted all those pictures to send away. You ought to have told me, for I have given them all away. I will order another half dozen but I don't know when I can get them.We will probably leave near Wednesday noon. So you can think of me Wednesday night as sailing past New Haven. Do you suppose you could get me a little more money? I think I have just enough but I hate to have it come quite so close. I expect we will get home Monday. Lovingly, RuthIt just occurred to me that I haven't paid for my picture yet so I shall have to have some more money. If this gets to you Tuesday morning and you send some that afternoon won't it get here Wednesday morning before I go? I haven't enough to get to [Edites] one now let alone getting [Cora] because the pictures will be $4.50. It costs $4.46 to go to Edith's and I don't know quite how much it is from Providence back to New Haven.aw» A _-.,‘_, - 11:2 ‘q ’Jk (1. , , _ , P Q Y‘ ‘J W ,/‘ ( 3'7 9@%‘<<¢-J-~¢¥~Y»@‘+A;~§*~ ?¢=@a ;~,.@ . A §'< <<“Tf_,.L» , ” Z M‘, H \§A \.J \. ‘}’\ 1 N ‘§ -| \. “‘-.__.__4= has-:¢.~ N1» '?';Y“*w 3* I I20 r? 1 "3 :1" .v~. "31 H 6* ~ IUI; )"Z¢ 4%” , V J ARK kf aw ‘ Us -1*’ \\b f // We"!
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: March 9, 1900
Text: Vassar Dear people:- It seems rather funny o being a letter to you again so soon after I sent off the other, But I have time before lunch so I guess I might as well. I shall want some money before I get home. When is the Review meeting to be Papa? Are you going to take me around to see New York when I go down? That would be so nice. I declare I shan't write you any more letters. I just got your last one. Now what under the sun got you into such a panic. I never feltbetter or less nervous...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- It seems rather funny o being a letter to you again so soon after I sent off the other, But I have time before lunch so I guess I might as well. I shall want some money before I get home. When is the Review meeting to be Papa? Are you going to take me around to see New York when I go down? That would be so nice. I declare I shan't write you any more letters. I just got your last one. Now what under the sun got you into such a panic. I never feltbetter or less nervous in my life. Well I was surprised. I think my English work can't be teaching me all it ought if I fail so utterly to give you the right impression. How you managed to screw all that into my letter when I told you just the opposite. Evidently it does me no good to tell you things if you don't believe them. Well I lost this letter it got into my Latin grammar and I couldn't find it high or low but have at last recovered it. It is such a horrid day. It has rained all the time and is so depressing. Edith and Florence went down to NewYork on Friday as they intended to and I expect they will be back tonight. Last night there was a 'herr' here to talk on the Century's progress in Biology at Chapel President Taylor gave us a talking to about the lectures and said we weren't to look at them as just given for the students who had studied the subject but for the whole college etc etc. The screen was up for pictures so we thought it would be interesting and not deep. But what did they do as soon as we got in but take the screen down and then such a deep lecture. It was so funny after whatPrexi had just said. To begin with he said he knew he was addressing an audience which was not only interested in the subject but were able workers in it. He! He! I wished I hadn't been so good. I am so sleepy. Just think only 3 weeks more. But always along with that pleasant thought comes the thought far from pleasant of that Algebra exam. Coming just the day before we go home. Isn't that pesky? Well such is life. So Grandpa is coming on the 28th is he? Will it come all alone? It doesn't seem as if he ought to does it? I wish Papa could be in New York to meet him. Ruth
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: March 2, 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people:- You have no idea what a bereaved state we are in. Lucile has been feeling miserably for a long time and today we pulled wires, and made her go home much against her will. We also send Dube to the infirmary for over Sunday to get rested. And Cora went home. Edith and I remain the champions on the victorious fields. Lucile has got into a dreadful state, a kind of fevershe had no time for anything, and even tho. she felt dreadfully and looked so she wouldn't give up a...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- You have no idea what a bereaved state we are in. Lucile has been feeling miserably for a long time and today we pulled wires, and made her go home much against her will. We also send Dube to the infirmary for over Sunday to get rested. And Cora went home. Edith and I remain the champions on the victorious fields. Lucile has got into a dreadful state, a kind of fevershe had no time for anything, and even tho. she felt dreadfully and looked so she wouldn't give up a bit or try to save herself at all. Such an ex aspirating person I never saw. She nearly drove us crazy. Yesterday afternoon she was preparing to study all the afternoon (its so obsurd because she's a good scholar and doesn't need to at all) though she had such a head ache she could hardly keep her eyes open. We made a dreadful fussand tried everything we could think of make her behave. I read her latin to her and then wanted them to let me read the Cardinale Snuff Box out load. "Don't you think it would be nice?" I said "Yes, very" said she, "but I am going into the library to study" Now wasn't that the limit. Edith flew for one of her sisters and so much bullying we finally made her take off her clothes and down for the after- noon but she got up for dinner. And this morning when, instead to sleeping late as she ought she came to break fast, we held a council of war and decided she had got to go home. If you could have seen her you would have laughed at the idea of her trying to work. She wouldn't be reasonable. Florence had a cold so we packed her off to the infirmary and feel quite satisfied with ourselves. As for me I am gettingso fat you wouldn't know me. It is really distressing my clothes are getting so right. And I have neap of time to. Thursday I went into the library and looked up the art book and so on. I am much obliged for the letters. But do tell me. Is Aunt Nettie a christian scientist now? I think she is absolutely the funniest, I should think UNcle Harry might object to that. Do you see two pagessuch together and that caused this wierd way of providing. We had the most astonishing lecture her last night, by some female whose name I have forgotten. really it was too silly. She was one of these elocuting beings you know and said the most senseless things it melodramatic tones till we almost died. We did gigle several times. Once she talked (the lecture was on loagner) about "while the soul ameks its toilet" and then she said the (I forget which opera) was the box of bon boons wager nibbled on for 22 years. Fancy any body nibbling on bonbons for 22 years. She had some pretty pictures though of Murenburg and wartburg which I recognizes and then somebody played some of the motives from Vagner. I remembered some of them so well, from the ring. oh I do wish I could hear & seethat again. I remembered the one of the balcure & wodan's & the thine daughters. There are so nice. To night there is going to be a song recital Mary is going to have a solo. She has such a glorious vie it just pours and rushes out of her without the slightest effort. Did I tell you about the people who were hear form the happen institute. I don't no when I have been so interested in anything. The whole college went wild. Then the songs the darkens sang were joys. Why they had gone past their time and everybody had got up and when going out suddenly we all stopped and clapped and shouted etc, etc until they went back & sang some more. It was very gunny. Well I think I will send this off today so that you will get it Mon. morning. love from RuthMrs. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn$3‘ HAL?‘ {£2111 MAR 3 ¢\ Q3" H Q9 um 0: 2-30/xi ~ (, QN\§~ W... Lifﬂv -.-33* \
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: March 1901
Text: Vassar Sunday Dear people:- Why don't you send any money? I thought you said you had or were going to send some in the next letter. It hasn't got lost has it? I think I can get along with five but if it's perfectly convenient perhaps you had better send ten in case of emergency. Well I suppose Grandpa is with you today. I am so anxious to see how things get along. How will he even get into my bed it slips around so? To thinkit's the last Sunday here. The time has gone like...
Show moreVassar Sunday Dear people:- Why don't you send any money? I thought you said you had or were going to send some in the next letter. It hasn't got lost has it? I think I can get along with five but if it's perfectly convenient perhaps you had better send ten in case of emergency. Well I suppose Grandpa is with you today. I am so anxious to see how things get along. How will he even get into my bed it slips around so? To thinkit's the last Sunday here. The time has gone like lightning. Last nigh out fine french play came off. It certainly was a grand success. They had some of the truly loveliest dances in it. Prof. Brac was so tickled he didn't know which end he was standing on. Oh he is such a funny little thing. It wearies me so to try and describe it you will have to wait until I get home. I broke my glasses Friday morning of course. So I think I won't have them fixeduntil I get home and go and see if I need new ones if you don't mind. We had a fine sermon this morning from Mr. Van Dyck. I was so surprised to see him. I had remembered him as looking quite different. Didn't he use to have a beard? The College has been just overrun with guests yesterday and today. Did you know that Mrs. Welch and Marian Welch came up yesterday? It was so nice Edith Brooks and Clara Ried both had their mothers up. Wasn't that lovely? They had a tea for them in the senior parlor. I wish you could see Peggy Jackson. Mr. Billy Phelps said she was the most finished woman debater he had ever heard. And there she was just getting up from the [girppe] to do it and so weak she have to have whiskey to keep her up. Hilda has asked me to stay up to commencement isn't that lovely? I'm so pleased. Oh what will college be like without the seniors next year. It seems so near now. And I don't want to be a sophomore, I don't, I don't. Tonight comes the Easter music. Ruth.I can't imagine what I would have said about Billy. Edith has a brother named that could it possibly have been about him? I can't think what I could have said about him. Thanks for money. Just came.
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: March 8, 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people:- Dinner is over, and I am going to try and write a letter to you though I never felt less like anything in my life. Last night we had grand [doings]. The debate was a great success, and even though the Juniors, our sister class, didn't win I managed to bare up under it, seeing I knew the seniors but not the juniors. Of course I wanted to have our class win, but it would really have broken my heart if Peggy the senior president hadn't won. Sheis the sweetest thing...
Show moreVassar Dear people:- Dinner is over, and I am going to try and write a letter to you though I never felt less like anything in my life. Last night we had grand [doings]. The debate was a great success, and even though the Juniors, our sister class, didn't win I managed to bare up under it, seeing I knew the seniors but not the juniors. Of course I wanted to have our class win, but it would really have broken my heart if Peggy the senior president hadn't won. Sheis the sweetest thing that ever lived. She has had the grippe all this week and just came out of the infirmary for the debate. They were so afraid she might faint or something that her glass of water on her little table was decidedly yellow with whiskey. But her speech was far and away the best. She certainly is a wonder. Everybody is fascinated by her. Saturday we Freshmen practiced over in Phil Hall from 1130 till 130 wecould cheer and sing. Then we made a beautiful plan. Every freshman was to leave the dining room at 615 and go over to Raymond where most of the junior live and cheer them. Of course it was a great secret. Nobody was to know about it, and we were very much tickled as no class had ever done it before. So you can imagine our distress when we found out that the sophs and seniors weren't going to yell on account of the death of the wife of one of the profs. There was great excitement and everybody went flying around seeing people to find out whether there really ought to be no cheering finally the juniors decided that we should cheer. So we were very much relieved It was more fun. we all got to dinner on time and hurried through as fast as we could, then at 615 the freshman table down at the end of the dining room got up and started out, we came next, and every freshman in the place got up and marched out. It was very fine. Nobody knew any thing about it and there was great excitement as to what was up. Particularly among the sophs. I suppose it did look rather funny to see these crowds of girls all leave in the middle of the meal. Then we rushed over to Raymond and crawled up under the dining room windows and then came out with crash, crash, crash. The windows flew open and there was a great time. it was a great success. After the debate was over first the juniors had to serenade the seniors under their windows, then they or a few of them went to the tree and cheered where we gathered "at a respectful distance" then they went home and we went around and serenaded them. We tried to get a speech from Johnson the leader on their side, but she said she had not voice. Finally we got home. It was very amusing. I suppose you know Billy was one of the judges. He was the one to announce the decision. Everybody was very much disgusted with him. He started beautifully but he tried to be too funny and spoiled it. The question you very likely know too. Resolved; that a defensive alliance between Great Britain and the United States would be the best interest of the later. The negative won. you will be interested to hear I have had my second gym exam. Ihave improved in every way not with the standing little I have been to gym Please work. I HAVE GAINED 10 TEN POUNDS. lovingly Ruth. Mrs. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: March 21, 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people: I have a few minutes before German class so I will begin a letter to you. I am sorry I didn't get it off yesterday. About the blue stuff. I think it very pretty. What is the percaline for? Lining or waist? I don't quite understand. I think it matches very well however will such a dress do for the street? You know I want it long and trailing. Because I really feel out of place with shorter skirts for evening. I think your shirt waists are very pretty. I certainly...
Show moreVassar Dear people: I have a few minutes before German class so I will begin a letter to you. I am sorry I didn't get it off yesterday. About the blue stuff. I think it very pretty. What is the percaline for? Lining or waist? I don't quite understand. I think it matches very well however will such a dress do for the street? You know I want it long and trailing. Because I really feel out of place with shorter skirts for evening. I think your shirt waists are very pretty. I certainly thinkI had better get any shirt waists I need here. Florence insists that they make perfectly plain ones for .50 cents, but that doesn't seem possible. They have some very pretty ginghams here but I think I should get white. I shall need a pair of low shoes when I come home. A night gown perhaps, some corset covers, some stockings, and some handkerchiefs. I don't think of anything else. I shall bring home all kinds of things, for instance mypique skirt and the green shirt waist to have washed. Also the [grimpe] to the [clialie]. It is so dirty I can't wear it any more. Where do you sew when Grandpa is there? I think I shall bring the larger trunk home. Should you mind if I went into training for Field day for running? Of course there isn't the slightest chance of my getting in for the field day. But it is rather fun to have the training and exercise. A good many girls go in just for that. Cora and I are thinking some of doing it. We have to have permission from home for it. And I haven't said anything about it to the ? people yet. But they like to have as many as can do it. You can only eat certain things you know and have to go to bed at a certain time and take a certain amount of regular exercise out of doors. Last night Mrs. Kendrick talked to me about her trip in Mexico. She stopped here on her way to Europe. The Peltons came back yesterday too. How fast this week has gone by. lovingly Ruth
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: March 6, 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people:- I am going to start this now between breakfast and the first hour, when I have math. Have you read yet of our fine gift for a new dormotory from Mr. Rockerfellow? It was announced in the chapel last night. President Taylor is so please and so are we of course though the college is getting so big. Its too bad I think. After lunch. Well lessons over again for another day. Nothing very interesting has happened so far this week. While Cora was away and Lucile & Dube also....
Show moreVassar Dear people:- I am going to start this now between breakfast and the first hour, when I have math. Have you read yet of our fine gift for a new dormotory from Mr. Rockerfellow? It was announced in the chapel last night. President Taylor is so please and so are we of course though the college is getting so big. Its too bad I think. After lunch. Well lessons over again for another day. Nothing very interesting has happened so far this week. While Cora was away and Lucile & Dube also. Edith and I doubled up and I slept up there. Lucile's mother has kept her at home for this week, and the girls, that is Florence & Edith are going down on Saturday. Then she is coming back with them. One reason she stayed down was because Miss Cornwell wasn't going to let them go down to New York if Lucile went home the Sunday before so Mrs. Stinson said she was to stay down all the week and get around it that way. Cora came back Sunday night. She had a beautiful time and saw Ellen & Winifred Barret. You know we want to have them & Katharine up for the last Hall play if we can get seats. It is to be one of Shakepeare's, As you like it. I presume. And they want to have it our doors. Wouldn't that be lovely? Monday was the most beautiful day here, so spring-like. We planned the most beautiful expeditions we are going to take when it really does come. Sube knows all kinds of places to go for flowers and drives. Some Saturday we are going to take the boat up to Mrs. Burroughs place and get arbustus. Wouldn't that be great? Florence says there is lots of it around ther & he loves to have the girls come up. How we will get away any lessons done in the spring I don't see. It will come very hard. But I am getting more into the way of it now so that it doesn't make me nearly long. About the dresses, Mamma, if that blue skirt of mine is not going to be good enough for church, don't you think it would be better not to make a silk wait to go with it, but just have it for an extra skirt, or else save it for some other time and get a suit for church and when I want to put on a long heavy skirt, getting a waist to go with it. You see I shan't really need but one long woolen skirt. I shall have a short one to wear mornings and afternoons, then in the spring I shall put on some freezes with a light skirt for the evening; either a gingham or my pique or something like that. See? What do you think. I wear a long heavy skirt so very seldom and shell even less in the spring, that if I should have to get another anyway I don't think there is any use of making up the blue this spring. I think that blue silk sample you sent is lovely. What kind of dress did you get? You never told, me anything about it. I don't know how I should like the canvass I am sure. You sent a tan piece, but no blue. Would the blue be heavier? Are they wearing them for such suits, for church? I should think they would be too light. And how could you make a jacket. Well I must stop and do my latin prose for tomarrow. Its about Hercules and the Old Man of the Sea, beastly stuff. Ruth. Mrs. George B Adams 57 Edgehill Road New Haven Conn
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: March 1901
Text: Vassar. Dear people:- Evidently I put something in my last letter that didn't sound as it was meant to. I am very sorry if I was rude, I certainly never meant to be, or thought of it. That's the trouble with letters you can read an entirely different meaning into the words from the way in which they were written. I hate to have to stop and think how everything might be read. I like to just scribble off what I might say. I have just come from the german conversation hour. I was...
Show moreVassar. Dear people:- Evidently I put something in my last letter that didn't sound as it was meant to. I am very sorry if I was rude, I certainly never meant to be, or thought of it. That's the trouble with letters you can read an entirely different meaning into the words from the way in which they were written. I hate to have to stop and think how everything might be read. I like to just scribble off what I might say. I have just come from the german conversation hour. I was saying to Fraulein Bartleman that I was getting quite discouraged about myGerman, that I seemed to speak worse every day. And she up and said that I would speak pretty badly then. She evidently does not love me. Everybody is talking a great deal about who they are going to try to room with and who they want near them next year. Cora and I are going in together again. There is great interest and lots of gossip. It makes a good deal of unhappiness sometimes. I think you have arranged about the dresses very nicely. Do you think it would be better to have a waist of the same stuff made for the new dress than a jacket?would a black jacket be dressy? Who would make it? I don't think I shall have any new cotton shirt waist made at home. There is a place up here where I can have them made for a dollar and I don't think I could get them any cheaper at home, do you? Hadn't you better say something to Miss Harris about making a hat. You know I have nothing. And when I am home will be just in the busy time before Easter. What a hard time you have been having with your tooth. Was it ulcerated? I suppose I had better goto the dentists when I get home. I think that sample of your dress is awfully pretty. How is it made? I shall be anxious to see it. Are you having a new suit made? I wonder if I can get a little stool about as high as yours when I am at home. I can't find anything here and I need one very badly. lovingly Ruth.4w |,. Q3 I‘/.»'4m Q O_,r» J6 /\‘/ . Y/>/I h‘ gr/77 . <*. <1?/’ I2/' LP \\"_ H 2 qmmﬂﬂ‘? -w" 3;‘-. W 9? 1% —' 3% = ._~._ anni i * *——1 i— - I Q \ vg_£;- ~ K 1»;---.,__ ~~—' * ‘ —‘i7—' ‘ "" " 3 ‘gt;-é v\,w' 190$ X ..=.”_._;‘ _ .-_ -4 - - , . . . .. _. D F3 1/ gm ‘=7/> _ 1 \(_ /{/ >\ 6 %1 €,“§(.)£;i;,§;' =~—-/;/91 f“%><§-,~ _. / . -~ ~w»»;-:>=.<».. , v V -*‘\;;:1)Hﬁ‘»/“b/_/' \e..'T':"- :3’ Q L / Vk, J R \ 1 /7 ' ,~ ‘fw -~ T . ‘ $7’ 4‘ \“\// ‘ /3 -__A_ ‘I {Z .,l~ »""\(‘~ 1 ' _/ /.1‘ §. V7?‘ M »=&Jl.,-¢ ' - 0*,’ \ . . _1 _ 1 9 J 4 \jQQ@\“* \ “ 1.... ' \_ \.. \ Q“ % '35 29$ %:\/em? \4¢\ ;<"‘*" gm.) O a HA X 4“
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: May 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people I am very sorry about the letters, they weren't written by me on the same day and I had forgotten that I mailed them on the same day. As to the Fall River business. I don't see why it is a heavy price I ask you to pay. You and Momma could go up on the 21 and I come later. I could do that perfectly well asfar as traveling alone goes and as to the objections mamma makes. I am sure some of my friends would be glad to have me for a few days even at that time, and if...
Show moreVassar Dear people I am very sorry about the letters, they weren't written by me on the same day and I had forgotten that I mailed them on the same day. As to the Fall River business. I don't see why it is a heavy price I ask you to pay. You and Momma could go up on the 21 and I come later. I could do that perfectly well asfar as traveling alone goes and as to the objections mamma makes. I am sure some of my friends would be glad to have me for a few days even at that time, and if they wouldn't, why that removes one of the reasons why I want to stay. And I might as well go along up with you. As to Mamma and the maid being left alone on the island and being obliged to have some one stay with themwhy I hardly think my being there would alter that necessity, would it? I think Mamma ought not to have to get ready to go to the island all alone, and if I came home on the 18, and was going to stay over after you went, why I could pitch in and devote my self entirely to work until you got off and might be able to help come. I am crazy to go but I don't feel as if I ought to. I must decide as soon as I canthough. How long do we wait in Springfield? Long enough to pay having some of the girls who live in Springfield come down to see me? As to my clothes, I think I will do to go visiting if Mrs. Gal. [eludes] my [dinnity]. I think she is acting most outrageously. Can't she be compelled in some way to get it done. I shall need it badly for commencement. Shall there be time in the Fall after we get back to have say a flannel waist and silk waist made be 290 to college? Ruth.I am afraid I shall have to have some more money before you leaveNo OCR availableNo OCR available
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: May 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people: What naughty people you are, the idea! To think of my family being so unreasonable. I really haven't time to send more than 2 letters a week home, much as I should like to. I simply shouted when I came home and found the telegram. As to my health, I find myself pretty so so [thank], am able to take a little nourishment, and it's a living wonder to me too, if I dosay it as shouldn't, after what I've been through this day. About 40 children arrived from...
Show moreVassar Dear people: What naughty people you are, the idea! To think of my family being so unreasonable. I really haven't time to send more than 2 letters a week home, much as I should like to. I simply shouted when I came home and found the telegram. As to my health, I find myself pretty so so [thank], am able to take a little nourishment, and it's a living wonder to me too, if I dosay it as shouldn't, after what I've been through this day. About 40 children arrived from the college settlement, crazy at being in the country and acting according. They were turned loose there and it raining. Hence these tears. Such funny youngsters!! They had to be fed!!!!! I wish you could have seen them eat and us fill. The sandwiches I buttered and cut, the bananas I passed, and the skins Ipicked up, the cups of milk I filled, the cake I cut, the ice cream I cut and put on to platter with everyone Ah!! Ah!! Ah!! Ah!! Ah!! Ah!! Ah!! Ah!! Ah!! Ah!! They said such funny things Dora took some down to the gym and when one little girl saw the lake she clapped her hands and said "Oh! Oh!!!" There's the lake; is it always as clean as that." Then two other children were walking with Dora and one announced with great pride "My father keeps a grocerystore", and the other chimed in, "And any father keeps a bier saloon". "Yes" said the other and we trade with each other" They were very amusing and some were just as bright and pretty as could be. I stopped this last night because Mary Gentry came up to see if I wouldn't get a plate of ice cream. She had eleven pieces left, so I went around with her and scared up 11 girls and we finished up the ice cream. The settlement committeehad had some left over and she said she would peel it for them. She made $5.50. Wasn't that nice? Almost any night you want to you can make money that way, order out ice cream and let people know you are going to sell it for so much a plate and more people will come than you have ice cream for. Quite an idea ne est ce pas? Then another thing I did yesterday was to take a long drive in the rainEdith's mother and brother are up and Mr. Havers took us for their drive and bought us each lovely bunches of sweet peas. Wasn't that nice. He is the funniest fellow I ever struck. He's very gruff and course out with some remark that simply convulses you. He is 20 years older than Edith It seems so odd and Miss Havers is a real old lady she has still older children. As to going to Edith's. I want to go very much and knows Ishould have a beautiful time. But why have you planned to start so early, if you would only put off the leaving until a week later, or let Mamma and I come up after you then I'd go in a moment. You, Papa have exams don't you? And couldn't Mamma and I wait until there were over before coming up? You see this is the point. I have seen Edith all this year, while I haven'tseen Frances and Ethel and Katherine and Ellen and want to have to have time for nice long talks with them. And if I get home just 3 days before I leave know perfectly well that there will be so many things you want me to do that I shall have more than time to say "How do you do" to the girls. Couldn't we fix it any way so that I could have another week in New Haven. Let me come up after you. I shouldn't mind it a bit. It wouldbe perfectly easy. Oh I know I will see when Lucile and family are going up the Dartmouth perhaps they would take me up part way with them. I think if you can't arrange it in any way so that I can have more time in New Haven I shall have to tell Edith I can't come, which well break her heart as she has arranged all sorts of things and we would have a lovely times meeting all the people we haveheard so much about. But I had rather see Frances. Will you tell me as soon as you can whether I can't stay another week in New Haven. Can I ask the girls to come up to the island and camp. They all say they will come if I invite them. I haven't invited them yet though. About my elections. I didn't mean that I wanted to take all those things I mentioned next year but I simply wanted to know whether, considering that I wanted to take those things sometime, it was best to take astronomy now. I haven't handed in my elections yet. It's such hard work to go and study the charts and arrange your schedule. It is much nicer to be a Freshman and have everything arranged for you. It's very difficult to get everything straight so that two recitations don't come on the same hour. We had our nominations for classofficers last Friday, and Elizabeth (Allen) and I are running against each other for representatives from strong on the self government committee. I should rather like that place but I think probably Elizabeth will get it, and would do it better. It was rather funny I nominated Elizabeth and then Lucile got up and nominated me. So I am up against the person I put up. For president Gertrude [Knowhiton] and Nancy Owen are up. I don't knowwhether you have heard me speak of them on Mot. Marie and Elinor Murphy are up for Vice President. I hope Marie gets it. Dear me I don't realize at all that exams are so near and that we are almost Sophs. Last exams at a week before them nobody talked of anything else. Nit mow!!!! Why it makes no difference. 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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: May 4, 1901
Text: Dear people: At last I am flat on my back. My, but I am tired. Such dreadful times I never want to live through again. We drew at least this afternoon, and just think of it of 12 girls 8 of us drew blanks. Did you ever hear of suck luck. We finally all got taken into double and then are to change back to our proper room-mates after the rooms are chosen, but the choices are bad and far apart and there is very little hope of our gettinganything we want or of our even being in the same building....
Show moreDear people: At last I am flat on my back. My, but I am tired. Such dreadful times I never want to live through again. We drew at least this afternoon, and just think of it of 12 girls 8 of us drew blanks. Did you ever hear of suck luck. We finally all got taken into double and then are to change back to our proper room-mates after the rooms are chosen, but the choices are bad and far apart and there is very little hope of our gettinganything we want or of our even being in the same building. Isn't that too bad. Of course we can't tell. It just all depends on what the people who choose before us take. Next morning- we are having nervous prostration with every person for fear they will take our rooms. Now I'll tell you all about it. We drew 8th hour right after a Latin lecture in the same room. You can imagine how much attention we all paid to the lecture. I hardly know what he said. He was a dear considerate thing however and let us out earlier. Then appeared Miss Cornwell and Miss Hastingswith the boxes of blocks with numbers and BLANKS and the black silk bag they are all shaken into and from which you have to draw. You can't imagine what an unhappy time we have been having trying to decide what we would try for. A good many of the girls were going to try to stay in Main, but to do that you have to be divided into 3s, and that wasn't practicable for us and there were any no. of complications. So we made up our minds to try for the hall and make a bold attempt to get rooms all together. It never enteredor little head that we would have such dreadful luck. The ones that were trying for Strong (that's the name of the hall we want, because the nice Juniors are going to be there next year) were Dora Waring, + Marie Honeycutt, + Elizabeth Allen, + Mary Taylor, Mary Thompson + Lucy Atwater (not that they are a [group] of their fingers about us, but they want to be there) + Lucile + Mary Bell + Edith and Florence + Marian Hart and Lilian Martin and Cora and myself. The two last were taken in afterwards. Of there Dora + Marie and Mary, + Lucy +Mary B. and Edith + Florence and I got blanks, and Elizabeth got 49 (the very last choice there are just 49 doubles in the halls) Mary Thomp. got 29 Cora 35, Lucile 11. Of course the only thing to do was to find somebody right off who would take you in with them on their choice and then afterwards exchange back to your proper roommates. So Mariam took Edith in with her + Lilian Martin took Dube. Mariam had 16th choice and her room mate 33, so they let Edith + Dube choose on that number though nominally Edith +Mariam have chosen on 156. Then Dora and Maria has to fly around and find someone to take them in. Yu have no idea what it was like everybody of 115 people who drew for double in the halls, was screaming at the top of their lungs and rushing around, and you couldn't understand what anybody said or find anybody you want. Everyone was frantic and completely lost their heads. Oh my. It makes me shudder to think of it. Finally they got 2 girls to take each one of them in just for the registration. And they have 45Can you think of anything much worse? 3 no. dropped out behind Mollie though this is some girls who had nos. were take in with somebody else and had to give up their numbers to be drawn for by the people who didn't get any choice at all. So those 3 numbers count after 49, and Mollie's choice 49, become equal to 46 + Dora's to 42. Then one of there no. cause below Edith's and ours so ours are 32 + 33. There are just 15 doubles in Strong and we want 7 of those so you see our chance. Our only hope was in not lettingpeople know where we wanted to go, but in praising up the other buildings. 1st choice went to Strong you can imagine our feelings. Lucile + Mary Bell + Mariam and her roommate have no got in there. But it's some time before the rest of us get a chance. And after us some time before Dora and Marie + Elizabeth and Mollie I. get in. It will be shameful if Mollie can't get in because all the Juniors she has been with for 1 year and is so fond of are there. And think of the misery of having to go off in one of the othershalls way off from anyone you cared for. Miss Hastings gets into a perfect panic overtime anybody comes to choose for fear they will take Strong. Of course she is not supposed to use any influence but it's too funny to hear her tell about how she says little things which sound perfectly innocent but do have weight. We come up this afternoon. Oh, oh. The other girls we know are staying in Main and they had wonderful luck and got all the members from 1 right up i forget how many they had. But they couldjust arrange what they wanted for the crowd and take it. They are all right in together and will have fine time. It particularly broke my heart to be separated from Mary Yost. And Marie felt dreadfully about it. It was really heart rending to see how badly they felt at going to different places but Alice Carter whom Mary has promised to room with was bound to stay in Main with the other girls and dear little Mary didn't think she could break with her. Marie and Mary set on opposite sides of the room and though theytried to seem not to care I saw them both secretly wiping away tears. It seems a shame that there has to be such tearing apart of people. We are all so disgusted with Alice. It's no use talking she is here and has got to stay I suppose. She has got some of the prettiest pictures. I think they are better of her than anyone I have seen. I have had 4 proofs taken and only one of them is any good, and that is the silliest most sentimental cook sweetie you ever sawalas alas, well I must stop I have no idea what time it is lovingly, Ruth I wish that Mrs. G would send my dress sometime.
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: May 16, 1901
Text: Dear people: - I am terribly sorry but this will have to be just a scratch again. Sunday you shall have a nice long letter. More things have been piled on us this week. Monday afternoon came the play, so that we were behind hand on our work for Monday. Tuesday came a match gamebetween us and the juniors in which we were beaten, which made us behind hand in our work for Wednesday. And Wednesday we had to get in our essays and prepare prose for today, and the prose was the worst stuff we have...
Show moreDear people: - I am terribly sorry but this will have to be just a scratch again. Sunday you shall have a nice long letter. More things have been piled on us this week. Monday afternoon came the play, so that we were behind hand on our work for Monday. Tuesday came a match gamebetween us and the juniors in which we were beaten, which made us behind hand in our work for Wednesday. And Wednesday we had to get in our essays and prepare prose for today, and the prose was the worst stuff we have ever had. Further this afternoon we have got to have the class picture taken and go to a game between juniors andseniors. They say it takes an endless time to have the picture taken. So late I be. And I have 3 lessons to get for Friday with no time beforehand in the morning. He. He. You understand my state. But what do you think we have finished advanced work in Trig. Isn't that fine. Think the last match. I shall ever have to do.well the luncheon bell rang lovingly Ruth
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: May 6, 1901
Text: Vassar. Dear people: - Oh my, I wish I had written this letter this morning, then it would have told of us all beautifully straightened out, now it will have us in another mess and a mighty plaguey one too. However I will get us out of the first mess before I tell you about the 2nd one. Had to leave then and discuss some more. It is now after ten, but I shall write some. We have reallytruly all got into Strong. We never passed through such a time, so many changes we passed through, from...
Show moreVassar. Dear people: - Oh my, I wish I had written this letter this morning, then it would have told of us all beautifully straightened out, now it will have us in another mess and a mighty plaguey one too. However I will get us out of the first mess before I tell you about the 2nd one. Had to leave then and discuss some more. It is now after ten, but I shall write some. We have reallytruly all got into Strong. We never passed through such a time, so many changes we passed through, from violent joy and security of getting in, to despair and desperation. Two girls we had feared might go to strong would be safely landed in Raymond, and spirits would rise. Then next choice there would appear a couple who we though would bring a big crowd with them if they came, and we would tremble. Finally Saturday morning there were 2 roomsleft in Strong ( we were all in except Dora + Marie, + Mollie + Elizabeth. We had seriously considered the matter the night before when we had to draw and had decided to take Strong + trust to luck that the others would get in. We really had very little hope Mollie + Elizabeth would make it well Dora and Marie had first choice. They took one of the 2 rooms in Strong. Then there were 3 couple to choose before Mollie came. You can imagine the pins and needleswe were on. Then finally they got it. Oh my, we are so pleased we don't know what to do. Isn't it lovely? When I come home, so near now. I will tell you all about it. I wish I had time to tell you more about it now. But I have been in at the Reltors all day with Dube, and just home in time for chapel + prayer meeting. After that we got into this disturbance about the tables. Only ten can sit at a table and there has been a misunderstanding, because you see there are really 12 in our crowd and it seems that Florence and Dube, have been left out of the calculations when we supposed it was Mary + Lucy who had been left out. So Cora + I think we ought to stick with Edith and Florence and there has been lots of very serious discussing about what ought to be done, and everyones feelings are very much wrought up on the subjectand Lucile complicated the matter by making some very tactless re-marks. What it means is that we will go to a table where there are some girls who are nice, but not very interesting. It won't matter so very much because we will be together with the other crowd I mean a good deal during the day, or at least we try to make ourselves think so. I feel very sorry for Dube for she seems to take ti to heart more than the rest of us. It makes a big difference to herwhom she has to talk to during the meals. She likes to have a jolly time and fun then. Poor child. There are so many complications in your feeling here at college, and particularly around this time the air is full of them. It's very interesting. I find life a much for attractive and cries thing than I did before I came. But enough of this we are all delighted at being in Strong together and really thatis the essential thing. This afternoon we went off for a walk with Mr. and Mrs. Pelton and got a big bunch of March Marigold. Oh it's so lovely out here you can't imagine. I wish I could tell you about the Juniors walk we had Saturday morning. Dube know the most enchanting places around her and everything is overflowing with flowers. We have planned a lovely excursion over across the river for tomorrow afternoon. But I muststop, Cora has gone to bed for a long time and I can't keep the light up any longer lots of love Ruth Isn't it fine Katharine and Ellen are coming up?
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: May 1901
Text: Dear people- I am going to start this letter in the girls room while we are waiting for Miss Hastings to bring her father up. He is the darlingest old man you ever saw and is so pleased with all his new grandchildren. Miss Hastings has told him all about us so we feel quite acquainted. Beth Seymour is up here over Sunday with Miss Palmer, the greek instructor, I walked in to her room the other night with out ever having met here which was rather cool I think. Of course it has been raining all...
Show moreDear people- I am going to start this letter in the girls room while we are waiting for Miss Hastings to bring her father up. He is the darlingest old man you ever saw and is so pleased with all his new grandchildren. Miss Hastings has told him all about us so we feel quite acquainted. Beth Seymour is up here over Sunday with Miss Palmer, the greek instructor, I walked in to her room the other night with out ever having met here which was rather cool I think. Of course it has been raining all the time she has been here. I shall never dare asked anyone to come up here again. It always rains. We haven't managed to have field day yet. I don't know what will happen now because the seniors have to have their exams next week and they haven't time to spend on such things. Mr. Hastings has made his call. He is so nice and jolly. Last night we went into the Amherst dramatics. They did finely, rather better than the Williams people I think. The girls were better any way. Why it gives you such a queer sensation to see a woman and knows that it's a man all the time. Clothes do make a difference. You can't help some way feeling differently towards a girl, no matter how well you know, her when she is dressed as a man. Dear me it's Monday now. I fully meant to get a nice long letter off to you, that is get it done yesterday. It wouldn't have got to you any sooner than this will. I went in to tea with Dube yesterday and only cameout in time for the address at 8 o' clock. A miss Bradford of Whittier house Jersey City spoke to us on social work and all kinds of things that are being done for the poorer people. She is perfectly lovely. We went into the senior parlor afterwards and sat around her on the floor, while she talked to us more, and answered all our questions. We were all ready and crazy to start into social work immediately. I wish so many interesting people wouldn't come here and talk to us so. I shall go wild. I have at last made up my mind to take every economic course I can get a hold of. Oh dear I am terribly sorry I believe I have missed the mail. I don't see how I could have been so thoughtless. We are not going to be nearly so busy this week, as we are to have no Latin prose but a lecture instead. Our essay however is something terriblewe are to describe in Pater's style either a basket ball game or the Shakespeare lay imagine anything more absurd. It isn't at all like anything he ever wrote. Such things are really quite trying. Friday night the choral club gave a concert and also our new symphony orchestra of which we are very proud. Then Saturday it poured all day and we were all dreadfully cross. I never saw Lucile get so mad in my life, and we allsat around and swore at each other. Friday afternoon I forgot to tell you we had a [stunt] party. I mean the Juniors had one for us. It was lots of fun. We had 3-legged races and red headed races and potato races and all sorts of things. Then they took us over to their fence and gave me refreshments and a speech on the subject of the fence. Oh my I almost forgot to speak to you about a very im-portent affair. Edith is very anxious to have us all go home with her directly after commencement for 3 or 4 days. What do you think of that? She lives in Fall River you know and we should go by boat which of course isn't as expensive. We would have a fine time I know but I told her I didn't believe I could come for many reasons. I hope Grandpa and the maid are improving. lovingly Ruth./1; /c,\"*Kl:5j /Q-_§’MAY2i Q1 ,. . ii 1 Oi \ 69 ' xiii *' I¢' ~"1 no-1—*‘1 4&- ~* in " FT! WJOA . (__:v_ \/.\/>1» _m;_,w,_; _Q__;____, . \\\ *7 H A % pk? ,._. ( »%"’ /’= AJ~=-» ‘ ____..4 MH _' A ]_\ /J . M x wg_‘__‘H V; xi J i ﬂy ' “Q _”_____" _ N _ ‘ 5' J _ W 33 ' _____'___ Y " _‘ {M _ _‘ ‘Q ’/ YR‘ Ea I,,_’, \‘ If ‘ u 4/__ ‘Eli 4_V '_ iv; \ __ \,b, NI‘ ‘P, > ,_ ,_‘ U I \
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: May 13, 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people: - This is just to let you know I am alive and squeaking. Katherine and Ellen will tell you all about things. I am simply broken hearted at their not having seen the play. I wish they could have staid with this after noon It is fine now and it is going to be perfectly stunning. lots of love. Ruth It is terribly depressing to have it in the week like this.--‘L‘>;,§~‘ i , . J 1 @- ' » °‘ “""“*"“""*"""‘*‘ ‘ ' ~ 'i.~¢...
Show moreVassar Dear people: - This is just to let you know I am alive and squeaking. Katherine and Ellen will tell you all about things. I am simply broken hearted at their not having seen the play. I wish they could have staid with this after noon It is fine now and it is going to be perfectly stunning. lots of love. Ruth It is terribly depressing to have it in the week like this.--‘L‘>;,§~‘ i , . J 1 @- ' » °‘ “""“*"“""*"""‘*‘ ‘ ' ~ 'i.~¢'I'~ ” '"* ’{/(:\\'J\Y\ IL’ ' ,. '12; \i ‘{ ¢= M W! @ mW'"“'“‘" ? *‘.,, UH, _‘ A— _ ' K {Inn I: ,2 " ‘:1 ix.‘ i l‘lDilK$\l‘&1‘Cl, ‘(ii P i ~ “H - --~--~-»- ~- ~~----»--» ~§?i:*.;r—_(_, ._.._...¢ ' _~’ ' (1 I/_ z / / \ {L - ,.,_,_Y.,, ;,__,W.._, , ( (,=::.__:(_ .,__..%_(_(:i \/\_ '1» ~.4...‘,...- »..-..-~-v_-._..-.>=:.=-r_*_v ’—"F-X-1*’ * - ' ':1qnn..¢,' 7-‘.¢q é f » \ ~ lf£':"\. 1~~ } “)\//I “S " P‘ 1’; /*0» / :**-~\ 7 $ 6 f ,;-.:_ >___ 4 §"\\=" '9 \* 1' “' ’ ’ ’ J_ ' E . »' Y . ‘.(\Y' G I f\\/\‘A ya Q Z Q 4 d ;*~*'j*‘\*~=-==4==A~=¢1'#/lnll-.@ “»/*‘~@_‘2>,,¢\:3 \'”‘§_~:\¢>@:_i>*—*»‘3<:;7K_
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Creator: Adams, Ruth
Date: May 10, 1901
Text: Vassar Dear people: Do forgive me for being so late again. But we had a match game Wednesday and we have all been perfectly breathless ever since. Dear, it's raining today, and we are all broken hearted. There is no change of having field day tomorrow with the ground too wet and there is every likelihood that we can't have the play either. Isn't that dreadful with all the people coming up and Katharineand Ellen. I am so unhappy. What can we do? I suppose there is no use crying...
Show moreVassar Dear people: Do forgive me for being so late again. But we had a match game Wednesday and we have all been perfectly breathless ever since. Dear, it's raining today, and we are all broken hearted. There is no change of having field day tomorrow with the ground too wet and there is every likelihood that we can't have the play either. Isn't that dreadful with all the people coming up and Katharineand Ellen. I am so unhappy. What can we do? I suppose there is no use crying over spilled milk though. It will be lovely to have them up any way. In the match game we got beaten by the seniors, 4 to 2 but the juniors beat the sophs 6-0, and we play a fine game so we don't feel as terribly as we might. Dear I wish it would stop raining so. We are crazy with things to do this afternoon, all the lessons for Monday to get and the room to pick up and all kinds of things to do.We have just been down at the store laying in a store of provisions. How terrible about grandfather? I suppose we can't go away for the summer then if he is ill, can we? Aw so glad you have at last got a girl. lovingly Ruth. Didn't you get the letter I wrote last week Thurs or Friday?/ 5 9 ‘§:§: 1*“ 4» § K_»:.u; ~'_, % 5 ‘ ,.“ .-5",, 5 -~ V --- -V -~-~~-- pi 7'3 T =._. /-’x\’ ~~' .'““\ 2‘ ' > _ _ , ‘ zzzupvae-am1c==a_Q.wa1~.¢nu.x-c.;;-R u A. 5 , 1”?‘ ra i‘ﬂ»H id ~’A‘3\ I‘ _/ i; V_ -_u»¢~.p-.x:a\-aa:_n>\anna-I-r.I.w:u1’_—~.xuv~ : ' _ kl, @211» P“ i~4/ .-..,._..m..._....-% W .w-uvm : 5] ,~~. p / *1 \ . v ‘ ‘ / Q.-»....=......h,.......-.'-,-....1.-..§-. -»- --.-~»-.-----W...‘ M ~ \ W‘ \// \, \ ¢ ‘ . _Q . .. _. 47 .¢""‘@ , » . I 5 s _ 1 ‘4 " J’ _ ii / “Y _ /H0 < ‘lg I 4“ 1/ W1 _‘ J W/' 4 _\!; Y Y _ _ >__'_ :- \‘ __ ‘I A J} I § I ___ z \_
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