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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-09-28
Text: Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: There is othing much to write after my exhaustive letter of yesterday. Speaking of writing reminds me of the fac[sic] that it would be interesting to get that exhaustive letter which you have threatened to write twice, Pete. I hope it is not going to be like the one which you never wrote about your visit to Princeton last year. I met Caroline Ayer today, Pete. You asked me last year if I knew her. Miss Whylie and Miss Ellory give every promise of beoing[sic]...
Show moreDear Mother, Father, and Pete: There is othing much to write after my exhaustive letter of yesterday. Speaking of writing reminds me of the fac[sic] that it would be interesting to get that exhaustive letter which you have threatened to write twice, Pete. I hope it is not going to be like the one which you never wrote about your visit to Princeton last year. I met Caroline Ayer today, Pete. You asked me last year if I knew her. Miss Whylie and Miss Ellory give every promise of beoing[sic] most interesting and of working us like cats and dogs, principally dogs--I believe they work the harder of the two. I don't think I am going to go into raptures over Zoology. How about those dissecting instruments of yours, Pete? Should I buy some? Let me know immediately, as I cannot wait around about it. By the present aspect of things I should say that Ec is going to be the one class that I can let up in, and I am glad that I will have that, because I am not going to have an easy course by any means. I am going to town this afternoon. I shall leave college Friday on the 4:13, arrive New York 6:15, leave Penn. Station at 7, arrive Broad Street 9:18. I believe that is right. I'll stay over Monday with you. Received your letter, Father. Love, Fannie September 28, 1921
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-11-11
Text: November 11, 1920 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I just came back from the dedication of the tank. The whole college marched from Taylor Hall to Josselyn Field, singing the Alma Mater, and then stopped in front of the grandstand and sang the Marseillaise. Clifford Sellers welcomed the Frenchman who dedicated the tank, Mireille Hollard, one of our French students, welcomed him in French; and then came the big speech. The man who represented the French government was M. de Sanchez of the...
Show moreNovember 11, 1920 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I just came back from the dedication of the tank. The whole college marched from Taylor Hall to Josselyn Field, singing the Alma Mater, and then stopped in front of the grandstand and sang the Marseillaise. Clifford Sellers welcomed the Frenchman who dedicated the tank, Mireille Hollard, one of our French students, welcomed him in French; and then came the big speech. The man who represented the French government was M. de Sanchez of the economic service of France in the United States. He gave an account of the war history of the tank and of the work of the Vassar Unit at Verdun. It could have been a peppier speech, as well as a more enthusiastic one. Then Miss Margaret Lambie, who was head of the Vassar Unit, spoke. Excuse me from this borrowed Corona!! mine is better than this one, so I think I shall change. I haven't had time to tell you that our petition to the faculty for voluntary attendance at classes went through at the last faculty meeting. They added a provision of their own, however, that if we want responsibility they will give us responsibility, and they have therefore abolished the system of warning, for all except Freshmen. Any instructor, may, moreover, use his discretion about permitting a girl to take her exams who has missed to many classes or may lower her mark for so doing. The faculty, notably Prexie, are of the opinion that it will raise our standard rather than lower it. I am not, but I seem to be of a decided minority. The only way of seeing if a new method will be successful is by trying it, so i guess it does not hurt if we try. I hope it goes all right. I finished my lab work today for all the required work before starting qualitative analysis. I feel as though I am on my feet again in chem. The French club drive is coming along very well. I sat outside the dining-room door before and after lunch and shall do so at dinner tonight, looking sweet and getting subscriptions. Our tags are in the form of shoes. Miss Thallon gave us a five dollar bill! I have a lot to do on my history topic tonight. Well, excuse me from writing anymore on this d_____ typewriter. I am in a rotten humor. Every time it sticks I get a little madder. I am going to take it to town tomorrow afternoon. While it is being repaired you may expect short letters. I didn't tell Lucy you were taking Grace, Pete. I have scarecely seen her to talk to for ages. Speaking of Lucy, Jeanette came over yesterday evening to make me write out a formal statement in her defense in a fight between herself and roommate. Lucy got the impression that Jeannette told me that Lucy is staying up every night until twelve, so Lucy came upon Jeannette in the libe and informed her in great wrath that unlessshe got a written statement from me that Jeannette had not said that she would never speak to her again. She was mad as the dickens. So I wrote out a fool statemtn[sic], which really was funny, even if I do say it myself and Jeannette told me today that that brought Lucy to her senses. I wrote on the envelope, "Testimony of F. H. Aaron for the Accused on the Case of Fellheimer versus Kaufmann". I suppose that is wrong but it was as good legal form as I was capable of. My speech in North dinning-room night before last came off all right, although I was fool enough to be scared silly. What there is to make one lose breath about is beyond me. Perhaps it is because it was the first time that I did it. I am going to sign up for tryouts for Junior-Sophomore debate. I haven't a ghost of a chance, but I might as well try out. The subject is "Intercollegiate Athletics in Women's Colleges". Well, enough for tonight on this typewriter. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-11-21
Text: November 21, 1920 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I did not telegraph and about the arrival of the coat because I had already announced it in your Sunday special before I got your letter. I wore it to chapel this morning and it felt great. It is a bleak, cold, and icy day. In accordance with my new custom, I slept till nine o'clock this morning, took my time dressing, made breakfast in my room, and then went to chapel. I had intended cutting, but one of my freshmen neighbors has been...
Show moreNovember 21, 1920 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I did not telegraph and about the arrival of the coat because I had already announced it in your Sunday special before I got your letter. I wore it to chapel this morning and it felt great. It is a bleak, cold, and icy day. In accordance with my new custom, I slept till nine o'clock this morning, took my time dressing, made breakfast in my room, and then went to chapel. I had intended cutting, but one of my freshmen neighbors has been making such a fuss about the preacher of this morning that I decided to go. It was the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Nothern Ohio--I think his name is De Moulins, of some such thing. They had a real Episcopal service, the first that I have ever seen or heard. It was very interesting and very impressive, certainly the most impressive service that I have attended for a regular service--I mean, not a holiday one. He is a very dramatic speaker, and amused me quite a lot, inasmuch as his text was, "Not by power, nor by might, but by my spirit, sayweth the Lord". Only his Lord was honorable Jesus, and then he proceeded to give an enumeration of said gentleman's miracles. It was very interesting, only how those poor dubs can believe all that bunk is beyond me. I just finished my topic on "Survivals of the Frontier". It is a masterpiece--in stupidity. I am now going to study for my midsemester in Ec. Everybody is cramming for it, but I don't think that I will follow the general example. I like to be individual. He always asks thinking questions anyhow, so I don't see much sense in reviewing a lot of stuff in the book. I went to the first Marston New York Philharmonic Concert of the year last night. I enjoyed it very much--don't laugh, Father,--but I had the most helpless feeling when I left the hall, because I knew perfectly well that if they were to start over the play the whole programme through again, I would not recognize any of it. There are only to be two this year, as well as Kreisler, I could not go to any of them. I expect to go off for supper tonight, inasmuch as it is goo-salad night. Mother, I don't think I'll get a dress in New York for several reasons. In the first pleace[sic], I would rather see the doctor first and see what he says about my vacation programme. I have had too much experience not to see the wisdom of doing what I should in vacation, and I want to see what he says first. In the second place, I plan to take the three fifty-eight Tuesday, because it will not be such a rush getting away from here and because I don't want to spend any more time alone in New York than necessary. It is not so much fun. 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Story & Clark Piano Co., Pittsburgh, Pa« Without obligation oa my part sond mo furtiior Laiorin&tloa about your club player-piano offer. Name Address • ^to-iH-l^^^ec/MiPA Mmfi 801 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh, Pa. Marcus Aaron Urges Scrapping ÖiAIMn^^ For Benefit of Public Schools Continued From Page One BIG'AMOUNT RAISED FOR DUQUESNE made yesterday thrpugftioiit the diocese, indicate total collections of approximately $350,000.\ One report, ty|pical of what is being done in many paHshes, was made by D. N. Hamill, captain of the teams in St. Oanice's parish, Knoxville. He reported pledges for more than $5,000 to enroll in the! Canfivin club, the three priests of the parish, the Lyceum and the fifth as a memorial to deceased members of the congregation. Other Cane-Tin club members enrolle'd yesterday were the Rt. Rev. Mgr. John Gerzyn-sld, the Rev. Charles M. Keane, the Rev. Frank S. Clifford, deceased priests and parishioners of St. Canice church, St. Canice Lyceum, the Catholic Women's legue, Charles A. Fagan, M. A. Hanlon, Knights of St. George, Thomas McCaffrey, John Francis Regis Burke, the Rev. James Wrobel, Duquesne university class of '16, F. E. McGillick, Mrs. F. E. McGillick, and Mrs. James Reilly. In most of the 290 parishes in the diocese, special collections will be made today to boost the fund. Sermons on the worthiness of Duquesne's appeal will be preached, and the team workers will direct their efforts to having donors double their contributions and to raising special funds to enroll the parish priests and war dead of the parishes in the Canevin club. With only two days remaining to complete the million dollar fund, all of the 5,000 workers^ were on their toes yesterday to finif^h their canvass by Monday night when the campaign ends with a banquet for team captains and other workers in Kaufmann's. In some of the outlying parishes, where dif- have been made to F. W. Ries, Jr., state deputy of the Knights of Columbus, to send one of his "üying squadrons" to help the canvassers. These j^uadrpns are composed of officers of the K. of C. councils and other picked workers, all experienced in conducting mc-<ey-raising drives. They are being insisted in this "clean-up" work by the I^aughters of Isabella. In conection with the donation of $8,000 made Friday by the executors of the W. W. Vilsack estate, tils statement was issued yesterday: "At tlie Duquesne theater for the purpose of securing a fund of $1,000,-000 held yesterday, a statement of not only special interest to the workers present but also of general interest throughout tiie county was made, announcing a subscription of $8f#0O made by Joseph H. Bialas and Terrence J. Sweeney, executors of the estate of W. W. Vilsack, deceased, late of Pittsburg and Braddock, Pa. "It was stated the sum so contributed was to be used as,a fund or endowment which will support four permanent scholarships at said institution, distributive one each to the following boroughs in Allegheny county: Brad-dock, North Braddock, East-Pittsburg and Rankin, said districts N'ng dally named in the will of iht äaid W. W. Vilsack, .deceased, as the benen-ciaries of his large estate, tshich was Harrisburg, Nov. 13.—Making the broad charge that "the wealth of the different school districts in Pennsylvania is divided about as unequally as among individuals," Marcus Aaron, of Pittsburg, member of the state and Pittsburg boards of education, addressing the second annual education congress of the state department of public instruction here today, urged a "50-50" I plan whereby the poorer school districts would be helped by the wealthier school districts through a system of increased state appropriations to education. Urging that our present "antiquated taxing laws" be "scrapped," Mr. Aaron said of the "50-50" plan: "The schools must have just so much money as will enable them to give full educational opportunity to every child in the commonwealth—just so much as will enable them to train, develop and retain for the teaching of all the children, able, contented enthusiastic and zealous teachers with minds and hearts free and independent. "This means that at least in the matter of education no child in Pennsylvania shall be handicapped for life because of the accident of birth or Communal environment, or because of a shortage of properly equipped teachers ^ in such a district. "It means an annual expenditure of at least double what was paid in prewar days, even assuming that the cost ^ of living will rapidly approach the cost i of those days. I "We have learned through the war, I and particularly through the selective draft, that by saving money in public education, 'we are debasing the cur-I rency of the republic.' I "The high cost of ignorance is greater than any possible cost of education. "We have seen the results of the absence of education in Russia with its illiteracy and its ignorance, and the results of the absence of the right kind of education in Germany, where education was perfected to materialistic and militaristic ends. j "When in our own country 10 per cent, of our men betwen the ages of 18 and 25 years cannot sign their own names; when 25 per cent, cannot read a newspaper or write a letter; when a still greater proportion are physically unfit, we may well tremble for the safety of our institutions. At least 2,000,000 children in the United States leave school every year at about the age or 14, or under, to enter industry. More than three out of every four have not reached ; the eighth grade; hardly more than one in two reached the seventh grade.. Al-= most half have not finished the fifth grade. "These children have been in the hands of women teachers almost exclusively, a dangerously large proportion of whom had nothing above a grade school preparation for teaching, and practically all of whom taught for less than laborers' wages. "What are the future prospects for a high human product with this quality of raw materials? "In the past, and very recently, the American people as a whole have shown a gratifiJDg ability to think straif?ht^ through complicated situation "and to register their conclusions by a referendum which was as great and solemn as the occasion demanded. "But we are facing an unknown future. While it seems probable that our nation may retain the power to think straight, to shoot straight, if and when absolutely necessary, and to vote straight, the dangers from an opposite course are by no means past. "It is easy for a free people to forget how its liberties were Won and the difficulties through which it labored to survive. An ignorant electorate is ever the prey of a Lenine or a usurper on horseback. ' "Nothing is more difficult to preserve than the true love of freedom in a free country. I "Being habituated to it men cease to consider by what sacrifices it was obtained and by what precautions and safeguards it must be defended. Liberty itself is the greatest lesson and, in learning it, and encompassing it, we need teachers—the learned, the wise, the just, the free in mind and in spirit. "Thanks to the sincerity, the vision and earnestness of Governor Sproul, who has gone from one end of the state to the other preaching educational preparedness, the controversy over teachers' salaries is over. "Public opinion has crystallized upon the suggestions of Dr. Finegan and all that remains is to write into the statutes of the commonwealth a salary schedule for its teachers that will no i longer bring the blush of shame to the I cheeks of a Pennsylvanian. i "While the people are unanimously in,favor of the immediate correction of the long-standing injustice to its teachers, and the consequent outrage to the most elementary rights of its children, there is only a negative unanimity behind the method of providing the means. "Every group agrees that some other group should pay thf bill; some urge that they are already over-taxed; some that they are sufficiently taxed, while others who have long been peculiarly exempted from forms of taxation commonly employed, have, come to believe that the exemption is by 'Gottes Gnaden,' or, by the grace of ^od. "The average citizen unfortunately is usually too busy with his own affairs to pay much attention to the public's, or even to the affairs of the public's children. Certain legislative and executive machinery has been created, and to it has been delegated the management of the common interests of all the people: At rare intervals the public conscience has been aroused, and thought of the individual diverted from self to the good of all; the occasion over, it generally relapses into a statei of indifference best expressed—'Why »ot let well enough alone?' "The public conscience now awakened must not be allowed to go to sleep. "It is hardly within our province to suggest to the legislature the ways and means of providing the funds. That is for the accredited representatives of the people to work out. "Whether they will scrap our antiquated laws as we do with a piece of :nachinery out of date, and in their given to charity. It was f#iher an- place give us a sample of modern think- ® -. . J;—M___oxrofom nf tflYfitif»« that Will SCl- nounced that the successful jipplicants for these scholarships would selected by the executors of said esHtfe. regardless of creed, from the poor of sa^id boroughs, thus assisting in the general cause of higher education. "This is the first public utterance given by the executors of tht estate as to their intentions and plans df administering the fund of said estate for charitable purposes, the desire of ?aid executors being to create su«fe<eharities ing—a system of taxation that will scL entifically, equitably and automatically provide all the revenue a wealthy and populous state requires—or whether they will patch the old boiler in the hope that it will last yet, awhile, is for them to consider and decide. "It is hardly likey that in this day and generation, and with the people in their present temper, that the schools of the commonwealth shall again be told: 'You can have what is left We ficuu/ ha^bern foundTn covering the as^le^^s^irieVdent^advoVa^^^^^ during ' are sorry it is no more, but we cannot ground within the time limit, appeals his life time.- iee our way dear to levy new taxes/ "Education is the primary business of the state—every child is entitled to a fair and an equal chance. The taxing machinery as at present devised is so framed as to make it impossible for many children to get that 'fair and equal chance.' 'The wealth of school districts is divided about as unequally as among individuals. The result is that there are very material disparities in educational opportunities for the different sections of our state. The great seriousness of these inequalities can only be realized when we stop to think of the fact that in the districts where the people are the poorest we generally find the most children and frequently the greatest poverty of opportunity. We have then the circi^stances that the section of the population where there are the greatest number of children and where these children are in need of the most careful and the most intensive teaching, since they cannot remain as long in school as the children in the richer districts— that these very children are the most nearly neglected by our school system. "The units of assessments for taxation are too small; the assessments are inequitable; the state has no control over assessments upon which local school taxes are levied. "The school districts should be so enlarged and so organized as to equalize the burden as well as the opportunities. Wealthy neighborhoods should bear a portion of the burden of the more needy neighborhoods. "All districts should be compelled to collect locally a substantial amount-say as a minimum of its requirements, one-half—and, above all, the state should contribute the other half. "The state has reserved to itself practically every source of revenue but ■•^one.'. . . "It has the means at hand to collect, if it but devises the method. "It can place its charge where it will be least felt and supplement the revenue of the local district—narrowed in its source to real estate. "Until the federal government becomes the third contributing member of the partnership, as it is already the profit-sharing member, the state can do nothing better than share 50-50 with the school district, the latter being so organized as to enable it more readily to meet the charge upon it. "Education in America has been too long considered a purely local problem. There is an obligation upon both the state and upon the nation. At present 1 per cent, of our national expenditure is for education, while 68 per cent, is for expenses arising from recent and previous wars, and 25 per cent, is for the maintenance of the war and navy liepartments. "England has learned to her cost that education is a national as well as a local responsibility. "In the very midst of the war s passed the Fisher bill, providing millions of ponunds for education, half of which is paid by the nation as a whole and half by the local community. "Ours is the wealthiest nation npoh the face of the earth and bur state is at least second in population and in wealth of all the «tates of the Union. ' "The "statistics of mine, farm and factory of Pennsylvania make a fascinating story. "The earnings of our citizens would have seemed fabulous a few short years ago. Our fortunes have accumulated by leaps and bounds and our balance sheet runs into many billions. "Pennsylvania is properly proud of her history, of her traditions, of her wealth and of her industrial supremacy. "But sometimes pride goes before a fall. " '111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, where wealth accumulates and men decay.' "The state's educational record is a blot upon her otherwise great record of achievement. ^ "The latest official reports show the following: In 1890 Pennsylvania ranked as the tenth state in education ; in 1900 Pennsylvania ranked as the fifteenth state; in 1910 Pennsylvania ranked as the sixteenth state; in 1918, Pennsylvania ranked as the twenty-first state. She was-passed by 11 states during that period. "The question is. How long can Pennsylvania hold her industrial record level with an educational record running constantly and rpaidly down hill? How long will it take the better-trained competitors to pass her? "It is well to be reminded that much of the industrial supremacy of Pennsyl vania is, after all, the result of the material treasure found in the soil of our state. "It is very important for the happiness of our people that ^e hold our po sition industrially; that we grow from strength to strength. It is more important that we do not lose our souls. "The final wealth of Pennsylvania is not its coal, its iron, its gas, its oil, nor any material thing—but its children. "Industry can never hope to triumph while education dies. "The industries of Pennsylvania successfully convert practically all (sf its , material into gold. But thus far Pennsylvania has not been so successful in re-converting that gold into the only thing that gives it real value—human welfare. And just as the real wealth of Pennsylvania, the final asset, consists of the character of the children and the quality.of the youth, so the real conservation must concern itself not with the forest and the mine, but with the resources of intelligence and of moral worth. It is only through these that our people will become socially responsible, loyal and contented. "Real wisdom as well as the soundest and most far-sighted business policy would be to make Pennsylvania and the nation safe by saving for future service every latent ability in every child in Pennsylvania. \ "Col. Roosevelt once said: 'The most expensive crop is ignorance. And the best of all the crops is the children.' "He might have added that the greatest of industries is that which develops from the raw material of ,-cluldhoQd an approved American citizen, sound in body, free in mind and generous in spirit. "For the conservation of that asset, to get the things done that are necessary to be done so that the 2,000,000 children now in the public schools of the commonwealth^ and those that will fc'llow them, are given their chance; for the sake of our state and the permanency of our beloved country and its institutions, we must all of us get behind Dr. Finegan in the constructive work about to be inaugurated. We must, as I know Dr. Finegan intends to do, enlist the interest and support of our captains of industry. We must make them give us a few hours from out of their busy lives to help us in our un- On Thurßday we advertised $0 new Piano^ Player^Piano (xnd Grand Outfits at special prices^ We were besieged by buyers on Friday and Saturday, The response was greater than %oe expected. 20 oi^ these splendid outfits were sold in two days. Only 30 left at these prices, it will pay yon to come early Monday to seem re yomr type of instrument at these reduced prices and terms^ 30 New Complete Piano, Player-Piano and Grand Outfits at Special Prices Used Pianos At Reduced Prices First Come, First Served MASON & HAMLIN, CßAfl walnut casi> . . ^ O U U I/UDWIG, fltlun ebony case ^ I DU STEINWAT, C'^fJE: malio^any case ..,. iP O Ä O S. HAMILTON CX>., maiiogany CAse ö KNABE, mahogany case ., ® f nJ DEOKER, C19C ebony case .. L £äO A. B. CHASE, ^ e 9 C malio^ny case »^ . ^ O Ä O HARDMAN, C 1 ß C ebony case «»t^tP 1 OO McCAMMON, C Q K ebony case • KIJRT5CBIANN, walnut case ..$155 A $2S down payment will be accepted on some of these used Uprights. Xmas delivery if de" sired. Main Store^ New Upright, $295 $25 Cash Payment Convenient Monthly Terms, New Player-Piano, $425 $35 Cash Payment Convenient Monthly Terms, New Small Grand, $875 $50 Cash Payment Convenient Monthly Terms. To get any one of these special priced instruments yon 11 have to come quickly—^before t^ese 30 new outfits are sold, They^re here —on sale at once. But only sale-priced now—to avoid tfie rush of Christmas shopping. So come now to secure yours. Delivered at Xmas if requested. All These Used Player - Pianos Are wnderpriced tor tills »«!«• OnlT « limited »wmber available« Don't delay» he ^«re early tomorrow morning. Main Store. S. HAMIL.TOPr FlxAYMH-PlAWO $595 AMERICAN P I- A Y ER- CQQ^ PIANO, malftoi?. case.....-»pifCF^f $600 KENSINGTON PI.ATER- CJAft PIANO, makds. case,. .. KURTZMANN PI.AYER-PIANO, maiiosrany case. <Only Used a Short Time) MCHNER A SCHOENBERGER PI.AYER-PIANO. ma- CJCI^iL Itoicany emme ............. ^MkU^ß .......$650 A SS6 »aym^ent will' be »lafflcient for Immediate delivery »ome of these Player». Or we wiU deUver it Xmas if yon say so. SPECIAL—A Few Used Grand Pianos Also in This Sale CnBridCERING. mahosaiay ease, at .................. $460 $450 TERMS IF DESIRED Other Stores MHlvale and Wilkinsburg a m ilton s MAIN STORE: 815 and 817 LIBERTY AVE. East Liberty Store 6006-8 Peim Ave, dertaking. From their efforts greater dividends, financial, and of the spirit, will come to them than on any investment they have ever made. ''I believe in the'American business man, and particularly in the business man of our commonwealth. Nowhere else in the world, unless it be in England, can his equal be found in integrity, in vision, and in idealism. His greaest fault lies in failure to .express himself more forcibly in the public's business. "To have him think deeply for an hour upon our problem is to settle it for all time. knows that the^only practical protection of human life and of real property is by the careful, laborious [lucation pf that majority which will i whether right or wrong, in any well managed industry, in-surence is included in regular operating expenses. The cost of this insurance is Äff'ivays proportioned to the risk and the danger. "There are three imminent risks to industry at present: (1) The risk from ignorant Bolshevism; (2) the constant risk and loss from incompetency; (3) th^ risk and loss from dissatisfied em- is has been abundantly shown re-^iy a social e:!Cplosion is far more ;erous and costly than any other. „ 'i' industry to neglect this insurance would be to invite destruction. "A good American public school is the cheapest and best social insurance iu the world. all, because our captains of indufitry have a sense of social justice we may depend upon their co-operation. "Industry has been singularly shortsighted in allowing the radicals, the U^^orant, the discontented to put out itii t^e propaganda. "Again, the only practical and per-majient remedy for error is truth. Truth co^ifs sometimes by inspiration, but for the most part it is the result of earnest inquiry and disinterested study. It may always be spread by education and .training. "IndustrJ^ is justly proud of its part in the preparation for war. But war involves protection and necessarily destruction. » Peace, on the other hand^ is concerned with prevention and construction. "The most profitable thing for industry is to prepare for peace. A nation will always more profitably and wisely spend money for its schools than for shot and shell. . "So, let us have our drive for education. Let us harness the same elements that during the war rose to the occasion to put across the Red Cross, Liberty bonds, the war chests, etc. Let us utilize these same forces and instru-mentaliti-es to create a sentiment throughout the state in behalf of our children that will place the Pennsylvania schools where its wealth and the spirit of its citizens would have them— at th^ very top of the list. "If the public schools are our second line of defense, and I believe they are the first line, we may well conclude that in proportion as we succeed or fail in giving to all the children of all the people their full chance, will we 'nobly save or meanly lose' our last best hope on earth." Today's was the cloMng session of the educational congress, in session three day% With Dr. J. George Becht, deputy sup.öl'intendent of public instruction presiding, the speakers,. besides Mr. Aaron, were: Auditor General Charles A. Snyder, Representative John G. Marshall, Beaver, chairman of the state tax revision commission; Dr^ M. S. Beatus superintendent of schools, Gam- Local Man Possesses Full List Of Electors Who Voted in City When lt Was Classed asBorough Containing the names of some of the oldest families in Pittsburg, a list of the voters in the "Borough of Pittsburg" was recently found by William Robinson, 306 Brushton avenue, among the effects of his father, the late William Robinson, for many years employed at the court house and one of 1 the best known men in the city. The list contains many familiar names, among them Smith and Jones, and subscribed to the bottom oi the document, torn and yellow with age, is this statement: "We do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct list of those persons who voted at the general election held at Pittsburg, in and for the borough of Pittsburg on the eighth day of October, 1805.»' Signed: L. Stewart and Alex Johnston, clerks. The list of names follows: John Wilkins, John Scull, George Cochran, Daniel Kellar, William Eich-baum, John Reed, George Stevenson, John Whelan, James Gibson, George Steward, Joseph McClung, John Os-bom, Henry Haslet, Steel Semple, Alex Johnson, James Ritchey, Tarleton Bates, Hugh Kelly, Samuel McCord, Jacob Haffery, George Shinas, James Dodds, Joseph Gold, Michael Farner, Abraham Watkins, William Boggs, John Spear, Jeremiah Barker, William Lane, Joseph Davis, Thomas Maloney, Alexander McKeever, William Gazzam, Henry Weidner, Alexander Spear, Thomas Lewis, John Sweetman, Abner Updegraff, William Armstrong, James Hardy, James Harrison, Henry Baldwin, Henry By er s, Peter Declary, John Harrison, Thomas Enochs, Robert Campbell, Alex McNickle, David Harlin, Nathaniel Campbell, Thomas Morgan, John MeGreegory, James Riddle, Lewis Reed, Ralph Culbertson, Andrew Richardson, James Stevenson, Arthur Brown, Andrew Robertson, Samuel McG«e, William Irwin, Edward Bnsell, Jesse Cornelius, Robert McGee, William Barrett, Ebenzer Denny, Thomas Baird, Thomas Ferree, Joseph Harper, Robert Henderson, James Kerwin, William Earle, Abner Barker, Thomas Greenough, Thomas Bracken, Joseph Harris, John Wrenshall, John Johnston, John Wilkins, Jr., Samuel Roberts, Isaac Craig, Pressley Nevill, Walter Tannehill, John Neely, Aleic Morrow, William Davis, David McGonigle, Aaron Good- bria county; Dr. Tracy T. Allen, superintendent of schools, DuBois; Maj. Fred Engelhardt, director administration bureau,state department of public instruction, and Dr. Harlan Updegraff, pro^ fessor educational administration, University of Pennsylvania. The congress was called" by. ? Dr. Thomas E. Finegan, state superintendent of public instruction, te find why Pennsylvania was placed twenty-first among states of the union in education, and for suggestion of members. Among the speakers was Col. Leonard P. Ayres, director department of education of the Russell Sage Foundation, whose report placed .Pennsylvania as the twenty-first state in education. win, Robert Semple, David Evans, Nathanial Bedford, Fergus Johnson, Robert D. Taylor, Vallintine Kinzer, James^ O'Hara, Jeffery Scaiff, William Scott/ Isaac Gregg, George Robinson, Peter Mo wry, George McGonigle, Robert Steele, William Herd, James Young, Neal Darrah, William Graham, Charles Campbell, William Martin, George Turner, William Morrow, James Arthurs, Samuel Mercer, John Simms, Lazarus Stewart, James Briseland, William Woods, Boyle Irwin, John Ferree, Robert Simpson, John Irwin Merch, John Darrah, William Roberts, Michael Miller, James Tucker, Robert Smith William Cunningham, John Johnson, Henry Bolinger, Morgan Neville, Thomas Roe, Lewis Warner, John McClintock, David Pride, Nathaniel Irish, Joseph White, Joseph Simnall, 'Benjamin Herr, A. Kirkpatrick, John Simnall, William Nixon, Paul Anderson, Andrew Herty, James Falkner, James Lake, Benjamin Wilson, Moses Foster, William Ralston, Alexander Wills, William Anderson, David McKeeham, William Bleakley, David Pratt, Joseph McCUillough, William Cecil, Jr., Oliver Ormsby, John Patterson, Alexander Fowler, Moses Price, Jonathan Swisher, Francis Logan, Charles Cecil, Thomas Morrow, Nathanial McEwen, John Wills, Peter Wagnier, Joseph McCullpugh, William McCune, John Riggs, Loughlin Campbell, William Bennett, Benjamin B, Hopkins, J^mes Russell, James Copper, John Cooper, Robert Huston, Anthony Drevon, Joshua McCroskey, Timothy Ward, Aaron Ward, James Wills, Jeremiah Sturgeon, James Wills, Jr., James Ross, Archibald Darragh, David McKee, William Hays, Charles Magee, John McLeod, James Rosa, Robert? Knox, James Grant, L. A. Tannehill, Abraham Reichard, David Davis, William Torrence, James Douglafs, William Porter, Robert Knox, John Smith, Samuel Hubbey, John McDowell, Stephen Wiley, Joseph Barker, Lewis Peters, Andrew Robertson, Jr., Thomas Kelly, Robert Peebles, William Dunning, John Heineberger, Robert Spencer, . John Ward, Philip Bradley, Charles Craig, Alexander McLaughlin, Levi Taylor, William Anderson, William Shinas, Peter Kintner, Adam Craig, John Herd, Philip O'Hara, John Hannon, Robert McKee, John Liggit, Samuel Gordin, John Harmin, Lewis Ilger, Samuel Deal, Robert Auld, John Ridenhour, John Roseburgh, James B. Clow, Robert Giffin; James McGonigle, Thomas Wilson, John Fei'is, Daniel McHenry, Samuel Bennett, Eneas McDonald, James Clingan. William Governor, Richard Hancock, James Willock, James Rattle, Noble Willock, John Irwin, Patrick Brannon, Henry Wolf, William B. Irish, Joseph Harbison, John Wise, James Miller, Isaac Boon, Samuel Miller, John Mcllwaine, Elections Tudor, James Irwin, • William Sample George Sutton, Andrew Willoby, John Carson, Walter Lisgoe, Robert Patterson, John Hancock, David Stewart, George Cochran, Paul Vandavert, Thomas Liggit, William Porter, William Fox, William Wusthoff, Samuel Jones, .John Ryan, John Marshall, Robert Peebles-j Alexander Willock, John Thaw, Isaiah Hulton, William Magee, Robert Watson, John Taylor, William Welsh, Jacob Miller, Ladock Cramer, John Fosbrook, Abraham Barclay, Alexander Miller, Woplman Gibson, Matthias Evans, William Mason, Robert Adams, Robert Whitaker, Mathew Barnwell,J John Abright, Peter Vandevert, Simor Small, Henry Perry, John Alford, RoU ert I. Clow, Nathaniel Snowden, Man J field Banton, Riohard Robinson, Andrev» Jamison, Walter Forward, James CaJ, hoon, Joseph Oliver, Daniel Dawson, Philip Qilland, James Robitfsoh, John D. Littleford, Abraham Armstrong, James Morrison, John Barclay, James Mountain, Philip Charker, William Watson, Patrick Newman, Owen Newman, Thomas Magee, William Deal, Richard Cavit, John McCombs, John Little, Benjamin Richards, Edward Bradfield, William Cowan, Isaac Gil-more, James Whelan, John Roseburgh, Jr., John Robinson, John Hains, John Sanderson, John Miller, James Smith, Timothy Murphey, Alexander Shaw, Edward Gowdy, John Gormley, Moses Reed, David Matthews, Anthony Beelen Daniel Craig, John Hastings, John Niniss and William Watson. Well-Known Pastor Is Taken by Death At Allentown, Pa. By Associated Press Allentown, Pa., Nov. 13.—Rev. Milton Ü. Reinhard, a Lutheran minister, who, until his retirement several yeara ago, served a number of congregations in this state, died suddenly of heart failure this ^orning, aged 54 years. 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All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. MONDAY MORNING, NOV. 15, 1920. News Is Colorless. A BLOT ON PENNSYLVANIA. Pennsylvania lias done so much for the Nation and '^o much for the world that it^ importance from the standpoints of patriotism and altruism can never 1)0 minimized. It pays one-tenth of the internal revenue of the United States, this amounting, for the year ended June 30, 1920, to $555,"725,086. It has furnished its share of geniuses in the realm of invention. Its industrial leadership is unquestioned. But, while Pennsylvania hae been so patriotic and so generous in meeting world calls for help, what has it been doing for its own people in the way of education and progressive legislation? What of statesmanship .does it show in dealing with its own social pro'b-lems? Plow does its standing in culture compare with its industrial record? While it is prompt, as it should (be in view of its wealth, |n subscribing millions to aid the needy of other lands, how is its wealth being distributed at home toward the end of providing equal educational opportunities for its own children? .. While demanding, as we must, full recognition o! the great things in patriotism and industry Pennsylvania has accomplished, patriotism and social justice also demand that attention be given to matters in v/hich the Keystone state has been falling behind. Marcus Aaron of Pittsburgh, a member of the state "board of education and also of the board of public education of this city, has given the citizens of the commonwealth something- that should startle them into heroic action to place their state in a fitting educational rank. Among other things, in an address to an assemblage of school men in Harrisburg, he said: ''The state's educational record is a blot upon her otherwise great record of achievement." One of the ^;xplanafions is found in the fact that in Pennsylvania today there are 4,500 teachers who have only an elementary grade education. Overcrowded buildings are another cause. Children in some districts are on l]aif-day sessions. I.ack of teachers has threatened even to closo some of the schools. Kelatlvc to the s-iiUz's educational rank, Mr, Aaron 5ay?;: In J 890, Pennsylvania rank<->d as tenth state in rciucation; in j900, l-flG<-nth; in 1910. sixteenth;'in twenty-first. She lias taetn passed by H state-s , during this period. The question ir^: "How long-can PennsJyU'^ania hold her indus':rial record'With an educational rccord running—-and rapidly—down inll? How long-will it t:Ake better trained ■petitors to. pass her?" It is well to be reminded that much of the industrial supremacy of Pennsylvania is, after tJI. the result of the tnaterial ireasure.s found in the soil of our state. .It is rery importtant for the happiue'ss of our people that we hold our iioi^dtion industri-ally; tha.t we 14row from, streng-th to strength. It is more important that we do not lose our souhs. The final N^'^ealtii of Pennsylvania is not its coai, its iron. Us gas. its oil, nor any material thing—but its chiloren. . That is putting it plainly, but the time has come for plain talk. We must not forget that much of the vs^ealth of the state, its natural resources, was stumbled upon rather than produced by extraordinary skill and mentality. It now remains to apply a just share of this wealth to intellectual advancement. The outlay for education should be in keeping with the financial capacity of the commonwealth. In calling for increased state ap.propriations for the schools, Mr. Aaron emphasizes that "the wealth of the different school districts in Pennsylvania is divided about as unequally as among Individuals.'' He %vould have a system of tax distribution devised so that the wealthier -districts would help equalize con-/lltions in the poorer. Is not that merely in keeping with the functions of a government aiming to provide equal opportunities? Is not it in keeping with the ftpirit of civilization? In view of ^%at is provided by Americans to aid the cause of education in foreign lands, there should be no drawing of the line by wealthy districts against aiding the weaker at home. Particuiafiy when we recollect that Allegheny county, after ifreeing its toll roads and bridges, has had to contribute to freeing those of other counties, some of them also noted for their wealth. It all sums up to this: That Pennsylvania has fallen seriously behind in education and that only the broadest-minded views, backed by corresponding action, will enable it to catch up. The situation is one that will show us and the world just what our com-ro on wealth has in statesmanship or its lack of it. A legislature devoted to small politics at a time like this would worse than humiliating. Forbid that the children of the poorer districts of the state 'be cheated further. Ill fares the land, to hastening* ills a prey. Where wealth accumulates, and men decay.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-12-04
Text: December 4, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: There is nothing new to tell you today. I copied my paper for English yesterday afternoon and then took a walk with Helen Reid. We landed in an old cemetery, so you see how peppy I was feeling! Then I came back and did some Ec, and last night I wasted the whole evening in the libe trying to get started on my history topic for this week. I just did not seem able to find the right books. I have a full day ahead of me today again. There are two...
Show moreDecember 4, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: There is nothing new to tell you today. I copied my paper for English yesterday afternoon and then took a walk with Helen Reid. We landed in an old cemetery, so you see how peppy I was feeling! Then I came back and did some Ec, and last night I wasted the whole evening in the libe trying to get started on my history topic for this week. I just did not seem able to find the right books. I have a full day ahead of me today again. There are two sides to making debate! Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1922-01-16
Text: January 16, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: "A kingdom of priests and a holy people". Yeah, forsooth, verily, nay, moreover. You may not know what this means. It means that I am very busy. "I am very busy" is the clause most frequently used my me in these days, and "A kingdom of priests and a holy people" is you favorite expression, Pete, therefore they must mean each other. I spent three hours more on my psych topic last night, and just about finished it-...
Show moreJanuary 16, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: "A kingdom of priests and a holy people". Yeah, forsooth, verily, nay, moreover. You may not know what this means. It means that I am very busy. "I am very busy" is the clause most frequently used my me in these days, and "A kingdom of priests and a holy people" is you favorite expression, Pete, therefore they must mean each other. I spent three hours more on my psych topic last night, and just about finished it--that is about three more hours. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-05-05
Text: May 5, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: We had regular wintery weather last night and it has been pouring all day. The result of our elections of next year's officers was announced last night. The president, Louise Zabriskie, hails from North; the vice-president from Lathrop; the secretary, Sylvia Woodbridge whom you probably remember, Mother--you told me her mother taught in the biology department while you were here--from North; and the treasurer, Betty Cannon, who was one of our...
Show moreMay 5, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: We had regular wintery weather last night and it has been pouring all day. The result of our elections of next year's officers was announced last night. The president, Louise Zabriskie, hails from North; the vice-president from Lathrop; the secretary, Sylvia Woodbridge whom you probably remember, Mother--you told me her mother taught in the biology department while you were here--from North; and the treasurer, Betty Cannon, who was one of our class debaters, from Davison. Betty was also elected head of Speakers' Bureau by the college. She asked me to be on Speakers' Bureau committee for next year. Exciting! I shall have to spend the whole afternoon and evening studying chem for the written tomorrow. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-11-08
Text: November 8, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Debate practice was terrible last night. I came home right after it and went to bed instead of working, but I actually feel rested today. I have another very full day today. The long deferred letter from Wellesley arrived. I can't hand it too much. Spelling seems to be a minor part of her life. Wishing you the same, I remain, Yours truly, Fannie

Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: [1923-01-09]
Text: [9 Jan 1923] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: It is still snowing, and is also quite cold. Hope we won't have another winter like Freshman year. I slept from five to six yesterday, and then from eight to seven, so i feel restored today. I forgot to mention that I had a lower, Helen and I drew lots for the upper and she was the unluck one. I start to write my drama topic today, my last topic of this semester. I spent the morning going over my notes, and I think it will work up better than...
Show more[9 Jan 1923] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: It is still snowing, and is also quite cold. Hope we won't have another winter like Freshman year. I slept from five to six yesterday, and then from eight to seven, so i feel restored today. I forgot to mention that I had a lower, Helen and I drew lots for the upper and she was the unluck one. I start to write my drama topic today, my last topic of this semester. I spent the morning going over my notes, and I think it will work up better than I expected, but it will be hard to write. I went up to the dean's office this morning to see how many hours I have to elect next semester. I only have to take twelve, but I think I shall elect the fifteen I said I would, so as not to drop anything, and then i can always drop a couse if necessary. Love, Fannie Jan. 9 Just had a wire from Louise announcing her engagement to Cass!
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-05-10
Text: May 10, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Speakers' Bureau Committee entails planning the meetings of Speakers' Bureau, and directing meetings, (acting as critic of the evening). It is no very stupendous job. I have to do some work for costumes for Sph. Tree Ceremonies today. I didn't write that I was supposed to be in the mob for Thirda[sic] Hall but dropped out when I was feeling so punk because I was afraid of the rehearsals on the damp ground at night. Had a letter from...
Show moreMay 10, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Speakers' Bureau Committee entails planning the meetings of Speakers' Bureau, and directing meetings, (acting as critic of the evening). It is no very stupendous job. I have to do some work for costumes for Sph. Tree Ceremonies today. I didn't write that I was supposed to be in the mob for Thirda[sic] Hall but dropped out when I was feeling so punk because I was afraid of the rehearsals on the damp ground at night. Had a letter from Grandpa today. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-03-05
Text: March 5, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I came back to my room before lunch today, which means I had three full days in the infirmary. It was a fine rest. I feel perfectly all right now, except that I am a little shaky on my feet. I certainly ought to be rested now--I slept twelve hours every night while I was there. They were very nice to me, as were the debate people also. One of them kept me posted on what was happening. The chairman wrote me a long note, which I received yesterday...
Show moreMarch 5, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I came back to my room before lunch today, which means I had three full days in the infirmary. It was a fine rest. I feel perfectly all right now, except that I am a little shaky on my feet. I certainly ought to be rested now--I slept twelve hours every night while I was there. They were very nice to me, as were the debate people also. One of them kept me posted on what was happening. The chairman wrote me a long note, which I received yesterday after I left you, Father. She urged me not to worry about debate and told me to be sure not to leave the infirm. until I was well rested, that I would be of more valuable service later than I would be now. It is too bade I had to "take time out", as you say, Pete, but it could not be helped, and the rest was a good thing for me. I think I did not realize before how hard I had been going. The Miscellany has a long article on the debate this week. Please return it. I think they might indicate that I am first alternate. That is only a fraction of an inch removed from speaker, so why not get the credit for it? The Lafayette debate is April sixteenth. I have about two hours more of make-up work to do. What I did do took me only about five hours. It would seem that I could not have picked three days that were better to miss. I won't even have to make up the six hours of lab that I missed, because I was ahead in lab. Pete, would you like me to come up on the way home Easter? If so, where would you put me up? I must confess that I am rather anxious to see you. I don't like this business of not being able to meet in New York and of not having our vacations at the same time. R. S. V. P. This is a very dull and dreary Pittsburgh day, not one to inspire me with strength or additional pep. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 2/3/20
Text: [Addressed to Mother @ Hotel Royal Poinciana] February 3, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: My laundry case surely was busted--I am surprised my clothes were not lost. I think I'll get a canvas case if I can--they do not break, I believe. I am glad that you are well enough to go home, Pete. The ten o'clock club had its party down in Miss Smith's room last night. I was there when you called up. Inasmuch as I had caughed up for it I decided to go. Champy has started her usual...
Show more[Addressed to Mother @ Hotel Royal Poinciana] February 3, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: My laundry case surely was busted--I am surprised my clothes were not lost. I think I'll get a canvas case if I can--they do not break, I believe. I am glad that you are well enough to go home, Pete. The ten o'clock club had its party down in Miss Smith's room last night. I was there when you called up. Inasmuch as I had caughed up for it I decided to go. Champy has started her usual assignment with one book on reference in the library. I went for it this hour, but it was already in use, so I came back here to write to you instead. I waited in the stuffy doctor's office from one fifteen to two yesterday. I really do not think the iron hypos are worthing[sic] missing just that much time outdoors. The flue, grippe, cold, etc rush is so great that they have given the office over to Dr. Scott and she is not much on managing it. From there I went over to Students' to the reading of L'Aigon, the second Hall play. Tryouts are next week, and Helen Reid persuaded me to go to convince myself that I could make a minor part, but I doubt it very much. I don't know if I will try out or not. Yesterday was the fourth anniversary of President McCracken's presidency and Miss Palmer's head wardenship. Otherwise I know of nothing exciting. Love, [Fannie] Mother, it occurred to me the other day that it is about time for Luckey's to have sent the book-case base with a drawer. Did they not promise one. I don't suppose I can go in about it, though, with the quarantine on.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1923-02-14]
Text: [14 Feb 1923] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Thanks for your telegram, Mother. Had a letter from Henrietta this morning. I also had one from Helen Jackson, which contained among other things, the serious statement that she was hunting a job, but that nothing attractive had presented itself yet! At least I won't make a fool of myself that way next year! The headaches have given place to the "Vassar Cold", which everyone seems to have. I am trying to break it up. Pete, Prof....
Show more[14 Feb 1923] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Thanks for your telegram, Mother. Had a letter from Henrietta this morning. I also had one from Helen Jackson, which contained among other things, the serious statement that she was hunting a job, but that nothing attractive had presented itself yet! At least I won't make a fool of myself that way next year! The headaches have given place to the "Vassar Cold", which everyone seems to have. I am trying to break it up. Pete, Prof. Rosselli is speaking on the sixteenth at Harvard on the significance of the Fascisti. Aare[sic] you interested? He speaks excellently. I expect to go to hear Prexy tomorrow night on "Student Movements in Europe". His lecturing in Europe hasn't improved his public speaking anyhow, but the subject-matter in this case is worth while. Lewisohn is scheduled for next monday on "Germany and the Theater of Today." I am quite curious to see and hear the gentleman.Just how did my American history come from the Board of Education addressed in Marse's handwriting? I don't quite see it. Helen is going home for the week-end and then some, tomorrow night, with her mother. She says she isn't feeling well. We had them for dinner last night. She has not the scruples about interfering with Helen's studying that you have when you visit, Mother! Miss Ellery threatened to draw lots to get someone to conduct the class this morning, so I got up a whole half hour early to be ready for the possibility, should I be ready for the possibility, should I be the unlucky one, and then some noble sould volunteered! Next time I'll sleep blissfully on. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 2/6/20
Text: February 6, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am looking forward to the day when the snow-storms in our vicinity will not delay the mails that have been delayed in Florida and when I will recieve about four letters from you, Mother. I went up to the Dean's office this morning and had me schedule changed. I am very glad I did it. I did not want to take prose in the first place--I was doing it from what I suppose might be termed a sense of duty--and after the elections were in i...
Show moreFebruary 6, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am looking forward to the day when the snow-storms in our vicinity will not delay the mails that have been delayed in Florida and when I will recieve about four letters from you, Mother. I went up to the Dean's office this morning and had me schedule changed. I am very glad I did it. I did not want to take prose in the first place--I was doing it from what I suppose might be termed a sense of duty--and after the elections were in i became fully convinced that it is much more profitable for one not intending to teach Latin to have more drill in reading at sight than to write in Latin. I think one of the main virtues in taking Latin is to be able to read quotations when you come across them, and extra sight drill certainly helps for that. They were perfectly willing to change me--I told the secretary that I have to go to New York to the doctor every week, and that so far I have gone on Saturdays, but that I would like if possible to keep Friday afternoon open. That was not a fish story, either. If there is anything big up here Saturday nights, I have to miss it, because I go to bed when I come back. This way, inas much as we have hygiene no more, I can take the 11:38 on Friday if I want to and come back late Friday afternoon, even the 7:10. I am very glad I did it, because I know I sacrificed nothing. I am sure you will be satisfied. At any rate, it is the first step of acting on my own hook. I had a very delightful afternoon yesterday. I read L'Aiglon", the Second Hall play. Having read it, I proceeded to sign up for the tryouts for several minor parts. There is no use in trying for main parts when such upperclass stars as Slifford Sellers try for them. I don't expect to make anything, but their big holler is to try out even if you have never acted before. I had my first dose of English speech this morning. My instructor is Miss Rogers, one of my neighbors on the fourth floor of Davison. We have quite a large assignment for next week. She told us, by the way, the English Speech was made compulsory here by a petition of the student-body. The snow is just as deep, if not deeper, than yesterday, but they have the walks pretty well shovelled by this time. It took two horses to pull the shovel, and even then they did not get all on the walks. We had classes today. Love, [Fannie] I read your preaching letter this morning. That is what Roosevelt called his of that type, and I do not think it was fair of hi to copy you, anyhow. I agree with you so thoroughly thatI shall continue to try, only harder than before, to act in accordance with it, and try out for non-academic things, even though I don't make, them, and let XYZ hang on others.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-04-23
Text: April 23, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: It is much cooler today and is pouring at a great rate. I don't know what it is that keeps me from working on a Friday afternoon. I had every intention of getting a topic off my hands yesterday, but it could not be done. Then I went over to the infirm after chapel for my treatment and had to wait one hour for Doctor Baldwin. I did not waste the time though, because I paid a call at the infirm that I would have had to pay anyhow. Lucy Hodges,...
Show moreApril 23, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: It is much cooler today and is pouring at a great rate. I don't know what it is that keeps me from working on a Friday afternoon. I had every intention of getting a topic off my hands yesterday, but it could not be done. Then I went over to the infirm after chapel for my treatment and had to wait one hour for Doctor Baldwin. I did not waste the time though, because I paid a call at the infirm that I would have had to pay anyhow. Lucy Hodges, Irene Mott's roommate of last year, was in the same ward. I asked her if Irence was coming back next year, and she volunteered some very interesting information. She was travelling around the world with the famous Hydes of Hydewood Hall, only they came back in time for the wedding of the son whom Marse met, and she continued on the trip with some other members of the party. She is now spending several months with her brother in India. She expects to come back as a Senior with her own class next year as she had four hours extra when she left last year, plans to carry eighteen hours all through next year, and is making up work now--writing a lot of stuff that she can get first hand and submitting it for credit in writing courses. After she had finished giving me this information, she waited a few minutes and then asked me what my name was. When I told her, she said, "Oh, are you Fannie Aaron?" That's what it is to become famous! I suppose even though you don't get news the minute it is out, you have heard of Pauline Lewin's and Edgar Hersch's engagement. I thought Pauline had more sense than that. Helen was very much excited and was getting and sending telegrams all day. I thought I had better telegraphing Pauline congratulating her. I must say I don't relish writing her. I'd like to tell her she is a fool! I just returned from getting a shampoo. I am going to the libe now and try to get a good solid day's a work done. Mother, please have Miss Lendl shorten the slip I sent home in my laundry one and one half inches by running a tuck in the bottom. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1922-11-22]
Text: [postmarked 22 Nov 1922] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Saw "The Book of Job" last night. If Job had realized how near the back of the room I was he wouldn't have talked into his beard and he wouldn't have talked so fast, and then i would have known what it was all about. But as it was, it was too philosophical for my little mind. However, the artistic effect was spendid, and so was the music. I understand that Mr. Tonks in lecturing to baby Art this morning emitted a...
Show more[postmarked 22 Nov 1922] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Saw "The Book of Job" last night. If Job had realized how near the back of the room I was he wouldn't have talked into his beard and he wouldn't have talked so fast, and then i would have known what it was all about. But as it was, it was too philosophical for my little mind. However, the artistic effect was spendid, and so was the music. I understand that Mr. Tonks in lecturing to baby Art this morning emitted a very undignified yawn and said, "Excuse me--that is a hang-over from the Book of Job"! Father, I must have left the newspaper with the acc't of Herr President in New York. Knowing how you "like to please the kids" (!) dare I suppose that you have another one at hime. Will you please send me one, or get me one and send it, as I wan't it for my scrapbook. Thank you muchly. I am going to walk to town today with Helen. It is Vassar day down town--eighty of the stores are giving part of their profits of today's sales to Poughkeepsie branch of the AI. Association for their endowment fund pledges. So I shall get Louise's present, etc. Love, Fannie Don't forget "The Mind in the Making" Mother.[enc w/ pm 22 Nov 1922] Dear Mother: The last laundry I got back came minus one pair silk bloomers and one pair drawers. Were they kept home for mending? You might have the laundry list put back in the clean laundry in the future--otherwsie[sic] my sending home a list would not act as any kind of a check---Mother
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-11-13
Text: November 13, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Please appreciate the respectable paper! It gives me great pleasure to announce that the Junior debating team was victorious last night by a 2-1 decision. It was not a wonderful debate. The subject did not inspire anyone. Mr. Burges Johnson, not because he voted against us, though, gave the craziest reasons for his vote that I have ever heard. But it may interest you to know how he did it. He worked out a marking system--like a child--and...
Show moreNovember 13, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Please appreciate the respectable paper! It gives me great pleasure to announce that the Junior debating team was victorious last night by a 2-1 decision. It was not a wonderful debate. The subject did not inspire anyone. Mr. Burges Johnson, not because he voted against us, though, gave the craziest reasons for his vote that I have ever heard. But it may interest you to know how he did it. He worked out a marking system--like a child--and graded everyone for various points. 5 was his highest mark. The two things that I excelled in will amuse you! The highest mark he gave for stage-presence was 4 1/2, and that was awarded to one soph and me. Likewise I tied a soph on 4 1/2 in power of argument. He objected to the affirmative conclusion of the debate (which was mine), as a mere sentimental appeal. He said he didn't like it, where upon Miss Reed, who was strong for us, turned around to him, and said, "That's because you lack sentiment in your makeup". He got the laugh on that. C. Mildred Thompson was there in full force, pulling as hard as she could for us. Toward the end of the discussion after the debate a bunch of our squad collected around her, and in the course of her talking she said, she hoped I wouldn't allow what Mr. Johnson said about my conclusion to influence me if I went out for intercollegiate, because she considered that the weakest part of Vassar debate in the last few years has been cut and dried "We have shown, they have not shown, therefore we consider that we have won, etc., etc." She said she was very glad I had considered it a very strong point in my favor. Another bright thing Mr. Johnson pulled off was to show how I should have elaborated on one point I made in rebuttal, instead of trusting to the intelligence of the audience to get it without indefinite explanation. I was aching to say to him, "Mr. Johnson, do you realize I was allowed five minutes for rebuttal, and that it took you two to make that one point?", but I wisely refrained. Only it annoys me when people are so dumb. He siad[sic] he wanted to be treated like a stupid child and have everything explained to him. [He acted it.] To show that I am fair-minded, I must confess that Miss White showed no more intelligence than he did, in spite of the fact that she voted for us. Miss Reed had voluminous notes, and was most "efficient" in her criticism. Another thing that will amuse you--I heard Miss White tell someone that I was the only one in the debate who showed any trace of humor. But I felt as handicapped as though my tongue had been cut off, for the committee absolutely forbade my using sarcasm, and I just revel in it in debate. All I could do was to provoke a laugh twice, and I like to keep the audience laughing. I counted fifteen faculty in the audience--among them friend Bess Cowley, who amused me beyond expression when I mentioned the fact that a girl derives comparatively little benefit in the way of logical thought, when she takes freshman math against her will, after several years of math in prep school. I wanted to see her reaction when I said, and her face seemed to be saying, "That poordeluded girl. What a fool she is! And I spent two good hours her freshman year trying to persuade her to elect math Sophomore year". Pap White, head of the department, sat through it likea gentleman. Miss Wells and Miss Cummings of the math department were also there. Millsy sat in the back all by himself, and grinned all over whenever the negative made a point. He thinks the present curriculum is heaven itself. I have asked him various questions about possible changer, and he sat on every one of them. The head of the Spanish department and the Spanish addition to it were also there. The history department were well represented by Miss Ellory, Miss Thompson (who promised to grin at us like a Cheshire cat) and Miss Brown. The two people whom I missed were Miss Wylie and Miss Salmon. Miss Wylie does not believe in required Freshman English. We have been spouting Miss Salmon's ideas so much that I really think someone should have gone down-town to call for her. We have talked about "the big fish" so much that it ceased to be even funny. None of the faculty would let us quote them. There is much delicacy of feeling on the subject of the curriculum. It amuses me. I don't see why they should be afraid to stand up for their convictions. They took a rising vote before and after the debate, and C. Mildred was the only one who voted. Miss Ellory sat with some of our committee. After our speeches, before the rebuttal, she said, "You've won". And when the votes were announced, "She said, "I'm amazed at Mr. Johnson". The maddening part of it is that he has been away on endowment fund campaigning, and Bish wired him almost two weeks ago, asking him to judge. She got no answer Miss Ellory to judge in case he wouldn't. She would have made it a unanimous decision. When Mr. Johnson left, he said to Bish, "Well you have the consolation of knowing that if you had asked Miss Thompson to vote instead of me, you would have had a unanimous decision". And she said, "Yes, and if we had asked Miss Ellory, we would also have had it". So he decided that he didn't know much about judging. I think so too. The outline may interest you. I did not use it. Please return it. So much for that. I feel like a wreck today. I could hardly sleep last night. My mind has never worked at the speed it did last night, when i wanted it to stop. I am dead today. Now for real work until Thanksgiving. I seem to have left the outline in Students'. I'll send it sometime again. Also, that darn fool Mr. Johnson gave me the highest grade for rebuttal. And I was generally complimented on my flow of oratory! Hurrah! And kidded for my Pittsburgh pronunciation of the word "English" I don't pronounce the g. Do you? Love, Fannie Too bad, Father, you didn't speak at State College and get "Ella" to tell you nice things about me!JUNIOR-SOPHOMORE DEBATE STUDENTS' BUILDING NOVEMBER THE TWELFTH NINETEEN TWENTY ONEJunior Committee Beatrice Bishop, Chairman Helen Campbell Elizabeth Cannon Beulah Clap Frances Faust Phyllis Harman Margaret Taylor _________ Sophomore Committee Evangelia Waller, Chairman Helen Cheney Mary Crews Janet Fine Elizabeth Hamlin Natalie Shipman Alice Kean Stockwell __________ Judges Assoc. Prof. Amy Reed Prof. Florence White Assoc. Prof. Barges JohnsonQUESTION: Resolved, That a freer elective system be adopted for Freshman and Sophomore years. ________ Chairman, RACHEL HIGGINS ________ DEBATERS Affirmative, 1923 Negative, 1924 [3] FANNIE AARON AUGUST cLAWSON [2] LOIS BARCLAY HARIET DAVIES [1] EMMA McDONALD EVELYN KUHS ALTERNATES GRACE BOURNE ISABEL CARY MARGARET HILL ELEANOR ECKHART FRANCES KELLOGG ELIZABETH LEWIS [enc w/ 13 Nov 1921]
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1922-10-10
Text: October 10, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The most exciting thing I can announce is that I had my hiar[sic] washed yesterday, slept the rest of the afternoon, and am going to have my Vassarion picture taken tomorrow. I hope to catch up within the next few days--this crazy debate put me back two history topics. I received the shoes. I had you no more mixed up about going to New Haven than I had myself. I made up my mind, and unmade it at least twenty times, and I did not decide to go...
Show moreOctober 10, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The most exciting thing I can announce is that I had my hiar[sic] washed yesterday, slept the rest of the afternoon, and am going to have my Vassarion picture taken tomorrow. I hope to catch up within the next few days--this crazy debate put me back two history topics. I received the shoes. I had you no more mixed up about going to New Haven than I had myself. I made up my mind, and unmade it at least twenty times, and I did not decide to go until twelve, and we left at two. The thing that made me make up my mind was the inducement of the auto-trip, plus the company of the acting president. And now all the excitement of that is over. I'd like to knock their English bloacks off--they don't know what is meant by a definite engagement. I have been trying to sleep this past hour, but the presence of about twenty flies is making it impossible, screens notwithstanding. Love, FannieJust when is Lucy coming, and when you leave, where are you going first?
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1922-04-28
Text: April 28, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Tomorrow is "Der Tag". I hope it will be a Vassar Tag. 1923 won the Song Contest for singing and the Seniors won for their song. The ball-game was pretty good, but I don't think i enjoyed it as much as Freshman year. We were out walking from twelve-thirty to three-thirty. This weather if demoralizing, for study, but it certainly heavenly for enjoyment. I came home from the ball-game a little early in order learn my speech for...
Show moreApril 28, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Tomorrow is "Der Tag". I hope it will be a Vassar Tag. 1923 won the Song Contest for singing and the Seniors won for their song. The ball-game was pretty good, but I don't think i enjoyed it as much as Freshman year. We were out walking from twelve-thirty to three-thirty. This weather if demoralizing, for study, but it certainly heavenly for enjoyment. I came home from the ball-game a little early in order learn my speech for tomorrow. I simply won't use notes, and two practices have hardly sufficed to instil the knowledge into me. We were told to read the last chapter of Russell's book on the Philippines, which is supposed to be very good. I shall do so tonight, and then take me over late to the entertainment in which some of the faculty are going to perform. One of the three debate team pictures turned out very well--the other two are terrible, particularly of me. I seem to take about as good a picture as you do, Mother. I had a letter from Dr. F. telling me to comedown again May 6, and if this is impossible, May will see me late some afternoon. The only possible week-day arrangement would be Thursday on the 4:13, due six o'clock, and return Friday morning. Mother, how would you like to come up for Third Hall, Friday night, the welfth, and go down Saturday morning with me? I'd love to have you see a play in the Outdoor Theater, as long as you are coming East. He also told me to write Sunday again to let him know how I am feeling. I have always forgotten to tell you that everybody told me your friend's daughter, K. Keyes, absolutely ruled Lathrop in Freshman room-drawing, saving it entirely for the athletic crowd and their immediate friends, so that she asked everybody whome they didn't want to please not to draw in, because they would be breaking up their crowd, etc. They all said she was very nice in the way she did it, neverthless, it made sort of a select club out of Lathrop. She is rooming with Broughten--they are the two big athletes of the Freshman class. She was up for Treasurer of Athletics with Broughten--the latter got it. Jane got into North with Frances Ward, her friend from Kansas City, and the latter's roommate, Helen Hines, and Mary Nettleton, the daughter of the Yale prof whom the papers announced today as Prexy's "replacer"during his leave of absence next year. Love, FannieDid you attend to my glasses?
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-10-17
Text: October 17, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: It was beautiful day, and my cold much better, so I couldn't make myself default. The result was that Mary Hurst and I went out after fifth hour, made connections at Market Street, played our match, got a lift all the way to college with a member of the club whom she knows quite well, and got dinner out here. We got a caddy on the sixth hole, and that helped matters a lot. On the third hole when I drove my ball it went shooting off to the...
Show moreOctober 17, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: It was beautiful day, and my cold much better, so I couldn't make myself default. The result was that Mary Hurst and I went out after fifth hour, made connections at Market Street, played our match, got a lift all the way to college with a member of the club whom she knows quite well, and got dinner out here. We got a caddy on the sixth hole, and that helped matters a lot. On the third hole when I drove my ball it went shooting off to the left in the rough, my club-head straight ahead, and the shalf staid with me. I don't know yet how it broke, but it surely splintered up. Fortunately her driver suited me and I got wonderful, long drives with it. I had my usual story at first, I was very stiff and played miserably. She had me four down at the end of the eight, I won the ninth, so that I was three down at the end of the first half. But the professional had told us that no tournament had ever yet been played in halves and that we would have to start at the beginning today and play eighteen. I started to play a dandy game on the tneth, so that at the end of the sixteenth we were even, at the end of the seventeenth I was one down, at the end of the eighteenth, on which I lost a ball but had a wonderful long put, all even. The nineteenth we played in the dark, literally. We went in the general direction of our balls, and happened to find them. She blew up, and I had a five, which is bogie. So I won the match on the nineteenth hole. I sure did enjoy it. I made the second nine in forty-eight.--Which is very good. The only other V. C.ite who has beaten that is Lucille MacAllister, whom I play next, and who will defeat me. She is easily the best player in college. She is aid to play consistently from forty-five to fifty-two. Here's hoping for luck. There are only four left in the tournament, L. M., Miss Thallon, Jean May, and myself. If I were only in the upper bracket and played one of the other two, I would have a very good chance of winning and then could have the satisfaction of lasting till the finals. It was great fun today, and I feel like good work tonight. I call that pretty good time we made. I am not keen about Jean Jacques and his Contrat Social in French. I always labored under the delusion that I could read French with as much ease as English, but I guess that applies only to novels and drama and newspapers. I got hold of the English translation today, and it was quite a relief. I have almost finished it, and cannot say that I hand the gentleman too much for his theories of government. They were an improvement of his period of government, but otherwise pretty peculiar. Among other things, he things he proves rather logically, that a sparsely settled territory is the one over which tyranny can get a hand, while in a thicklysettled one this is impossible, and there will be democracy. But I suppose if you are particularly interested, you can read it yourselves! Miss Ellory certainly is interesting, but she can work you like a horse. So can Miss Wylie, for that matter. We got our Psych quizes back today. Mine was marked, "Good". I think that means B. I travelled in bad luck. One of the four questions was about the pysiology of the brain and that came in the lecture that I cut on New Year's Day. I borrowed someone's notes, but that did not give me any clear distinctions, and so on the quiz I gave all the dope I knew, and at least fifteen lines were marked, "True, but irrelevant". They are to be based on introspection as well as reading, that threfore cuts out dreams for me right away because I hardly ever dream. I think I will take Emotions, not that I am emotional, but that I am not a bit imaginative. It is supposed to be a forty-hour topic, but people usually begin it just before Christmas. My intentions at present are good----- Beatrice Bishop, '23 debate chairman, came up to me in the libe today to urge me to sign up for debate. I simply neglected doing so. It is interesting to note that she induced her honorable roommate, Phyllis Harman, to begin her committee. It is amusing in the light of all the slurring remarks she made all last year about debating. I have a conference with Miss Ellory tomorrow on my topic. Some time I will tell you a joke about that conference. I appreciated you telegram very much, Mother. It was here when I got back this evening. This letter is addressed to you, particularly, Father. When people have operations, they can always be the particular people to whom the letters are written. Its length was for your sake, too, Father, because I know that even if I wrote A. B. C. D., you would enjoy it. Foolish Father! I certainly hope you are as comfy as you can be, and that you will get better in a hurry. Has K. I. asked anything about me, Mother? Pete, I thought I had answered you definitely sometime ago about the game. i suppose you understand from yesterdays letter that I shall go to Princeton with you and not to Yale. I am sorry to have caused you any trouble. Your reading to Dave of my description of the Poughkeepsie Temple must have amused him, because today I got a letter from him describing his experiences in Boston as a ringer for mine.I enjoyed it very much on first reading but more on second and third, because by repitition and by guessing from the context I was able to decipher some of the previously illgible words. You and he certainly have the handwriting of the brainy, Pete. Love, Fannie He called my description Irvin Cobbian, and I hadn't meant to be funny! Think what it might have been if my intentions had been such!
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1922-01-20
Text: January 30, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: One of the unfortunate parts of writing a long letter is the consequent dearth of subject-matter the next day. I loafed all day yesterday--as a reaction to the exam rush. Took a long walk in the afternoon, read the paper, went to dark-music after supper, and loafed the rest of the evening. I started to read "Heredity and Environment"--the supplement to your Bible, Pete-- and got so interested that I read later than I should have. It...
Show moreJanuary 30, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: One of the unfortunate parts of writing a long letter is the consequent dearth of subject-matter the next day. I loafed all day yesterday--as a reaction to the exam rush. Took a long walk in the afternoon, read the paper, went to dark-music after supper, and loafed the rest of the evening. I started to read "Heredity and Environment"--the supplement to your Bible, Pete-- and got so interested that I read later than I should have. It might be just as well to let that go until after the exam, though. I found that it was messing up the limited knowledge that I had acquired in the course of our lectures. I am going to town this afternoon to attend to some things that can't be put off any longer, among others a shampoo and having a button put on my fur coat which came off the other day. I cut off about five inches of my hair last night. Perhaps it will be more manageable now. Love, Fannie Pete, be sure to answer P. D. Q. about the biology text-book.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1922-10-06]
Text: [postmarked 6 Oct 1922] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: There is nothing much to tell you today. Yesterday afternoon I heard a lecture by Mr. James McDonald of the Foreign Policy Association on Cancellation of the War Debt--or rather on the advisability of having a conference on the subject and changing the terms. I thought it was pretty good, but I don't know as much about that as I do about the Philippines. I slept late this morning--then read three playes for drama. That course...
Show more[postmarked 6 Oct 1922] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: There is nothing much to tell you today. Yesterday afternoon I heard a lecture by Mr. James McDonald of the Foreign Policy Association on Cancellation of the War Debt--or rather on the advisability of having a conference on the subject and changing the terms. I thought it was pretty good, but I don't know as much about that as I do about the Philippines. I slept late this morning--then read three playes for drama. That course certainly is pleasure-reading. I hope it continues so. We were graced by a visit from Elsa and Pappy this morning--before I was dressed. I have to do that long deferred Tolerance topic today--then study for a Philosophy and for an Ec written, both of which are tomorrow. Then I have to read as much as posible of "The Divine Comedy" before next Friday. Otherwise I have nothing to do. Lucy called me up from New York this morning. She will be up Tuesday and stay till Wednesday evening. As long as she is coming, I would rather have her then than any other time. Hope you were really able to get up this time, Mother. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1922-03-13
Text: March 13, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I hope the Barnard drug-store won't be robbed over the week-end. I don't think I would enjoy such excitement. I dropped Aunt Bessie a line today. It was not an urgent invitation, but I was afriad they would be sore if they didn't get a letter from me and should see it in the paper. They are pretty efficient at getting sore, and I don't want to give them a chance. Peggy got a fine letter from the Barnard chairman. They realize...
Show moreMarch 13, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I hope the Barnard drug-store won't be robbed over the week-end. I don't think I would enjoy such excitement. I dropped Aunt Bessie a line today. It was not an urgent invitation, but I was afriad they would be sore if they didn't get a letter from me and should see it in the paper. They are pretty efficient at getting sore, and I don't want to give them a chance. Peggy got a fine letter from the Barnard chairman. They realize that the other colleges have not appreciated their rotten spirit in the last few years, and they were given to understand that if they did not change their tactics they would be dropped from the league. She asked us to come down as early Friday afternoon as we could, and offered us the hall for practice Saturday morning. Bish got a wonderful letter from Line Ware '20, the Marian Cahill of the year before last and the year before that--a marvelous girl, the best athlete, debater, and highest Junior Phi Bet, of her day--exhorting us to do our best and uphold Vassar's dignity and "avenge the way we were treated there two years ago". She is teaching at the Baldwin school in Bryn Mawr. She is coming up for the debate. So is Marian Cahill. And we are going to have a fine delegation, too. I am so excited! I saw the official list of the Holyoke delegation today. Mary Armstrong is not listed, but the girl whom she had with her at New Haven, Nevin, is. Do you remember, Pete? Peggy got the bright idea today that the negative is inflexible and somewhat illogical. So we spent an hour straightening that out, and then I went over to Assembly and talked for a while, for practice. Debate aprees with my academic work. Miss Whylie read my Keats paper, which happened to be on Byron--The Prinsoner of Chillon, Critically Considered--to the class. She thought it was excellent! Haha! And last semester I wrote a superficial one-hour paper on a plan of study for Coleridge the week before inter-class debate, and she told me it was excellent. And I slaved ten hours over a Shelley paper and she said it was good, but not as good as the Coleridge paper. Helen and I got a letter from Henrietta Butler asking us to come out for her wedding, April 24. I'd love to do it, but I simply couldn't unless I got one of my psych topics out of my system during vacation. It is on a Wednesday. We shall see. I would love to go, but it is a long trip, although in point of time it is more convenient than going to Pittsburgh. I am going to do my topics on "Crowd Psychology", "The Religious Consciousness" and "The Psychology of the Race Problem". Don't you think that will be interesting. But ninety hours worth is not so "grand!" I will let you know, Pete, about coming to Boston as soon as I know what I am to do about doctors. I should love to come. Could I leave here Saturday night and get there in time Sunday. That would suit me perfectly, and I could then get a lot of work done, here.Helen returned from Atlantic last night. The Jews still flourish, she assures me. She met Mrs. Lewin there, who told her that Pauline said that I certainly am different from college than I am at home! She also met the famous Alma Davis, concerning whome Ms Lewin said to Helen: "She is making a coast to coast tour in search of a husband, and stopping long wherever advisable". An angelic remark, but I suppose not so far wrong at that. Well, I guess I cheated debate of enough time already. This is my Tuesday letter. I sent post-cards today. I am going to have my debate "marcel" Wednesday. Would that the judges were influenced by the quality of one's marcel! Take it easy while you can, Mother. This from the old lady, who thinks it the best thing on earth for her that she has been exceedingly busy. Love, Fannie Write to me Saturday to Aunt Bessie and she can bring the letter in is she comes to the debate.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-09-29
Text: September 29, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I was in the room next to mine when you telephoned last night, about seven o'clock, I think it was. I am glad we finally found each other, each others's voices, I mean. Professor Moulton expects us to know many things that I have forgotten. I suppose they will come back eventually, though, because most of the people that I have spoken to seem to be in the same fix that I am in. Professor Mills took our Ec section today. I hope we...
Show moreSeptember 29, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I was in the room next to mine when you telephoned last night, about seven o'clock, I think it was. I am glad we finally found each other, each others's voices, I mean. Professor Moulton expects us to know many things that I have forgotten. I suppose they will come back eventually, though, because most of the people that I have spoken to seem to be in the same fix that I am in. Professor Mills took our Ec section today. I hope we will always have him. He is very, very interesting. I have a hunch I am going to like that course. We have Miss Dennis (an American who is very good), twice a week in Spanish and Signorita Agostina once a week. We had her today. She talked in Spanish the whole period! It keeps your mind jumping trying to make out what she means when she is talking. I don't think it is going to be a snap course by any means, at least not judging by the speed at which we are starting. I fooled around with Dorothea for a while yesterday afternoon. She has a nice room in Main. I went down to see Miss Smith last night, inasmuch as I had only said how do you do to her before. She was very nice and seems like a different person from last June when she hopped on us. She said that she does not know when she has been as tired as she was then. She told me that Miss Cowley was not yet back, inasmuch as her mother had an accident which just missed killing her. She walked into some dark corner of their place at night and hit her head with all her force. I saw Miss Cowley from the distance today. I have to spend the afternoon reading "The Rescue". It is interesting reading, but I'll never finish it. It took two hours to read a hundred pages. I promised the hairman of Sophomore Party to do some typing for her over the week-end. This is all I have time for today. Mother, doesn't it seem funny to think that I have two professors that you had! And Millsy is anything but an old fogy, too. I wonder if either of them would remember you? How about it? When you send my laundry next week, will you please send along my chemistry problem pamphet[sic]. It is gray paper-bound and I think it is with the school-books and notebooks in the red bookcase by the toy-room door. If you don't find it there, don't bother hunting.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: [1922-05-28]
Text: [28 May 1922] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Nothing to report except that I studied for exams most of the day, except for the hour that I took a walk and the other three quarters that I played tennis. I wish I had about two days more before exams. Love, Fannie Excuse the wrong side of the paper, Pete. Sunday

Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1922-10-03]
Text: [postmarked 3 oct 1922] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am not mentally responsible--we have just received a telegraphic challenge from Oxford for a debate next Saturday night on either the league of nations or trade unions, and I think we are going to accept, and I shall have to debate. Will let you know the results immediately upon finding out what we are going to do. I will have to debate. Love, in much excitement. Fannie

Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-11-08]
Text: [postmarked 8 Nov 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have not much time to write as it is almost time for the mail to go out. I worked on my history topic from three to five-thirty to today and enjoyed it very much. The tendancy with this course is to read things that one happens to come across and find of interest, regardless of how useful they are to the topic in the process of being written. I expect to spend the evening on my English topic, inasmuch as I have a book out over Sunday...
Show more[postmarked 8 Nov 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have not much time to write as it is almost time for the mail to go out. I worked on my history topic from three to five-thirty to today and enjoyed it very much. The tendancy with this course is to read things that one happens to come across and find of interest, regardless of how useful they are to the topic in the process of being written. I expect to spend the evening on my English topic, inasmuch as I have a book out over Sunday entitled "Religion of the Ancient Celts". Those Irish certainly has a god for every day of the year. I slept late this morning, as usual. I am awfully glad that I am able to do that this year, because, while it does mean time lost from more valuable occupations, it enables me to start out each week feeling refreshed and rested. I had a nice walk yesterday afternoon. I am glad that I can do that at last, without getting tired out. More tomorrow, a la Pete. Love, FannieMABEL GARRISON SINGS IN POUGHKEEPSIE The first of the series of concerts given by the Dutchess County Musical Association was sung by Mabel Garrison of the Metropolitan Opera Company. As is frequently the custom with artists who come to Poughkeepsie, the programme was light. But with a I coloratura soprano it is difficult to I make a selection which is varied. The.) first part of Miss Garrison's programme was for the purpose of showing her excellent technique. The culmination was in the selection from Lucia which showed the crystal clearness and melli-fluousness of Miss Garrison's voice. The upper register of her voice is of a different timbre from the middle and although clear it is not of the Bell-like quality one usually expects in a colora-ture. However the middle register is beautifully rich and mellow, easily lending itself to expressive rendering. The group of French songs notably Le Matin, Vielle Chanson Espagnol, and Vous Dansez Marquise were charmingly done. At the Wetl is a notoriously difficult song and it was very well rendered. The programme follows: I. a. Shepherd Thy Demeanour Vary Brown b. Tambourin ' Arr. by Tiersot c. Aria: "Non paventar" from Magic Flute...... . Mozart II. Aria: "Regnava nel silenzio" from Lucia , di Lam.m.erm.oor . Donizetti III. a. Le matin . . . . . Bizet b. Vielle chanson espagnole . Auhert c. Ma Tourlourisette . . Moret d. Elegiaeterna . . . Granados e. Vous dansez. Marquise Lemaire-Pasternach IV. a. Love that is true Louis Edgar Johns b. Baby . , . George Siemonn c. Immortality . . . Cyril Scott d. At the Well . Richard Hageman V. Folk Songs a. Little Jashka .... Russian b. BillieBoy Lonesome Tunes, arr. by Brockway c. Green Broom (arr. by Cecil J. Sharp) .... English d. When I was Seventeen (as sung by Jenny Lind) . . Swedish €. Kom Kjyra Norwegian Echo Song
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 5/16/20
Text: Dear Mother, Father If you are around, and Pete: Sorry to upset your plans, but Miss Smith told me this morning that no Freshmen can stay on the campus under any circumstances except as guests of sisters in the senior class. The question is, then, what to do with me if you come up. I don't imagine Aunt Bessie will be well enough to have me around, will she? I'll send the fullard dress home soon. It is very little too tight. The brown is all right. The blue gorgette was all right,...
Show moreDear Mother, Father If you are around, and Pete: Sorry to upset your plans, but Miss Smith told me this morning that no Freshmen can stay on the campus under any circumstances except as guests of sisters in the senior class. The question is, then, what to do with me if you come up. I don't imagine Aunt Bessie will be well enough to have me around, will she? I'll send the fullard dress home soon. It is very little too tight. The brown is all right. The blue gorgette was all right, too, when I wore it at home the Sunday before I left but it won't hurt it it is a little looser. I don't see any occasion for sending it. You might bring it in your trunk when you come, as the only place I would use it would be around New York or Princeton. All the dresses are all right, but some are a little tighter than others. They arrived in very good condition. Third Hall certainly was wonderful. Its wonderful success and the fact that it did not lag anywhere are attributed to the fact that it is the first time in a long time that they have not undertaken something too difficult. The coloring of the costumes made a wonderful picture against the green of the outdoor theater. I was about half way back on the left and heard wonderfully well. You are supposed to be able to hear just as well from the last row, though. The grass was quite damp, so I had on a serge dress, a winter coat, was wrapped in three blankets, and had a pillow under my feet. Certainly that should have kept me from taking cold. Field Day was yesterday morning. I stayed two hours. I certainly am not strong or anything like that. I don't know whether it was the sun or the excitement of what, at any rate I had a fiendish headache all afternoon, and had to stay on my bed with a cold clothe over my forehead. I thought it was a good old-fashioned sick headache but it left before dinner. The sophomores won Field Day, and Rita Fuguet '22 of Davison broke the previous records for broad-jumping, which means that she gets a grey sweater with a rose V. It means also that she will be president of Davison next year, and the president of many other things before she graduates. The athletes are idolized here just as much as in any men's college. Miss Thallon won her sweater in the days gone by, too. She was wearing it yesterday. I have on hand three and one half bottles of medicine, so please do not send any more untill I write for them. They arrived fourteenth from you. I certainly was surprised to have Father call me up the other night just as I was finishing dinner. I had not heard from you yet. However, it was a very pleasant surprise. Here is a good joke. Laugh. The Phi Beta Kappa addresswas delivered last Friday night, by Dean Woodbridge of Columbia. I sort of wanted to go, not so much because it was the Phi Beta Kappa address, as because I like to go to any lecture on Friday nights, if it appeals to me at all. Beatrice Bagg told me that Miss Ellory recommended it strongly to her history class as being tremendously worth while. She said that the whole college does not go, but that they should go nevertheless. Se we decided to go. On our way over we met Miss Cowley, all dolled up in light blue evening-dress, (if you can imagine the combination). We asked if Freshmen could go, and she said they most certainly could. We should go as her escort. Outside the door we met two other Freshmen who did not have the nerve to go in, so Miss Cowley attatched them to her escort. In the vestibule I saw only Phi Bets, and I was beginningto kick myself for letting myself be seen in such a place, but Miss Cowley would listen to no argument--we had to go into the place with her. In we marched, I at the tail-end of the procession. What does Miss Cowley do but march down to the fifth row from the front! It was time for the lecture to start, but the place was practicaly empty. There were only those seniors there who had to be and a few of the faculty. So as they walked into their seats, one by one, I saw my chance and beat it out of the door that leads to the basement, dashed up the stairs and down Raymond Avenue to Davison as fast as my legs would carry me. I don't suppose they missed me till I was home! Beatrice came back, threw herself on my bed and proceeded to let out her wrath about Miss Cowley's lack of sense, for getting us in under false pretences. She had to sit between Miss Cowley and Mrs. Tillinghast and she said she never spent a worse hour. I don't believe she knows what the lecture was about, except that it was very deep and philosophical. She surely was a circus when she came back. She said she did not think she would ever be able to look any of the faculty in the face again. I was quite stuck on myself for having the good sense to make my escape. I intend to do tomorrow's work today, wash my hair, and start my Latin review. Love, [Fannie] May 16, 1920, What is Cousin Pauline's present address? I got a package of tea from her about a week ago and I forgot all about it until I opened my food chest yesterday. I must thank her as soon as I know where to write. Also, could you send me some good apples in the next laundry. They are very hard to get around here and I must have something to fill up on. Bananas are pretty hard on one for steady diet.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: [1922-04-10]
Text: [20 Apr 1922] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Just what is a letter from Pete written in Father's style and signed by Father with Lester's name? That is a little deep. Jeannette could hardly be called a friend of mine. she is highly eccentric. She has some good points. Whatever I saw of her last year, I saw for Lucy's sake, and whatever I do for her this year I do for Lucy's sake. When she comes up here, she invited and announces herself--I have never yet invited her. In...
Show more[20 Apr 1922] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Just what is a letter from Pete written in Father's style and signed by Father with Lester's name? That is a little deep. Jeannette could hardly be called a friend of mine. she is highly eccentric. She has some good points. Whatever I saw of her last year, I saw for Lucy's sake, and whatever I do for her this year I do for Lucy's sake. When she comes up here, she invited and announces herself--I have never yet invited her. In fact, twice when she has announced herself, I have written to her and told her I was too busy to see anything of her. What did Howard and Ted have to say about me? You arounse my curiosity. I have a debate lunch today, and our first practice seventh and eighth hours. Mother, Third Hall is May 2, Friday night, in the outdoor theater. If it rains, it is the next night, Saturday night. I should hate to miss it. I think the safe thing would be to count on going to New York Saturday, the thirteenth, and in case it has rained and I will not be able to see except by coming back that day, I will come back the same day instead of staying over night. I was in Main yesterday when the lists went up for guest seats, so i signed up and forty-fifth on the list. In cae you would like to, I think you would very much enjoy seeing it. The Brown debate is April 29, at 4 P. M. If we debate in as great harmony as we will look--in white, gray, and green crepe de chine, all will be well. And if they aren't awful lemons, we will get an audience. Otherwise we won't. I think a good plan will be to seclude them the entire day until the debate if they are too awful looking. Yesterday I got a letter from B. W. saying that they had expressed the other hate, Mother, and to return the one I was not pleased with. Meanwhile I and everyone else likes the one I have worn, so I shall keep it and return the other. Nothing new to tell you except that I am terribly, terribly busy. Miss Whylie asked me in Main yesterday how I was feeling these days. I felt better again yesterday, but not so well today. My back still hurts from the investigation tour. Love, Fannie Thursday--search me for the date. I guess it is April 23, Pete.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 11/9/19
Text: Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I spent yesterday in a very unexcited way, taking my sweet time getting all sorts of work done. Ther is my idea of a week-end rest. I did the same today. Somehow or other this paper tore--excuse it please. I spent four hours on Mondays French. I think that woman is cracked. I had intended to call on Miss Cowley today, but I left the library at then after five. I thought it was much earlier. I think it is very bad form to call so near supper time, is it not? I...
Show moreDear Mother, Father, and Pete: I spent yesterday in a very unexcited way, taking my sweet time getting all sorts of work done. Ther is my idea of a week-end rest. I did the same today. Somehow or other this paper tore--excuse it please. I spent four hours on Mondays French. I think that woman is cracked. I had intended to call on Miss Cowley today, but I left the library at then after five. I thought it was much earlier. I think it is very bad form to call so near supper time, is it not? I did not want to risk it, at any rate. I got my history done for Tuesday. That means I have worked ahead as much as possible. The week ought not to be so rushed, although I imagine that we will have a bunch of quizzes the Monday after I get back. I went up late yesterday afternoon to get a Cap and Gown. Everybody was out except Duffie Schulman. She has a very keen perception--haha, and discovered that I was rather disguested with my work and things in general, and she absolutely made me go off campus with her and Lucy and Marjorie Peck for dinner. I did not want to go, but it was really a good thing for me. At any rate she and I ran most of the way back, and dropped into my seat just before the doors were locked and as the choir was starting to march down. I never want to make such close connections again. I am glad that I stuck to my idea of wearing a cap and gown. I fully expected to find half the class rigged up in them, but there were only two others. I guess they all thought that everybody else would be doing it, so decided not to. Duffie offered me her [???] key, but I thought it might be taken seriously. The performance was much better than the sophomore one--it was held together much better. The scene opened with a bunch of girls waving their high school diplomas. Then they sit down and wonder what they are going to do with themselves. Then various scenes appear, and as each one finds her work, she gets up and leaves the stage. Clifford Sellers, Junior President, whom you know, Mother, is the only one left. Suddenly she decides she wants to go to college. She stays on the stage, while a sort of spirit announces all the things good and bad in college. As each one comes in the large scale in the background, balances to geood then bad, etc. The scenes were awefully well worked out, beautifully costumed, and well acted. Some of them were parting from home, friends made at college, who by the way were perfect take-offs on about twenty girls in out class, cramming for exams, field day, ice carnival, English speech classes, Junior prom, errors of a exam in Hygiene lectures, Phi Beta Kappa awards, etc. It was awefully good.The take-off on Dr. T. in her lectures was perfect only it made me think that I had not taken as many notes as might be necessary. The other says I should not try to draw a moral lesson from everything. In the Junior prom stunt, Clifford Sellers asks if they have men for that. The answer is, if you are lucky enough. Then the various men appear, all of whom have some good reason for not being able to come. The Harvard law student in Cap and Gown in too busy, the supposedly good looking but rather sissified Princetonian says he would like to, but since the Fifth Debate of Vassar, he is afraid his mental capulties are not equal too it, and big Yale athlete, who got some applause, says he is not able to come, because he has eight dates, finally the brother is asked, and he is willing to risk it. He then comes in, and falls over himself and his feet generally. I think that scene, the Hygiene lecture, and the Ice Carnical, which was beautiful, and the take-offs on the Freshmen, took best. At the end Clifford Sellers presented us with the banner of the odd classes and Olive Watkins accepted it. Rrefreshments[sic] and dancing till ten-forty-five followed. Lucy was on the Food Committee, so I toted Marjorie Peck around till she was able to come back. Lucy has certainly been good enough to me, so I thought I better do that. I never saw a kid have such a good time. Henrietta Seitner just came up to invite me to tea in Senior Parlor Tuesday afternoon. Her Aunt Selina is to be here. Did you say you sent my laundry special delivery? It is not here yet. Love, [Fannie]
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 10/20/19
Text: October 20, 1919. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: You must be desperate when you want something to write, Father, or do you rate my mentality too low to write sense? I have not much to say except that I have five minutes to write before my next class. I am going to have my hair washed, and I am due for the next visist about my ankle. I worked most of yesterday. I also went to Miss Cowley's tea. Evidently it is customary to wear hats and get all dolled up when you go to call on faculty. I...
Show moreOctober 20, 1919. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: You must be desperate when you want something to write, Father, or do you rate my mentality too low to write sense? I have not much to say except that I have five minutes to write before my next class. I am going to have my hair washed, and I am due for the next visist about my ankle. I worked most of yesterday. I also went to Miss Cowley's tea. Evidently it is customary to wear hats and get all dolled up when you go to call on faculty. I did not know that--faux pas number one. The handbook says "Be sure to make mistakes or you won't have any reminiscences." I finished most of Tuesday's work yesterday, so I shall work on the history in the library tonight. Are you coming next Saturday, Father? Love, [Fannie]
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-05-13]
Text: [postmarked 13 May 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: My great difficulty in the clipping system seems to be to cut them out and then forget to send them. The song may interest you even though it is slightly behind the times. I am to take my course of elections over to Miss Cowley in ten minutes to have her sign them. They are:--English Speech, Chemistry 3, English--Romance, Economics, American History, Mathematics. I think it was a tossup between the two literature courses, but Soph. Litt...
Show more[postmarked 13 May 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: My great difficulty in the clipping system seems to be to cut them out and then forget to send them. The song may interest you even though it is slightly behind the times. I am to take my course of elections over to Miss Cowley in ten minutes to have her sign them. They are:--English Speech, Chemistry 3, English--Romance, Economics, American History, Mathematics. I think it was a tossup between the two literature courses, but Soph. Litt conflicted with Ec., which conflicted with chemistry, and that chemistry only came one hour, so there was no choice. I don't think I'll change my mind in the next ten minutes! I have heard various things about Miss Salmon's course. The maddening part of it is that everybody volunteers information without your even asking for it. Ruth F. says it is excellent, except that there are far too many topics. Others say she is a very sleepy, dreamy lecturer, and that you can get either nothing or a whole lot out of her course, as you yourself choose. Another obliging information-giver informed me that you ought not to go through college without taking her course. I concluded, not so much from what I was told, as from my own desire, to take it. I don't think I'll be sorry about the chem. From what everyone says, it is the only course for me to take. The only think I am not keen about is the fact that there are two lectures and sic lab hours second semester, but then I won't still be taking English Speech. It counts as a four hour course instead of three. That change was made this year in all the advanced science courses. Miss Wells went over my C plus quiz with me this morning. She was very much amused at me--I was not. I tried to see Miss White in her office hours this morning about the second year of foreign language, but she had a mile of sophomores waiting outside the door, so I did not wait. The major and minor system is new here, starting with '22, and they had to make out cards of sequential study this year and have them approved by the heads of the departments in which they intend to major. I have to read "Les Nouveaux Oberles", five hundred pages, over the week-end. She told us our exam was going to be much more definite than the one at mid-years. I prefer the vague variety. She also told me that she is going to teach at Berkeley next year, and then go back to France the following year. It's a good way of seeing the country all right. The Vassarion is out. It is very good, but it ought to be for $2.50. It says Miss Kitchel graduated from Smith in 1903, but they must mean 1913. I wrote a good theme for her today, at least I thought it was. I hope she will agree. It was just about the longest I have written this year. It was on "Changing Winds". It took long enough to be good. We have a math quiz next Wednesday. I did not send any laundry yesterday. There was not enough to make it necessary to send it; besides which, I forgot it.I made some interesting discoveries in Jewish research in the Vassarion yesterday. Eleanor Gottheil, former member of 1920, was on Sophomore Party Committee and chairman of Sophomore Tree committee, so I guess once in a while a Jewish girl does do something here outside of hobnobbing with her coreligionists. Also, Mrs. Charles Heimerdinger of Lake Tahoe Fame was a former member of 1919. Our Republican Convention in Students' night before last was more or less of a joke. Hoover got the nomination. Prexy was elected for the dark horse. (Dark is the word, is it not?) Ruth Franklin read the Republican platform, which was also more or less of a joke. She did it with the elocution of al[sic] loyal follower of the H. U. C., with true rabbinical mournful intonation. She might just as well have been her father spouting that long prayer that he pulled off for the New Year two years ago. The ten minutes are up. Bess will be waiting. Love, Fannie Search me for the date, but it is the fay before Friday when I have English Speech. Keep cool, Pete.THE SONG THAT WON THE CUP FOR '21 There are some who always make a fuss Because to chapel they must go, And who think it very childish That they should be treated so. But I have seen these very ones On a lively Sprint from Main, And 'though the ushers shut them out They still complain! Oh yes, they still complain! There are some who always make a fuss Because they must be in by ten, And who think it very childish Such a rule should hamper them. But I have seen these very ones On a midnight fire-drill bent, And 'though they're outdoors after ten They're not content! Oh no, they're not content! There are some who always make a fuss Because they cannot go to ride In autos outside college grounds- Or even just inside! But I have seen these very ones Ride in taxis from a train, And 'though they auto be content, They still complain! Oh yes, they still complain! Words by A Goss, '21. Music by I. Grimes, '21.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-02-10
Text: [Addressed to Hotel Tiaymole] February 10, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am sorry that I did not get time to write before, but I had to hurry to get to lab. I had four classes this morning, and was exceedingly rushed at noon. I had my lab schedule changed. I had intended to do so, even before you told me to, Father. I was just waiting to see who was the lab instructor at the various times, so as to know what I wanted before I asked for it. I have it fifth and sixth Mondays and...
Show more[Addressed to Hotel Tiaymole] February 10, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am sorry that I did not get time to write before, but I had to hurry to get to lab. I had four classes this morning, and was exceedingly rushed at noon. I had my lab schedule changed. I had intended to do so, even before you told me to, Father. I was just waiting to see who was the lab instructor at the various times, so as to know what I wanted before I asked for it. I have it fifth and sixth Mondays and Thursdays, and first and second Wednesdays. You can get more done in two three hour periods but it is far too tiring. I will send you my schedule when you get home, Mother. I am sorry you were worried about my arrival. you realize, don't you, that the messenger room is closed after ten and that is therefore impossible to telegraph that night? I am very sorry you were uneasy. I tried out for debate yesterday afternoon for the first time. I consider that I was second best of those six, and at that Marian Cahill wasn't as much better than I was as I had expected her to be. I worked about six hours prior to the tryouts. I was first affirmative speaker yesterday, and my particular job was to give a sketch of restrictive legislation, in addition to an introduction of the subject and definition of terms. It was quite a lot of fun. The reading is very interesting, but there is such an indefinite supply of it that it is quite a shock turning away so suddenly from intercollegiate athletics, where no brain work was needed in reading. I am up again for eight-thirty Saturday morning and am checked to organize the negative team. Everybody gets three tryouts, and then the elimination starts. I am against some pretty live opponents, seniors who have had courses in labor problems, charities, and what not. Incidentally, the subject is, "Resolved that the United States Should Further Restrict European Immigration". But further is meant legislation in addition to present laws, excluding bills now before Congress. If every debate is like yesterday's, the Jews will not lack being mentioned. They have on reference in the debate room a letter from one of the secretaries of the National Council of Jewish Women, informing them that if the ships were available and the two governments would allow it, every one of the three million Jews in Poland would sail tomorrow for America. Marks came out yesterday afternoon during the debate. The committee went over to Main after our mian speeches and collected everybody's marks. I have never seen such wild excitement and impatient waiting on the part of everyone as the twenty-four hours before they came out. There were about ten rumors that each time they would be out in an hour. I decided that I wasnot going to lose my chances, perhpas, of making debate, because of the excitement and possible disappointment of looking at my marks. I was not at all sure of what I was going to get. So I quietly put the envelope into my notebook until my rebuttal speech was over. Everybody expressed great astonishment over my self-control and coaxed me to open them. So you see, Mother, marks worry me and interest me far less than they do some people. Marian Cahill almost went luny when she opened hers, she was as excited as a five year old kid. She got four A's and a B, so I hardly wonder. Don't expect too much. English Speech C--what everybody else gets Chemistry C Romance B Economics D American HistoryA Spanish A Now for comments. English Speech satisfies me perfectly. They hand that grade out as though it were the only one in existence. I should have liked B in chem, but considering how it worried me, and considering the fact that for two months I did all in my power to impress Proffessor Moulton, Mr. Kilpatrick, and Miss Landon with my stupidity and constatntly call their attention to the fact, I ought to be satisfied. There is a lot in the game of bluff, and I lost my chances this time, but I also learned a lesson which I hope to apply in the future. Romance was what I expected. You have to have unuslal[sic] ability in writing and a lot of background in reading to get A. Ec, I imagine, was on the verge of A. I also imagine that my exam pulled me down, inasmuch as I got the first question wrong. Many in our class expressed astonishment at the fact that I got B instead of A. There were very few A's. Spanish was as I expected, before the exam. There were only two A's in all baby Spanish, seven classes. History means absolutely nothing. I thoroughly believe what Miss Salmon said, that marks have no meaning to her. She doled out A's as though they were so many toys and as though she appreciated their value about as much as heiroglyphic. Excuse spelling, I seem to be speeding up too much. Several of us counted up eleven A's in the class! Maybe we are an exceptionally brainy class, I don't know! So there I am. I don't seem to have varied much from my Freshman marks. Pete, please don't be peeved or think me too stupid. When i am ell again, I'll shine a la M. L. A. Not feeling well is a handicap--take my word for it.Helen Reid got exactly the same marks as I did, in different subjects. Helen Hertz got two B's and three C's. She is still marvelling over the fact that Pap White passed her in Math. She would not believe me when i told her that he never flunks anyone whose name comes in the middle of the alphabet. Ruth Bransten is just above grad, if she had been thee points lower she could not have had her part in second hall. There is no particular use in telling about the marks of everyone in college. One more may interest you, Phyllis H.-- two A's, a B, and two C's. I will have to look to see what the phone number is, Mother. Instead of working tonight, I am going to hear Percy Grainger. I expect to spend all tomorrow afternoon working on debate. Either make it, or bust, you know. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1922-11-26]
Text: November 26, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: There is nothing new to report outside of a delicious sleep till amost[sic] ten this morning this morning, and a long walk before lunch. At present I am interrupting the reading of Hamlet" for Drama to write to you. Elizabeth left for home last night--she got special permission to take her extra days before Thanksgiving because she was invited to a wedding! Absolutely nothing to tell you. Oh, yes--I get my famous re-sitting tomorrow, in...
Show moreNovember 26, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: There is nothing new to report outside of a delicious sleep till amost[sic] ten this morning this morning, and a long walk before lunch. At present I am interrupting the reading of Hamlet" for Drama to write to you. Elizabeth left for home last night--she got special permission to take her extra days before Thanksgiving because she was invited to a wedding! Absolutely nothing to tell you. Oh, yes--I get my famous re-sitting tomorrow, in honor of which I had a shampoo yesterday. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: [1923-03-12]
Text: [Addressed to Hotel Traymore 12 Apr 1923] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I was glad to talk to you last night, Father, but you certainly did have on your polite, smooth, and agreeable tone. What was up? As the plans now stand, i leave on the 5:08 tomorrow, and meet the others to take the eight oclock to Philadelphia, stay with Florence Clothier, one of the debaters. Had a special from M. W. today. She will call for me Sunday morning. I suppose I can come back with some of the others, Mother,...
Show more[Addressed to Hotel Traymore 12 Apr 1923] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I was glad to talk to you last night, Father, but you certainly did have on your polite, smooth, and agreeable tone. What was up? As the plans now stand, i leave on the 5:08 tomorrow, and meet the others to take the eight oclock to Philadelphia, stay with Florence Clothier, one of the debaters. Had a special from M. W. today. She will call for me Sunday morning. I suppose I can come back with some of the others, Mother, but I would just as soon not, as I am taking along some plays to read on the train. It would be foolish to stay here over the week-end, as I have worked like a dog all week. and would have to let up here, even if I staid. I shall read these plays on the train, so very little time will be lost. We had a fire-drill last night, late. In consequence I'm sore at the world today. Spent the entire morning, four hours, reading debate. The more I read the more strongly I become convinced that prohibition is a good thing. Most of the material repeats everything else, so I think I have done most of the necessary reading now. Love, Fannie Please return enclosed letter, Pete.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1922-10-16
Text: October 16, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: There aint nothin new today neither, except that I have a headache. I always get one when we have a written, as I did in Ec just now. It certainly was dumb. I was indignant at being thus bored for fifty minutes. Lucy has not yet wired what time she will arrive, in spite of the fact that she said on the phone yesterday morning that she would look up the trains and wire me immediately. I get in a pretty good day's work yesterday. Love, Fannie

Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1-May
Text: Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I just came back from the song contest--I suppose I'll be sorry tomorrow that I went, but it is such a glorious day and the holiday spirit is in the air, and I went--that is my only excuse. It certainly was great. Each class grouped on the steps of Studentss and sang their songs. Every class sang the Alma Mater, their favorite college songs, and for the third song an original song. The senior song was very serious, ours and the junior one were funny. The...
Show moreDear Mother, Father, and Pete: I just came back from the song contest--I suppose I'll be sorry tomorrow that I went, but it is such a glorious day and the holiday spirit is in the air, and I went--that is my only excuse. It certainly was great. Each class grouped on the steps of Studentss and sang their songs. Every class sang the Alma Mater, their favorite college songs, and for the third song an original song. The senior song was very serious, ours and the junior one were funny. The seniors were awarded the banner, and the juniors the cup. Then there was much cheering, and some more singing. Then the whole college went to the Juniors' tree, and cheered some more. It is remarkable the fun you get out of exercising your lungs. The ball-game is at two this afternoon. I'll go early so as to get a sear. I did not know till yesterday that the men of the faculty play. It must be a circus. Mr. Jackson was here last night, and Helen asked me to come to their party at the Inn, as I believe I wrote yesterday. But the weather was bad, and I felt accordingly, so I was afraid to risk it. I hope Helen was not sore. I am sure I have written at least twice that the date of Third Hall is Saturday, May eighth. The Phil prize plays are tomorrow night. Mother, was the big fiftieth anniversary celebration on Founder's Day? I was wishing you were here today. I do hope you come next week. I have been looking forward to it, anyhow. And still I live at Metcalf. I wish this fool thing would get better soon. I suppose I won't be able to enjoy your Commencemtn[sic] either. Love [F] May 1.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1923-05-02]
Text: [postmarked 2 May 1923?] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I guess the lady from Simmonds is coming for Third Hall, Pete. I shall see to it that I meet her. Wish you could see the gala event, too, although as far as the play goes, you will see it repated[sic] at Commencement. Paid a deposit yesterday on the house, so it is yours for sure. Amawaiting your answer, Mother, about keeping one room or two for Lucy at Mullaly's before cancelling them. Plase find out immediately if you have not...
Show more[postmarked 2 May 1923?] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I guess the lady from Simmonds is coming for Third Hall, Pete. I shall see to it that I meet her. Wish you could see the gala event, too, although as far as the play goes, you will see it repated[sic] at Commencement. Paid a deposit yesterday on the house, so it is yours for sure. Amawaiting your answer, Mother, about keeping one room or two for Lucy at Mullaly's before cancelling them. Plase find out immediately if you have not already done so. The class day dress is very nice, Mother. Am hoping to competely[sic] finish my history topic this afternoon. it is vast, if nothing else. Millsy said yesterday our Seminar topics don't have to be in till exams start. That is quite a relief. In all other courses long topics have to be in a week before the last meeting of the course. This leniency on his part will help a lot, and I won't be rushed to distraction. In fact, I could finish it after my exams if I wanted to, but I wanted to have that week to play. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1922-11-01
Text: [Addressed to Hotel Traymore] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am out of the Infirmary at last, and I hope for good. I had to promise to come back and go to bed before dinner tonight--I suppose to insure not being out in the night air. My throat is better--it surely was sore for a few days, though. The cold in my head is much better now, too. I feel rather weak. I had classes all morning this morning. I shall take a nap now. I put a call for you after lunch because I thought you might be...
Show more[Addressed to Hotel Traymore] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am out of the Infirmary at last, and I hope for good. I had to promise to come back and go to bed before dinner tonight--I suppose to insure not being out in the night air. My throat is better--it surely was sore for a few days, though. The cold in my head is much better now, too. I feel rather weak. I had classes all morning this morning. I shall take a nap now. I put a call for you after lunch because I thought you might be relieved to hear that I am feeling all right again, but they could not get hold or you. They said they had to page you, and that is as far as I got. I waited until 1:45 and could not wait any longer. Nothing new to tell you. Marse writes that Mr. Consumptive is engaged. Love, Fannie November 1.Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Aaron, Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City, N. J.142 Main Hall vassar college Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 2/9/20
Text: February 9, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The one nice thing about the washout north of you, Mother, is that I got four letters from you this morning. I gave the maid her Christmas present after I came back, Mother, and the janitor has never been around that I have noticed--besides which, there is no occasion for that. I do not need a check yet. I have over a hundred dollars left, but don't you have to pay the second semester bill? I did not send the books, Pete, because I did...
Show moreFebruary 9, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The one nice thing about the washout north of you, Mother, is that I got four letters from you this morning. I gave the maid her Christmas present after I came back, Mother, and the janitor has never been around that I have noticed--besides which, there is no occasion for that. I do not need a check yet. I have over a hundred dollars left, but don't you have to pay the second semester bill? I did not send the books, Pete, because I did not think it safe to send them in a smashed case. I'll send them Wednesday. It will be time enough for the bulfinch to send it with the laundry. I was fully intending to go to town to buy a telescope Saturday when I met Lucy and she volunteered to have her Mother have their store send me one like hers--she has used hers for several years and it has not broken. It will be sent to the house. The ones Luckey's have are not a bit solid. It ought to be there in time for the next laundry. I finally found Miss Bourne at home last night, and she certainly was nice to me. She said that she had not realized that I wanted to change so thatI would not be so rushed up here the end of the week, that certainly it was a shame to have to miss all the college activities up here, etc., that it was not so very important whether or not I take prose, inasmuch as I have a solid foundation anyhow, and I should come in the morning class. She will give me the prose sentences when the other class have them, and if I have time and feel like doing them she will correct them, but I must not let myself do too much work. She said that she could tell from the little she knew of me that "I was inclined to take life rather seriously" anyway. So she was rubbed the right way. I am glad I changed both for the hour and for the fact that I think any additional prose is useless. She said she had hoped that I would continue Latin next year, that I gave a promise of doing very clear-headed and logical work, in advanced prose, for instance. I am not heading for a job as a high school Latin teacher, but I politely told her that I did not see my way clear to it, that there was so much to take, and that I did want to get Greek in. She was nice as it lies in her power to be. I recited with the morning section this morning. They are quite stupid. Miss Kitchel did not appear this morning and after thee minutes from the time of the bell had passes, the class left. Have you and such regulation that you have to wait for five minutes for a prof, four for an assistant prof, and three for an instructor, and then if he she or it does not appear, you get a cut. I am still quite messed up in this system of having no textbooks in solid geometry.Champy discussed marks with us this morning. She informed us that my B was a very, very, high B, in fact almost an A. Bless her fool heart, what good does she thinks it did the class to hear that. She stopped me on my way out of class to tell me how long she had hesitated before giving me a B instead of an A. She said she was about to give me an A when she was told that an A had to mean almost perfect, and then she decided that inasmuch as this was her first year here she had better not give an A, but if she had been giving A's, I certainly would have received one, and she did hope I would get one this semester. Poor fool! I believe in the closed mark system. What did you say, Mother? I spent about an hour and a half last night practicing the tryout parts for "the fellow who blacks the bootlack's boots". That is about how important I will be if I make the part. Helen Reid is trying for the Duke. I do hope she makes it. She had the main part in three plays at Packer last year. I worked for over an hour on Ruth Franklin's stuff last night. I have to finish it up today. I called on Bess yesterday. A Pittsburgh girl, and advisee of hers from last year, Janet Trimball, brought her mother, and we had to suffer over her tea-cups again. This old lady started hopping off on the question of teachers' salaries. She did think that some of the millionaires in Pittsburgh ought to pitch in and help those poor people out. She was very amusing. And then when she started off on what a shame it is that some women are so fat I began to think of your yarns about kidding Mrs. Cowley and I was glad that I had a tea-cup to keep my facial expression busy with. It is much warmer now, but the crust of the snow is still so solid that it holds even my weight without caving in. The paths on the walk are very narrow, and we have to trail to classes single file. Love, [Fannie] Did Harold ever make those pictures for me? There are three girls left in Phyllis' off-campus house. She is not so crazy about it anymore.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1923-02-26]
Text: [postmarked 26 Feb 1923] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The debate squads are announced. 37 people tried out, not including myself. Debate has come up in the world! I tried ouot so successfully, [in the ??firm] that I am on both the league team and the team for the Penn and Williams debate. I am the only one who is on both. The league debate is on gov't ownership and control of the Coal Mines. I haven't read a word yet and am up for fractice for tomorrow afternoon. We are only...
Show more[postmarked 26 Feb 1923] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The debate squads are announced. 37 people tried out, not including myself. Debate has come up in the world! I tried ouot so successfully, [in the ??firm] that I am on both the league team and the team for the Penn and Williams debate. I am the only one who is on both. The league debate is on gov't ownership and control of the Coal Mines. I haven't read a word yet and am up for fractice for tomorrow afternoon. We are only going to have six practices, thank goodness. Not having read a word I know which side I want--negative, because it goes to Smith. I want to go away. Wellesley comes here. The Penn and Williams debates, in April, are on prohibition. From now on, particularly till Friday, my letters will be brief, as I must do some debate reading and also must do a lot of Ec Sem before Friday when i report. I spent the entire day writing my drama makeup paper. That is a terrible course to get behind in. I just finished it--seven hours. Father, I asked the girl about your endow-ment fund check. She received it all right, but said they are very slow about depositing them in the New York office, where all ours are sent.If anyone has any dope on the coal mines, kindly speak up, from now until March 17. I made out this schedule to send to you before I went to the Infirm. I also made out one for myself to live on from tomorrow till Friday. It is the only effecient way of getting my work done. The pneumonia girl is getting better, Mother. I felt quite pepless this morning, but felt fine this afternoon, and didn't have to take a nap at all. I am going to bed at nine tonight. I also went for a short walk, and it didn't tire me as much as yesterday. My cold is practically gone. I forgot to mention that six of the debaters are seniors. Last year one was! You know [what subject] you will hear from now on, so you might just as well make the best of it! I will need a white sweater for the debate. I wrote to Marse to ask him if he will be in N. Y. at his factory in the near future. If not, could you see if they have any nice ones when you are in Horne's or McCreery's, Mother,wherever you get yours? I'd like a tuxedo that buttons down the front, and nice soft wool if possible. Otherwise, i slipover, if that can't be gotten. It must be all white. Don't go specially, and ask [???] fist if he can get it, or is going to. And if it's any trouble at all I can go to an exhibit and order one, probably. I borrowed Jane's last year, but I prefer not to borrow. [RSVP]Did you read the [demo] article in the Mag section of the Times on VC?
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-04-06
Text: Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I wired you this morning as soon as I got back to college. I hope you received them promptly. Well, that was some rickety train. It was very dusty and warm until about ten at night and it rolled worse than any steamer I have ever been on. It the station in Buffalo, where we sojourned for about two hours, we were transferred from car to car about ten times--I mean our car was connected up with other cars--until I thought we would have our insides jolted out. I...
Show moreDear Mother, Father, and Pete: I wired you this morning as soon as I got back to college. I hope you received them promptly. Well, that was some rickety train. It was very dusty and warm until about ten at night and it rolled worse than any steamer I have ever been on. It the station in Buffalo, where we sojourned for about two hours, we were transferred from car to car about ten times--I mean our car was connected up with other cars--until I thought we would have our insides jolted out. I did not sleep at all until toward morning, and then woke up suddenly at five minutes to six to discover that the porter had not called us. We were over a half hour late--we had exactly two minutes to make connections in Albany. The sandwiches came in handy. We had breakfast in the station. I had counted on sleeping all afternoon, for I surely need it, but just discovered that there is a debate practice tonight. They Lafyayette team has been picked. The speakers are Clara Cheney, Helen Gratz, and Marian Cahill. Clae Williams is first alternate, Mary Magennis and I are the other two. I am quite satisfied with myself, to say the least. Frances Kellogg and Margaret Ray of the former speaking teams, were apparently dropped completely. Clara Cheney will probably not be able to debate. You remember she was called home the night she came back from Wellesly because of her mother's illness. I just heard that she died last Monday. I hope you realize that I am one of the six out of the twelve. It is an honor, etc. but I guess it means no rest or make-up work for another little while. Love, Fannie April 6, 1921
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-04-22
Text: April 22, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I spent an hour studying chemisty this morning when I might have been doing history, but I didn't know what we weren't going to have quiz, so I could not help it. My intentions of making up all, or at least, most of my back work, this week-end are good. I hope I stick to them. I am going to play tennis this afternoon for the first time. I won't play long or hard, and I'll see how it goes. The doctor said I could, when I was...
Show moreApril 22, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I spent an hour studying chemisty this morning when I might have been doing history, but I didn't know what we weren't going to have quiz, so I could not help it. My intentions of making up all, or at least, most of my back work, this week-end are good. I hope I stick to them. I am going to play tennis this afternoon for the first time. I won't play long or hard, and I'll see how it goes. The doctor said I could, when I was home. I spent three and a half hours in lab yesterday afternoon and three quarters of an hour this morning. My poor old unknown is causing me a lot of difficulty, owing to my having the intelligence to throw away a filtrate last week that I discovered later I should have kept. Kilpat got quite human this morning in lab, and started on a long dissertation on the value of not having a course like the one I am taking. He can be all right when he is not so haughty and conceited. The day of his shining is approaching, Founder's Day baseball game, and I guess he is feeling good over the prospect. I spent an hour last night writing a long-owed letter to Mlle. Douteau. Don't forget to write the interesting letter you said you would, Pete. Are you going to go out to the "old school-house"? I bet if you do, you will enjoy it as much as I did. Go to it--it is a nice feeling to be appreciated, and you will get that out there. Every dormitory on campus had a fire-drill last night, just in time to see the eclipse of the moon. If that isn't education carried to the nth degree, I would like to know what is. Love, Fannie Please answer my note yesterday's letter as soon as possible, Mother.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-04-19
Text: April 19, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The most interesting thing I have to report is that I slept three hours yesterday afternoon and a good long night, and as a result am yawning my head off today. But if I get a few more long nights, I think I will be rested. I am still getting dope on courses for next year. The Spanish course is not exclusively novel. It is drama also, and goes back to the beginning of the nineteenth century. That helps matters a little. However, I am still...
Show moreApril 19, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The most interesting thing I have to report is that I slept three hours yesterday afternoon and a good long night, and as a result am yawning my head off today. But if I get a few more long nights, I think I will be rested. I am still getting dope on courses for next year. The Spanish course is not exclusively novel. It is drama also, and goes back to the beginning of the nineteenth century. That helps matters a little. However, I am still undecided. Miss Smith came up to see me last night. She was very nice. She expressed her satisfaction over my staying in her shall next year. I am going to spend the afternoon on history. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-10-16
Text: October 16, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I can't quite make out the conundrum of getting a five pound box of Reymer's assorted best candy with your card in it, Mother, addressed to me and sent from Woodmere. The only think I could think of was that you sent it to Aunt Bessie for New Year's and that they didn't want it and sent it to to me. At any rate my friends were enjoying it last night. What is the big idea? You have been asking me how I have been feeling. I...
Show moreOctober 16, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I can't quite make out the conundrum of getting a five pound box of Reymer's assorted best candy with your card in it, Mother, addressed to me and sent from Woodmere. The only think I could think of was that you sent it to Aunt Bessie for New Year's and that they didn't want it and sent it to to me. At any rate my friends were enjoying it last night. What is the big idea? You have been asking me how I have been feeling. I hate to think that my mind is so easily influenced that what a doctor says can make me feel better, but after I had been back a few days I began to feel much better than I have felt at college for two years. I think it probably is that I was better this summer than I thought I was but had nothing to compare the way I felt with, whereas this year I can compare things to last year. At any rate, it is a wonderful satisfaction. However, I have had a cold for almost a week now. It started out by waking up on Tuesday minus my voice, and by degress it went to my head and chest. The cold medicine didn't do any good. I gave it a fresh-air cure Thursday and Friday, but that didn't help any, so yesterday I went to the doctor, I mean the day before yesterday. She painted my nose and throat and gave me some medicine. Yesterday it was in my ears and throat, so I stayed in bed all day and staid warm. It is much better today, just an ordinary cold, so I am no longer worried about it. I am only one of the five hundred others in college who have colds. It is pretty hard to escape a cold epidemic around here. Anyhow, I think I would rather have that than what fifty people in Lathrop got as a result of the salad they had one dinner, bad tomaine poisoning. I was afraid it would turn into group, and that is why I took such good care of myself yesterday. I haven't had any fever, so i guess it isn't that. The bad part of it is all over, so don't worry. When you get this letter, it will be all over. Unless I am much better tomorrow, I will have to default. I am afriad to risk rushing out to the links and getting overheated. Your long letter was certainly interesting, Pete. I hope you didn't read Dave about the German and the Russian congregations. You don't have to bicker with me for a month about the games. If you had concentrated your information into one letter you wouldn't have had to bicker at all. I shall be charmed to go to the Princeton game with you. Interclass debate isthe fifteenth. The subject was announced yesterday, "Resolved that Freshman Requirements Should be Modified". I am not thrilled by its interest, but it is good practice for intercollegiate, so I think i shall try out. I rather imagineI will make it. Therefore I cannot leave college that week-end. It stands as follows, therefore: I shall be pleased to fo to the game with you November eightth[sic], but cannot leave college November fifteenth. I hope that it is explicit enough. As to the fact that Maggie, I judge it was Maggine, accepted so readily may I venture to suggest that if you would like to take her down to Princeton too, you may do so. I would gladly sacrifice myself for her sake! Don't do anything for a humble sister out of a sense of duty. I hate to be the object of charity. Speaking of charity, I got the subscription pledge for the H. U. C. dormitory fund. How much should I give--$10? R. S. V. P. Also, don't forget to answer about the endowment fund. I know that I didn't send my laundry for two weeks, but I am running close on handkercheifs and think it would be wise if you would send the dozen that Cousin Pauline gave me, Mother. I left them in the box next to my bed when I went away. you can send them in the laundry. I am going to make you happy this evening and take Eleanor Wolf out for a walk and then to the Waffle Shop for supper. That is the next best attention to Mohonk, I guess. Those who went yesterday certainly had a perfect day. I guess that will be enough for today. Love, Fannie Jane Rothschild almost over came me with attention yesterday She went off campus and brought me some food in the middle of the afternoon, and when I thoughtlessly remarked that I had starved myself all day and was fiendishly hungry.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1922-01-29
Text: January 29, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I certainly owe you an apology for the lack of letters, but I have had a terrible rush. However, I will answer all the accumulated questions and make up by writing a lengthy letter now. Thanks for your good wished, Pete, that I should hit the exams cold. I think they hit me cold, instead. I decided that I always study as much, so this year, I didn't really start till Thursday. But then it didn't change matters any, because I succeeded...
Show moreJanuary 29, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I certainly owe you an apology for the lack of letters, but I have had a terrible rush. However, I will answer all the accumulated questions and make up by writing a lengthy letter now. Thanks for your good wished, Pete, that I should hit the exams cold. I think they hit me cold, instead. I decided that I always study as much, so this year, I didn't really start till Thursday. But then it didn't change matters any, because I succeeded in getting myself panic-y, by merely seeing others studying a lot more. I studied about six hours for Socialism, six for Psych, and a few here and there for J. I'll send you the exams. Please send them to Psych was very easy, much easier than the one given last year; J was merely an essay that required an unusual amout of thinking and cencentration; and Socialism was moderately hard, at least I messed it up considerably and did not leave enough time for the last question. I couldn't say in seven minutes very satisfactorily why I am not a Socialist. Is Elisabeth coming back for good or just so that you can go away? I think you might as well send the white dress in the laundry if you think it is safe to do so. I plan to go away Prom weekend, as I don't want to stay up here and not go. But I might want the dress and it will be of more use to me up here than at home. Send a dress-slip along with it, so that I can put it away all right. I don't know what you said I didn't answer about the trains. I wrote to you that I would leave here on the five-thirty, getting in at seven-thirty. My exam is not over until four-thirty. There is also a six-fifty-four that gets in at eight-forty-five. I am glad you are planning to take a day-trip instead of tiring yourself out on the sleeper. I think I heard Mr. Ratcliffe here last year on India. At least I am quite sure that he spoke here and that I wanted to go, and if I didn't it must have been because of some conflicting engagement or class. The faculty play last night, or plays, to be exact, were excellent. It certainly is a circus to see faculty come off their dignity. And Prexie as the hero of a musical comedy was perfect. Miss Cowley was also very good. Send Pete the programs, then return. My Peabody class-mate was elected class secretary the other day, not withstanding my vote for her opponents. Jane and I spared ourselves a port dinner this noon and went to the Inn. Pork and onions are too much for me, particularly when i am very hungry as a result of sleeping through dinner. I slept till a quarter to ten, and went to chapel. The Rev. Charles Jefferson was anything but interesting. [Love, Fannie (??? ??? ???)]Metcalf was not all that it might have been. Dr. T. lives there, you know, only she was away when I was there Freshman year. She has a voice that would arouse the dead, and she seemed to be talking all the time. And they gave me regular campus food this time, so I guess I did not find what I expected. But I was away from the howling excited mob during the three exams, and that is something. Dr. T. told me if I was leaving Saturday I had to pull out in the morning, as they wanted to give the room to someone. So I was there three nights and two days. I did put in some good sleeping. Your Lehman-May information certainly did amaze me, although when Helen heard the dope from home, she led me to wonder why Mrs. L. didn't turn her steps toward Reno a long time ago. But still I can't hand Mr. May anything. He must be bult of stone. One used to hear about the sacredness and beauty of the Jewish home. What was the Dr Sanes note about--a check for the operation, or what? Thank you for expressing the sled. There is skating, but the ice has been very choppy. Besides which, I am a much more proficient coaster than skater. My ankles are terrible. We want walking in the snow-storm after the psych exam yesterday. It was marvelous. Jeannette invited me for exam-week-end. Don't you think we ought to have her for dinner something the week-end, Mother? You asked for the occasion of Pauline's visit. They were coming to New York on the way home, and decided that they would like to visit Helen. So they wired her, and she wired not to come after Wednesday, on account of exams. They came Wednesday after-noon and staid till Thursday noon. She had three exams before Saturday noon! They certainly are a bright couple! He made a better impression on me than he ever did before, but even that is a very indirect compliment. He has the funniest idea of humor that I ever saw, and Paulne certainly has no intellectual aspirations. She didn't see why we should study for exams--"You should worry about exams"--as though things like that weren't worth bothering about. I felt like telling her that in the absence of a husband to occupy my attention, I considered my courses worth some thought, but I refrained, and wisely concluded to myself that she can have her ideas of what is worth while and I will keep mine. She started telling me about Ruth's wedding. She said, "I'll tell you, it wasn't the way a wedding should be--it was awfully quiet, and there was hardly any liquor"! So I guess hers was quite "the way a wedding should be"--by her standard of judgment. I think I have answered all your questions. Helen wired her mother yesterday becasuse she had not written for quite a while, and told her to call you up. I thought you might be worried because I had been writing cards for so long. In addition to studying very hard I did not have my typewriter in Metcalf and did not have time to write letters by hand. I know now why I hate exams so--I am so lazy that the thought of writing hard for two hours by hand just appals me. If I could only take my little Coronai.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-11-17
Text: November 17 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Classes were unusually interesting today. There was a hot and heavy fight on in socialism class this morning between Millsy and some of the "Vassar radicals" which newspapers, I mean--whom--newspapers enjoy featuring so much. I have to study most of the evening for a Zo written. The latest is that the last train we can take from New York Sunday night is the 6:35. Outside of a shampoo this afternoon I have nothing of interest to report....
Show moreNovember 17 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Classes were unusually interesting today. There was a hot and heavy fight on in socialism class this morning between Millsy and some of the "Vassar radicals" which newspapers, I mean--whom--newspapers enjoy featuring so much. I have to study most of the evening for a Zo written. The latest is that the last train we can take from New York Sunday night is the 6:35. Outside of a shampoo this afternoon I have nothing of interest to report. Miss Ballantine sent for me yesterday to assign me to a special gym class. Those in it can stop and rest whenever they are tired. I think that is a very good way to start. She also told me that she had noticed I played in the golf tournament, and expressed her regret at not being able to hear the debate. She says she never misses the unless she is out of town. Love, Fannie[Enc w/ 17 Nov 1921] Dear Mother; I just came from a "Sale" meeting. Polly Curtiss, chairman of the division that I am in, had told me to give about eight dollars' worth of stuff if I could, so i thought giving twenty-five dollars' worth of socks would be quite doing my duty, but she did not seem to think so. She said most people were giving about five articles and making some of them themselves and wanted to know if I couldn't knit something. I know that nothing I could knit would be wonderful enough looking to be sold, because a college community is strong for "good-looking" things. So would you please have Rauhs' send some handkerchiefs and good neck-ties, (not too bright and not knitted), and spend ten or fifteen dollars more. You wanted me to pledge more to the fund than I did anyhow, so you might as well give the money in this form. The last thing on earth I would want to do would be to appear stingy, particularly in a think involving college spirit. If they don't have ties, send all the rest in handkerchiefs. They want handkerchiefs anyhow. They think they have enough socks. I was so mad--if she had told me in the first place she wanted more stuff I certainly should have given more. But I don't enjoy going to a meeting and being told that most people are giving more articles. The trouble wih her is that she counts one pair of socks as a unit, one article, and twelve pairs of socks as a unit, one article, also. Also, I got a letter from Aunt Hattie today. It was very breif, but contained the snappy statement, 'It is too bad you don't feel peppy enough to spend your vacation with young people. I had my best times in school and college vacations". I hope you are not misunderstanding about Thanksgiving. i am tired, but not to the point of thinking the trip to Wellesley would hurt me or tire me out. In fact, I am sure that I would enjoy it very much. But from the minute I heard you would be in Atlantic, I stopped even considering it. I must admite that I am very anxious to see Father, just as anxious as I was to see you Spring vacation last year, and I think I know that he is baby enough about us to be looking forward to having me there--particularly as he has not been able to anything for so long and will enjoy the diversion of my foolishness I had to exert all my self-control more than once since he has been sick not to take a week-end and two days to come home and see him. In addition to my wanting to see him, I would feel anything but fair about going to Wellesley. I should imagine that he wants me for those few days. If you are telling me to come to Atlantic merely for the sake of giving me a rest and if you really don't care much about my coming, I will certainly go to Wellesley. Sometimes Aunt Hattie's "short-snappy statements" get my goat, and this is one of the times that they have. The point of this letter is this--I would like an absolutely frank statement from you about your desire and Father's as to what I should do. I spent a half hour looking up trains. The train-man at the station was right in his information. I can't remember to save my neck how to go when one changes in Philadelphia. I did get this information--that there is no train i can get that stops at North Philadelphia after I get down to New York on the 3:50 special, getting in at 5:50. The only thing I can do is to try to make the 6:00 to Broad Street, getting in at 8:00, and catch the reading (how you do it from one station to the other, I don't know) at 8:30 and get in to A. C. at9:45. If I miss the 8 oclock, there is nothing doing for Atlantic anymore. At least, the official in the Messenger Room checked me up on my information and said I was right. That information sort of discourages my trip to Atlantic. I will probably have to leave Sunday morning, as the last train from N. Y. Sunday evening we are allowed to take leaves at 6:35. Boston would be a lot better as far as time is concerned. But that is not to the point. I hope to hear soon from Uncle Ike. I am inclined to think at present that the best thing to do would be to stay with Jeannette over-night and get the first train over in the morning on Thursday. Please answer by special delivery relative to Aunt Hattie's letter, so that I'll know what to do. As a statement of opinion of hers, it doesn't interest me, but if it is your opinion, it does. If it is merely her personal opinion--then I wish she would mind her own business--or Rosenbergs'. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-10-22
Text: October 22, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: My own darling Corona back again! The adjective descriptive of the Corona was used just to peeve you, Pete. My laundry came. Thanks heeps for the golf balls. That is the nicest present you could give me. I hate to spend ready cash buying gold balls! The other two played their match today. I don't know how it came out. I hope Miss Thallon won. I can't stand Jean May. She is conceited enough without winning this. The clippings about...
Show moreOctober 22, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: My own darling Corona back again! The adjective descriptive of the Corona was used just to peeve you, Pete. My laundry came. Thanks heeps for the golf balls. That is the nicest present you could give me. I hate to spend ready cash buying gold balls! The other two played their match today. I don't know how it came out. I hope Miss Thallon won. I can't stand Jean May. She is conceited enough without winning this. The clippings about Phyllis Harman is an outright lie. I wonder if the Harmans put that in the paper. I don't see how they could have the nerve to do it. As a matter of fact, the Enowment Fund Committee Chairman, Katharine Dodge, appointed her in charge of Sales Day", which will be a large sale of every conceivable kind of Christmas presents to be given by members of the our class and to be sold for presents on some day before Christmas vacation. She has charge of the direction of it. That is the sum total of "her brilliant scheme by which she is going to raise the whole quota of 1923". Did you ever hear of worse misrepresentation? I tried out for debate this morning. Her roommate, debate chairman, is away for the week-end, so Phyllis presided. You cannot begin to imagine how she antagonizes me, every time I see her it is worse, and unfortunately this semester I shall have to see a great deal of her. I wish I could get off Speakers' Bureau committee. She told me after tryouts that I shone, but that was only because the others were poor. What annoys me so terribly is that she is such a hypocrite, that last year while I was working on debate and on Speakers' Bureau she never ceased to knock them, to tell me how they bored her, and to say that she wouldn't have anything to do with Speakers' Buteau and that she wouldn't have anything to do with Speakers' Bureau and that she wouldn't try out for debate again on a bet. And yet when the chairmanshop of Speakers Bureau was offered to her and debate committee membership, she did not seem to refuse either one. Enough for that young lady--but I do like honesty. I have a full day ahead of me tomorrow--a long J topic, some French Rev, Socialism, and magazine reading. The last is one of the requirments of all Miss Ellory's courses, a brief statement every Monday in writing of the current periodical reading done during the week. By the way, I read this evening Herbet Adams Gibbons' article in the Century on the Jewish Problem, in which he quotes I. P. It is a very interesting article.I think Dorothea Schidt's letter will interest you, Mother. Please return it. Thank you very much for Miss Hamilton's letter. The paragraph about me pleased me very much. I am so fond of her that I like her to like me, too. I spen[t] the day from noon on on my education. As you may have read, we are having a disarmament conference here today, at which twenty two women's college are represented. There was a luncheon for the delegates in Freshman dining-hall to which only those invited could go. Fortunately I was invited--by a member of the Board of the Political League, the president of the college Socialist Club. See the company I associate with! Beware of the coming Bolshevik! After lunch, where I sat at the same table with Miss Kitchel and Miss Ellory, there were two excellent addresses by Professors Rogers and Warner of Columbia and M. I. T. respectively. The former spoke on the historic basis for disarmament and the latter on practical reasons for it. Both were very good. After that there were three group meetings in Students for purposes of discussion. I chose the one on methods of control of disarmament, presided over by Irene Mott. It was very good. I think i made the best choice, at least the history department picked it, that is, the majority of the department. Miss Elery, as usual, contributed her valuable pit. By far thebest speaking was done by a Bryn Mawr representative, somebody Vincent, who if I remember correctly was Queen of the May there last year. That is supposedly the most beautiful girl in college, and she surely is beautiful. It is not often that one find the combination of first class brains and real beauty. Tonight there is an open meeting in Students' at which addresses will be made by Hamilton Holt and Herbert Adams Gibbons. After that the resolution adopted by the various groups this afternoon will be read and passed upon. Of course I have gotten no studying done today, but it was a day well spent. I was more ignorant on the subject than I should have been for one that is as important as this one is. I had a letter from Aunt Bessie today in which she said that inasmuch as the consume at most a pound of candy a month it seemed a shame to open that box and they therefore decided that I would have more customers for it then they could possibly have and had sent it to me for that reason. She also said that they were going to the Harvard Princeton game and were planning to motor over, leaving Woodmere at about 9 A. M. and taking lunch either on the way or at Princeton. She wanted to know if I cared to go along, as she understood that it was a very enjoyable trip. She also wanted to know "what the boys(meaning, I suppose, you and Harold) were planning to do. She wanted to know if you would care to go along, as they have room for seven in the car. I shall write to her tonight, telling her that I would like to do it, unless you have some other arrangement for me. In the meantime let me hear from you. I shall tell her that I cannot speak for you until I hear from you. I imagine myself that you want to get the Princeton Friday night or early Saturday. Am I right or wrong? The idea of motoring over appeals to me unless there is anything in particular I would miss by not getting there earlier. I am most contrite, Pete, about our various misunderstandings. I thought that from the beginning I indicated to you that I probably would not be able to make the Yale game. At one time, about two weeks ago, you wrote to me that if Margaret could persuade Bill to come back to Boston, she might go to the game. In that case it might be pleasant if I went, too, if my "coming and going could be arranged" (your favorite, and quite vague expression). That, I think you will agree, is none too definite. I never heard Bill's decision and therefore it stands to reason that I did not realize she was going. I hope you will please not blame me entirely, and if possible forget about all the disagreements. They were very unfortunate. I appreciate tremendously your taking me to Princeton, even though debate is the twelfth and I cannot make Yale, probably,anyhow, I certainly did not mean to deprive you of any fun or interfere with your plans in any way. Please write to me that you forgive me for what I did not intentionally do. I never was quite so humble. Please excuse me. I know you were joking about the Mrs. Kaufmann stunt, pulling her tricks, off, Mother. If you ever did anything like that, you and I would have our first disagreement! i think I have something else to say, but I cannot think of it now. Mother says you are a very good patient, Father, Continue to be so. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1923-01-14
Text: January 14, 1923 Dear Mother, Father and Pete: I just said a charm over my Drama Topic. It is all ready to hand in, at 4 P M Sunday and is not due till Tuesday. Pretty good! It is much better than I thought I was going to be, but it took terribly long to write it. And I typed it so well, you wouldn't know I did it! It is thirty single-spaced pages--I suppose it is too long for you to read, Pete! But I paragraphed it very carefully, so that you would have no trouble! There was quite a...
Show moreJanuary 14, 1923 Dear Mother, Father and Pete: I just said a charm over my Drama Topic. It is all ready to hand in, at 4 P M Sunday and is not due till Tuesday. Pretty good! It is much better than I thought I was going to be, but it took terribly long to write it. And I typed it so well, you wouldn't know I did it! It is thirty single-spaced pages--I suppose it is too long for you to read, Pete! But I paragraphed it very carefully, so that you would have no trouble! There was quite a fire in North last night on the third floor. I broke my usual feeling of aloofness to the mob spirit and watched it for a while. North is certainly getting its share this year. The girls clothes were saved, but not a semester topic which she was going to hand in this week! Speaking of topic reminds me that I told Jane I left mine at home, and in my presence a few minutes later she asked another girl for hers, and asked her if she knew whose she could get! I had lunch with her yesterday--off campus. Kindly remember what I told you in the special note the other day, Mother. After the fire I went to hear the famous Tony Sarg talk about his Marionettes. He was most interesting. I am sorry I missed the beginning of his talk. I thought it most amusing at one point when he told about his first attempt to get the marionettes into the movies--he showed his picture to a group of twenty men--he did not know how to put it delicately, but they had all at one time or another been in the "wholesale coak and suit business"! He then proceeded to describe the costume of the one with whom he had to deal--white spats, large black and white shecked suit, cane, bowler, waxed moustache. He ended up the interview by telling Sarg that "he had a hell of a lot of noif". In addition to that his demonstration with one the marionettes, showing how they are manipulated, was most interesting. In the afternoon I went up to Senior Parlor to hear the Heidelberg students speak informally on "conditions" in Germany. Unfortunately he spent most of the time playing the piano for us and showing us some very new-fangled drawings made by a student in the new dancing school that he is hipped about. It is a school of self-expression, and the girl certainly didn't express much to me. But he thinks they are wonderful! I think perhaps it was the girl behind the pictures, and of course I could not appreciate that! Then he talked for a while about conditions in Germany, but very scantily. His English was too poor to understand with ease. I think if he had spoken in German I should have gotten more out of it. There were only six of us there, and from the moment when I supplied the English word for him for a German one that he used and could not think of the English for, he addressed all his remarks to me. It was most embarassing, because several times I had no idea what he was trying to say. One thing, however, caught my ear and stuck in my mind, and that was when he was talking about Alsace-Lorraine, he said "of course, in case of German invasion, it will be absolutely defenseless". It will take more than the treaty of Versaillesto settle it. As he said, "the continent of Europe is really a most complicated thing" But my letters dare not be anything [but] foolish, so I shall desist. The Freshmen accepted the Harvard challenge. Do you know "Mr. Bowers", Pete? Miss Ellery signed my petition to take nine hours in history next semester. I am curious to hear you interesting story, Mother. Don't forget it. I hear Louise has already has her reception. At that rate, she will be married in a few weeks! Hope Harold continues to improve. Your special came today, Mother. They are delivered on Sundays. Also recieved you wire yesterday. Thank you for it. Just at present I feel as though I don't want to see a type writer again for ten years. It is terribly cold and snowing all the time, it seems to me.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-11-19
Text: November 19, 1920 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am going home Tuesday night, Pete. You see I have a drag with the doctor's office here--they have made enough money on me--and they are allowing me to leave a day early. Your second volume on your week-end was exceedingly interesting. I wish I could have had some of your fun. In fact, I have concluded that this existence at college needs a break on an average of once a month. Now I suppose you will immediately conclude that I am...
Show moreNovember 19, 1920 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am going home Tuesday night, Pete. You see I have a drag with the doctor's office here--they have made enough money on me--and they are allowing me to leave a day early. Your second volume on your week-end was exceedingly interesting. I wish I could have had some of your fun. In fact, I have concluded that this existence at college needs a break on an average of once a month. Now I suppose you will immediately conclude that I am homesick. I am not, but I am in a very unfortunate state of boredome-with myself, with people in general, and with my work. I believe that a good remedy is a vacation and diversion. I am told that people get that way every now and then. I had debate tryouts again last night. I think I did quite well and I was very well satisfied with my rebuttal. I had the negative, you know, and it is very hard to rebut for the side to which you are very much opposed. They told us after the debate last night that the chairmen of the two classes had drawn for sides and that the sophomores got the affirmative. That is great. I won't know until tonight whether I am still up or not. If I am, that means the semi-finals, but as I said before, it is the finals that count. I had the pleasure(?) of entertaining Jacob Shapira this morning during the fourth hour while Helen went to a hygiene lecture. he send his best regards to you, Pete. He said he was out to see Robbins N at Peabody not long ago and he wanted to know whether you ever see each other any more. I don't see how Helen can be so far gone on him--I can't see anything to get excited about, or anything manly about him, either. However, that's her business. I had an English Speech conference with Miss Swan this morning. She made me go through a lot of tongue exercises and then told me that if I practiced them conscientiously the result would be quite evident and I would get a better mark than i would be capable of getting if I were to come up for examination now. I assure you, as I assured her, that I didn't give a dark what makr I got as long as not I passed the old stuff. We are going to have what Miss Salmon calls a "pleasant conversation on paper" next Tuesday. Goodness only knows what she can ask us--no two of us have done the same work. She is the one who has the reputation of never giving writtens--I maintain that she is too far on in life to change her ways. I thoroughly disapprove. Our grand and glorious mid-semester in Ec comes next Monday. I am looking forward to it with keen dis-anticipation. I am going down to the station to get my berth reservation this afternoon.I am going to celebrate after Thanksgiving and get some new carbon paper, Pete. I don't think you would object, would you? I don't know anything else to tell you, inasmuch as I feel awfully stupid. Father, aren't you old enough to know what letters you are to read to Sammie and what ones not to? Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-10-16
Text: October 16, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: A very unusual thing happened this morning--I slept till eight thirty. I worked most of the morning and was able to do two days assignments in Spanish and in Ec. I am going to the Libe now to do the rest of my English reading for Monday, and to write the Ec paper on Pittsburgh. I had planned to start next week's history topic today, but i don't think that I will get to it. I am going for a walk later in the afternoon with Louise...
Show moreOctober 16, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: A very unusual thing happened this morning--I slept till eight thirty. I worked most of the morning and was able to do two days assignments in Spanish and in Ec. I am going to the Libe now to do the rest of my English reading for Monday, and to write the Ec paper on Pittsburgh. I had planned to start next week's history topic today, but i don't think that I will get to it. I am going for a walk later in the afternoon with Louise Hayford, on of my Freshman neighbors and a very nice kid. Our stunt party was very successful last night, one of the best ever given in Davidson, according to the opinion of the night watchman. I was supposed to be an animal, and I forgot to give the matter any consideration until after chapel. So I speedily covered up from head to foot in brown wrapping paper and hung my fur down my back, covering my whole head with it and tying the legs around my neck. It was a very impromptu costume, to say the least, but at least people got the idea that I was some sort of furry animal. After the party we danced. It is the first time I have danced fro[sic] a perfect age, but I don't feel any the worse for it today. I read in the libe most of yesterday afternoon and wasted considerable time trying to find the desired stories in the desired books. It is maddening, to say the least, when you have to waste time like that. I am going off campus for breakfast with Helen Jackson tomorrow morning. I hope I can profit by the opportunity and sleep late. Helen went to Mohonk with her advisor today, It is a wonderful day for the trip. Love, Fannie
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