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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-10-15
Text: October 15, 1920 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The Chamber of Commerce pamphlets came today. They are exactly what I want. Thank you very much. The Post Office has requested, Pete, and I have mentioned it several times before, that we have our room numbers and not our post-office boxes put on our mail, inasmuch as the numbers of the boxes are for our convenience, and the post-office side of the boxes are marked with the hall room numbers. However, for you convenience, in case you get mixes...
Show moreOctober 15, 1920 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The Chamber of Commerce pamphlets came today. They are exactly what I want. Thank you very much. The Post Office has requested, Pete, and I have mentioned it several times before, that we have our room numbers and not our post-office boxes put on our mail, inasmuch as the numbers of the boxes are for our convenience, and the post-office side of the boxes are marked with the hall room numbers. However, for you convenience, in case you get mixes and put 402 instead of 403 I will get the letter anyhow, inasmuch as those two numbers happen to chare boxes. Last night disappeared into nothing. I came home from chappel and had just startedto work when I was interuppted by the infant prodigy of the class who had had ten A's up to date. Just why that variety should be attracted to me is beyond my comprehension, but she came on a friendly visit. Then I went to the inform, and had to wait a half hour for Dr. B. That is the first time that is happened, but of course cannot be helped. I met Helen Jackson in the hall as I was coming back. She had just been up to see me. She will be here till Tuesday. I then proceeded to talk to her for a half hour. I ate with her and friend Jeanette in Main at noon today. I then proceeded to finish my history topic. That took a good hour. Then I went to bed and snoozed. I read Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde this morning in connection with my English work. It is funny that I never read it before. I am going over to the libe this afternoon to do some more reading. It is a gorgeous day and the first hockey game is coming off, but I have a lot to fo and I don't want to leave it all till the last minute. Besides which, our stunt party comes off tonight, so that means no work. Lucy went to New York for the week-end. How about ours? When is it coming off? I am using the same ribbon that you put in my machine at home, Pete. I will need a new one pretty soon. Otherwise I don't know nothing, not a darn thing. Hoping I shocked the whole family, I remain, Respectfully yours, Fannie Hamburger Aaron
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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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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-10-17
Text: I forgot to mail this last night, so will not write again today, as I shall be very busy.

Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-10-20
Text: October 20, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I worked on my history topic all yesterday afternoon, with the exception of the time that I spent looking up material for my Speakers' Bureau speech of last night. I got away with the speech pretty well, I think. I am sure that this practice is going to do me a lot of good. Lucy had a wonderful dinner for Helen last night at a little house near here. We had the private dining-room the house. We had soup, stewed chicken and rise, peas,...
Show moreOctober 20, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I worked on my history topic all yesterday afternoon, with the exception of the time that I spent looking up material for my Speakers' Bureau speech of last night. I got away with the speech pretty well, I think. I am sure that this practice is going to do me a lot of good. Lucy had a wonderful dinner for Helen last night at a little house near here. We had the private dining-room the house. We had soup, stewed chicken and rise, peas, pear salad, and ice-cream. She had Eith Lowman, Helen Stern, Helen Jackson, Helen Hertz, Helen Jackson, Henrietta Butler, and me. It was a Ledhadnichneer party, Father. I shall be awfully busy today and tomorrow. I hope you understood the night letter which I sent last night. It would suit me every bit as well to go to New York the week after Sophomore Party and we would then have three days together, inasmuch as I can leave on the eleven-thirty-eight. Third hour is my last class on Fridays. I sent my laundry last Wednesday. Did you get it yet? R. S. V. P. I am sending it today again. It is bell-time. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-10-26
Text: [Addressed to Hotel Traymore] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have four minutes before the first bell to write to you. I have four classes this morning and then I go to the Lodge for lunch, as Mrs. Kaufmann is here today. After that I must get a good start on my history topic for Friday. Lab was punk yesterday. I certainly am disgusted. After lab I went to hear Dr. Laibler, I have not yet found out who he is, except that he is a socialist. I knew Prof. Mills would ask tomorrow how many of...
Show more[Addressed to Hotel Traymore] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have four minutes before the first bell to write to you. I have four classes this morning and then I go to the Lodge for lunch, as Mrs. Kaufmann is here today. After that I must get a good start on my history topic for Friday. Lab was punk yesterday. I certainly am disgusted. After lab I went to hear Dr. Laibler, I have not yet found out who he is, except that he is a socialist. I knew Prof. Mills would ask tomorrow how many of us went. Besides which, he was very interesting. I have to prepare for Speakers' Bureau tonight, too. I went to Dr. B. last night again, and then came back in the hope of getting a good long sleep. Sure enough, we had a fire drill to wake me, and then about an hour later Lathrop had one to wake me again. That is luck. Well, my time is up. Love, Fannie October 26, 1920.Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Aaron, % Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City, N J.403 Davison House, Vassar College, Pougokeepsie, N.Y.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-10-27
Text: [Addressed to Hotel Traymore] October 27, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: My hair is in the process of drying. I did not have time to go out and have it wached, so I did it myself, and when I was through discovered that there is no heat to dry it with. We spoke on the proctor system in Speakers Bureau last night. There is something decidedly worng with the system at present. It is a dead letter, really. There is quite a lot of fuss about it, so I hope we will arrive at some effective...
Show more[Addressed to Hotel Traymore] October 27, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: My hair is in the process of drying. I did not have time to go out and have it wached, so I did it myself, and when I was through discovered that there is no heat to dry it with. We spoke on the proctor system in Speakers Bureau last night. There is something decidedly worng with the system at present. It is a dead letter, really. There is quite a lot of fuss about it, so I hope we will arrive at some effective remedy. The conference with Miss Salmon was awfully funny. She had something underscored in one of my bibliographies. I asked her what was wrong, and then suggested the way that I thought it probably should be and asked her if that was the way she wanted it. A second later I realized that I had the wrong word, but it was too late. She said, "Want?" Don't you know that I can get along without the topics of any one of you? It is what you want, not what I want". After the conference I went up to Lucy's room and staid there a while saying goodbye to Mrs. Kaufmann. Then I came back here and fooled around a while in the room of Henrietta Butler, a lehadnichneer from St. Louis whome Lucy seems to like very much. I thought I would see if I could see what Lucy sees in her. Then I went for a lonesome walk around the lake. It was so beautiful yesterday and i felt rather dead and pepless, so I thought perhaps a little unconversational walking would do me good. Then I came back and slept until the dinner bell woke me. I thought of not going down to dinner, but the fact that it was good dessert night made me go down. I went to bed a nine and was more tired today than if I had staid up half the night. I am ashamed to say that when Millsy asked me this morning to compare time wages and piece wages I did not realize what they meant. The class gave me the laugh. I saw Miss Landon in Strong last night. She remembered me from lastyear. She asked me how I was getting along in chem and I told her breifly. As she was walking up the stairs she said that she was going to ask Professor Moulton and Mr. Kilpatrick about me. I think that if any more of my kind friends of the faculty ask me how I am getting along in chem I shall have to say "Very well" or I will have the whole faculty inquiring for me. Four members of the Princeton Speakers Bureau are going to debate the Republican and Democratic Issues this afternoon in Students. I think I shall have to go. Perhaps Albert Kabet will hole forth. Who knows? Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-10-29
Text: [Addressed to Hotel Traymore] October 29, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I want you to appreciate that I just bought a box of typewriter paper for two seventy-five. That's what happens when you write to your family every day. I want you to appreciate also that I just spent one half hour addressing twenty-five envelopes to the family. I wish some kind soul would give me a stamp with the address on it like the stamps you have for your association, Mrs. Aaron. That aint no hint! The...
Show more[Addressed to Hotel Traymore] October 29, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I want you to appreciate that I just bought a box of typewriter paper for two seventy-five. That's what happens when you write to your family every day. I want you to appreciate also that I just spent one half hour addressing twenty-five envelopes to the family. I wish some kind soul would give me a stamp with the address on it like the stamps you have for your association, Mrs. Aaron. That aint no hint! The heating pipes weren't working in the chem building this morning and it is a pentratingly cold rainy day. After we had been in class twenty-five minutes Professor Moulton said, "Are any of you as cold as I am?" We all said, "Yes". He said, "Very well, then. I won't be guilty of freezing children. The class is dismissed". So I was through for the week at eleven o'clock, through with classes I mean. During the course of the recitation this morning he asked what mercuric chloride is called. He then told us that it is often used as a means of committing suicide. He said that the best proof that people who commit suicide are crazy is the choice of things they use with which to do it. I was thinking of your story of the fellow in the S. A. T. C., Pete. Isn't that what he used? He then told us that he was going to tell us confidentially another wonderful use for it--it is very effective in killing bedbugs! The class just howled. Remember that, Mother. With such negligent hoursekeeping as your, it is well to know such things. I am told that today was our last day with Professor Mills. It is unfortunate that he does not stay with us, but rotation is the only fair way of running the classes, I guess. I don't know if I will like it as well with someone else. I certainly have enjoyed these six weeks. I went to bed early last night, after my visit to Dr. B., but I could not get to sleep until after then as there was great excitement and torchlight processions and much yelling for Harding and Cox. The Republican party was much larger than the Democratic one. We have our straw vote today. Poughkeepsie is lending us two voting machines. The Freshmen had their elections yesterday. Anne Halliday, the girl whom we saw in N. Y. C. in September, who flunked out last year at midyears, was urged and urged to accept the nomination for president, but she persistently declined. I guess she is afraid of repeating the procedure. Your dissertation on the postal service around Boston explains the fact that often i don't get a letter from you and sometimes two in one day. Love, Fannie[enc w/29 Oct 1920] Dear Mother, I haven't sent you any of these private little notes for a good while, I am afraid I'll forget how. Dr. B. says I certainly may leave Tuesday night before Thanksgiving. I have felt quite punk for two days. We have had awefully stormy weather for over a day with a great deal of dampness. I know I have not gotten wet feet and I have dressed warmly enough. I cannot make it out. The only thing I can think of is that I caught cold when I washed my hair, although it did get dry after two hours. I had to get up twice night before last and once last night and both times I could not go to sleep until I got a hot water bag. The process of going to the toilet has been quite painful these two days. While I am up during the day-time I don't feel any more discomfort than usual. Isn't that funny? I cannot understand it. It is some inexplicable set-bake, I guess, which whill[sic] probably be over soon. I am going to take good care of myself over the week-end. Don't worry about this. I am simply telling you because I promised that there would be no bluff.
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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: 1920-11-02
Text: November 2, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I don't know how long my letters will be the next few days as I shall be very busy. I have to finish my history topic, write up the last four chem lectures in a very finished form, and get launched on an English topic before Friday. The worst part of the English work is that I cannot think of anything to take for my topic. Well, Mother, I had a new experience today. Heretofore I have always heard the old man's praises sung by...
Show moreNovember 2, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I don't know how long my letters will be the next few days as I shall be very busy. I have to finish my history topic, write up the last four chem lectures in a very finished form, and get launched on an English topic before Friday. The worst part of the English work is that I cannot think of anything to take for my topic. Well, Mother, I had a new experience today. Heretofore I have always heard the old man's praises sung by teachers, etc., but today I heard yours. I managed to get up the courage to introduce myself to the rambling genius, otherwise known as Miss Salmon, and I says to her, says I, "Miss Salmon, my mother has been writing to me to introduce myself to you------Do you remember S. H, '99?" And her face lit up immediately so that I knew she was not bluffing. She said, "Do I remember her? How could I forget her? And you are her daughter! Well, I am certainly glad you told me, and when you write to her give her my very best regards, and if she ever comes here to see you, be sure to bring her to see me. But what I find fault with is, 'why did you wait so long in introducing yourself to me?'" I said, "Well, I wondered how you could remember people after so long a time has past since you saw them". She said, "My dear little girl, don't you know that it is only the colorless poeple[sic], those that go along without taking any interest in anything and that contribute nothing, whom one forgets. But your mother was a very bright, interesting, lively, wide-awake young woman, who was distinctly worth knowing and remembering". !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope that will bring me a drag! I think I shall follow the crowd tonight to Students' and watch the election returns. It only happens once every four years. There is to be a French lecture of some sort eitheth hour. I am going and I'll know more about it after I have been there. We spent the hour in History this morning discussing the value of a protest vote. Miss Salmon is very strong for it, but I cannot see the great value of it. If it accomplished some positive good it might be worth something. She said among other things that the platform of each of the two big parties devoted about fifty per cent of its space to singing the praises of past administrations, forty-eight to knowing the other party, and two percent to a constructive program for the future; whereas the four small parties devote very little space to knocking and none to history of the past. I said then, that is these small parties had ever had any administrations before they would devote just as much space proportionately to telling about them. The whole class started to laugh, but I cannot see the joke in it. She said perhaps that was so. What's so funny in it?Millsy has another Ec sections now, so I guess that means that we gett someone else. I don't think I told you anything about Sophomore Party. The first act takes place in the garden of the hotel of a European summer-resort. Some Vassar Girlds, who have just seen the battlefields, are talking to some ladies who are guests at the hotel. They tell about college, etc., and that gives a chance for about six different choruses to appear and sing songs about college things. The second act is a party the ladies give the Vassar girls in return for the entertainment they had recieved. In this a lot of the talent of the class in fancing dancing was brought out. There was some wonderful interpretive dancing and some very fine exhibition dancing of modern dances. The choruses were all perfectly trained and very well costumed. It is too bad that you did not see it. After the party there was dancing. I danced off and on for about an hour and did not feel any worse for it. My job that night was to usher at the balcony door where all the faculty and people with guests come in. There were a whole lot of faculty who said good-evening to me, including Prexie--who never would on any other occasion! I was supposed to keep all juniors and seniors out. Some managed to get by the first door, and tried to get by me. Certain committees of juniors are allowed in though, also the Phil fire-captains, and their ranks surely swelled that night. I asked one young lady what class she was, and she said, "Miss Sprague, of the Physical Training Department". I felt like such a nut that I looked three times before asking people what class they were after that. I sent the night-letter, in accordance with your instructions. I am continuing to feel better. I recieved your special, Father, and "contents noted", as Grandpa says. Otherwise nothing new. Love, Fannie Hope your expedition to a little town seventeen miles from Boston is successful, Pete.Mr. Marcus Aaron, %Hotel Bellevue Stratford, Philadelphia, Pa.403 Davison House, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie N. Y. [F. H. Aaron]
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-11-03
Text: November 3, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and pete: I finished my topic on the boundaries of Pennsylvania last night. It took almost ten hours and I cannot say that it interested me particularly. I was wishing the whole time that they had not had so many squabbles over their boundaries and then the topic would not have taken me so long. We had a lengthy Students' meeting last night. The joint committee of faculty and students have been working all fall on the new plan for attendance at...
Show moreNovember 3, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and pete: I finished my topic on the boundaries of Pennsylvania last night. It took almost ten hours and I cannot say that it interested me particularly. I was wishing the whole time that they had not had so many squabbles over their boundaries and then the topic would not have taken me so long. We had a lengthy Students' meeting last night. The joint committee of faculty and students have been working all fall on the new plan for attendance at classes and they made some changes from the plan which we submitted to them last spring. They wanted to bring the new plan before us before submitting it to the faculty. There was a lot of bickering, as you would say, Pete. The main change was that you can cut before and after week-ends at college but not away from college without a warden's excuse. I don't think I approve very heartily of the new system. I think the reason our standards here are higher than at other women's colleges is because we have stricter rules about attendence at classes. After the meeting we came back here and studied for a while, and then went over and listened to election returns from ten to eleven. I cannot say that it was particularly exciting. Every now and then there would be a favorable Cox return and I would think of Pete and Lucy, but otherwise the monotony was unbroken. I am so glad you went home to vote, Mother. Judging by the paper this morning, you certainly were needed. I had another Spanish conference with Senorita Agostini this morning. She is a wonder. We had a chem cut this morning, because the paper we have to write for Friday will take a very long time. It is a wonderful day. I am going to take a walk now and then spend the rest of the afternoon in the libe starting out on my English topic. I feel back to normal again. I realize that that is not very good English. We have the new Ec instructor, and six weeks of her is just six weeks too much. She looks like a mess and doesn't know too much. She had planned to follow our outline book beautifully, but we were inconsiderate enough to ask her some questions not in the book. She was all balled up, and finally she said, "The reason I cannot make this clear to you is that I don't know wnough about it myself". Later, when someone asked her something she evidently could not answer, she said, "I prefer not to spend class time on this point". Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-11-04
Text: November 4, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Judging by your letter, Father, you were in an accident about which i read nothing. I did not know an awful lot about it after I finished but I am glad that you were not hurt. Did the train jump the tracks, or what? R. S. V. P. I shall be very busy today. I have lab and I have to write that chem paper. I got started on my English topic yesterday afternoon, "the gods of ancient Ireland", and there surely were enough of them. I don...
Show moreNovember 4, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Judging by your letter, Father, you were in an accident about which i read nothing. I did not know an awful lot about it after I finished but I am glad that you were not hurt. Did the train jump the tracks, or what? R. S. V. P. I shall be very busy today. I have lab and I have to write that chem paper. I got started on my English topic yesterday afternoon, "the gods of ancient Ireland", and there surely were enough of them. I don't see how they ever kept them straight. We are having wonderful weather. Thanks for the clipping, Pete. Lucy wrote an article for the Pittsburch papers--I don't know whether it appeared or not. I have not time to write more, besides which, I don't know anything else. Love, [Fannie]
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-11-05
Text: November 5, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I just came and saw a note for a special delivery. I guess it is the dress. I hope you didn't have to rush terribly to get it. I am going to walk to the cider mill this afternoon. It is a gorgeous day. I think I am capable of doing it. The only way to find out it to try, I guess. The Ec instructor was a little better today, but not much. The history topic for next week is one of the following; the New England town meeting, life on the...
Show moreNovember 5, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I just came and saw a note for a special delivery. I guess it is the dress. I hope you didn't have to rush terribly to get it. I am going to walk to the cider mill this afternoon. It is a gorgeous day. I think I am capable of doing it. The only way to find out it to try, I guess. The Ec instructor was a little better today, but not much. The history topic for next week is one of the following; the New England town meeting, life on the Southern plantation, life in a California mining camp, or one of a few others that are not so interesting: The topic for the following week is "Survivals of the Frontier". Helen is going to New York today. Her father is waiting to meet her to get her a fur coat. She was over in Main last night to dinner with Emily Welch, president of Main, a and her room-mate Isabel Grimes of Pittsburgh, whose mother is a very good friend of Helen's aunt. She ought to feel quite cocky. They are two of the biggest girls in the senior class. Now Lester, please don't ask what they weigh. I hunted eagerly for your letter this morning, Pete, but it had not arrived yet. I wanted to hear about you know what. Ha ha! I am going to Jo's French class Monday morning. It is the course in contemporary French literature given by Mlle Monnier, the best member of the department. I did not realize before that it comes in one of my free hours, and it is a class well worth attending once in a while. I'll get my ticket all right. Don't worry about it. Are you sure K. I. will be home? Please make sure if you are not. Would it meet with your approval if I wrote to Aunt Bessie. It might be that she would be coming in for dinner and meeting Uncle Ike and going to theater, as they do quite often. In which case I would do likewise and take the eleven-thirty. Otherwise I would leave here on the three-fifty-eight and take the eight-thirty home. R. S. V. P. I'll tell her not to inconvenience herself. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-11-06
Text: November 6, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I gave Honorable Corona a good oiling yesterday. Let's see what that will do. Your letter and enclosed letter certainly were interesting, Pete. I got it before starting out on a walk yesterday afternoon. When we were about a third of the way back from the cider-mill I discovered that I had it no longer, so we went back and found it on the fence where he had been sitting. It was so full of names that I thought it would be unfortunate not...
Show moreNovember 6, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I gave Honorable Corona a good oiling yesterday. Let's see what that will do. Your letter and enclosed letter certainly were interesting, Pete. I got it before starting out on a walk yesterday afternoon. When we were about a third of the way back from the cider-mill I discovered that I had it no longer, so we went back and found it on the fence where he had been sitting. It was so full of names that I thought it would be unfortunate not to find it. There is one thing I object to, though. Don't infer from Margaret's history course that Wellesley is superior to Vassar. I had precious little less than her assignments in French last year. I call your attention to the fact that French is a foreign language, and that it is a sophomore course. One member of our walking party yesterday was an assistant in the botany department here, a Wellesley '20 girl. She says that the beauty of their campus consists in the lake and hills, that the buildings are not so much. Where did you finish your supper? I can't imagine talking a person into the parlor here and finishing a picnic supper! I slept too late this morning to get breakfast and did not bother to make any. I went to the libe and worked for two hours and my next history topic, "Like on a Southern Plantation". Working on an empty stomach is a very poor idea though, and I am not very keep about it. It is a glorious day, again. I am going for a walk now, and then I am going to spend the rest of the afternoon in the libe. The Freshmen in Davison gave their annual stunt-party to the sophs and juniors last night. It was very good, a take-off on the librarians, cahpel[sic] preachers, faculty conducting evening cahpel[sic], the night-watchman, fire-drills, etc. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-11-09
Text: Noveber 9, 1920 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I hope I shall never be busier than i am this week. Everything seems to pile up at once. I spent all last evening and an hour this morning studying for the Spanish exam, and I hope to find time to spend at least another hour on it. Speakers' Bureau comes tonight, and I have not outlined my speech yet. The French Club drive somes Thursday, and I shall have to spend at least an hour on that, if not more. I gathered up the eight posters...
Show moreNoveber 9, 1920 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I hope I shall never be busier than i am this week. Everything seems to pile up at once. I spent all last evening and an hour this morning studying for the Spanish exam, and I hope to find time to spend at least another hour on it. Speakers' Bureau comes tonight, and I have not outlined my speech yet. The French Club drive somes Thursday, and I shall have to spend at least an hour on that, if not more. I gathered up the eight posters yesterday from the people I had recruited to make them. I then spent some more time going around the various halls hanging them up. When I got back at none today there was a note on my door from Helen Gratz telling me to go to North tonight for dinner and make a speech there. The French government has presented us with a veteran thank, all banged up and camouflaged, in honor of the work done by the Vassar Unit at Verdun. The tank arrived Saturday and is reposing on the Josselyn field. A man whose name I could not make out, representing the French government, is going to dedicate it Thursday, amid much singing of the Marseilleise and the Star Spangled Banner, etc. I am to make a speech on that tonight. If it were any other night of the week, it would not be so bad. That is what I get for signing up for Speakers' Bureau and making a success of it. I suppose when I have gotten speaking in a dingin-hall[sic] over with for the first time, I wont have such stage-fright, but I surely have it today. I am supposed to work on scenery committee of First Hall, but I am afraid I'll have to back out. It means giving up an awful lot of sleep and I doubt if I am capable of doing that yet. Mr. Kaufmann's report of me is true with a grain of allowance. I haven't been fine for a long time, to my knowledge, at least. But I am as good as I have been for a long time. Mother, why do you say you'll have a blue fit until I get home? Do you expect my train to be wrecked, too? Incidentally, Mr. Kaufmann didn't say that Lucy was fine, did he? She looks like a wreck and acts worse. I don't know what is the matter with her. She has terrible rings under her eyes and just looks in a bad way generally. Jeannette and Edith have talked themselves hoarse to her and all they get for it is the information that it is none of their business. She stayes up till midnight quite regularly, and is about a thousand times more nervous than usual, if possible. If she had not just seen her father, I would get you to tell her mother to write to her and tell her to be careful. In case you say anything, be careful not to get me in wrong for telling tales. I don't know Rober Frank's fiancee, but whoever she is, I am sorry for her. Love, Fannie
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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: 1920-11-14
Text: November 14, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I took my typewriter to town Friday afternoon and as far as I could make out all the mad did was to tighten a screw. I hope that was all that was necessary. I also ordered a berth for the eight-thirty Tuesday night, not having heard from Aunt Bessie. I did all I wanted to in down, and then we walked home. It was a glorious day. I walked from the station out to college and did not feel any bad effect from it. Friday night I met two girls after...
Show moreNovember 14, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I took my typewriter to town Friday afternoon and as far as I could make out all the mad did was to tighten a screw. I hope that was all that was necessary. I also ordered a berth for the eight-thirty Tuesday night, not having heard from Aunt Bessie. I did all I wanted to in down, and then we walked home. It was a glorious day. I walked from the station out to college and did not feel any bad effect from it. Friday night I met two girls after chapel who informed me that they were going to try to go to Junior Party rehearsal and I thought it would be a good idea, so i went along. We tried all the exits and they were all locked, so we went to the front doors and in spite of the fact there were two ushers at every door we managed to get in. I think walking very close to two Juniors helped us to get away with it. I saw some other members of '23 who had done likewise. But unfortunately I had to miss the best part of it because I had to leave to keep my appointment with Doctor Baldwin. So I joined the crowd from out hall night and got dressed up like Freshmen, except that every one of us wore masks, walked in and sat with the Freshmen, and enjoyed the whole party from beginning to end. It was wonderful. I think that ours was more of a college performance, but this one would have taken anywhere. I am glad I went, and I think about half of 23 are glad also. There certainly were an awful lot of our class who were there. I could not help thinking, Mother, during the whole of the performance, of your telling me about not being allowed to dress as men in Phil plays when you were here. If you had seen some of the costumes on the stage!--a conspicuous lack of sleeves and very few moderately high necks. I am told that Miss Palmer made them revise a lot of their songs and costumes. The best thing in it was the faculty song. I can't remember the words exactly, and they were the best part of it, so you can't appreciate it. They made fun of Prexie (his broad smile and the way he prays in chapel), Miss Ellory, (the deepest topics e'er assigned, come from Miss Ellory's master mind), and Apollor. The last brought the house down, and the poor man was there. They applauded and applauded until the girls who were singing gave his song over agains. It went something like this, "A permanent wave and a haughty state, in our faculty. ----And we all know who put it there, in our faculty. Brave efficient, cool omnisciant, noble faculty. The bright and sparkling gem who teaches chem, in our faculty". But none of them are any good unless they are sung and acted. There there was a song about Vassar's getting publicity. It was very clever, telling how newspaper reports exaggerate everything about Vassar. It summarized all the wild tales, and then said, "According to Wille Randloph Hearst." I wish I had time to tell you more about it, but I have loadsto do as a result of spending four hours where I had no business to be. I worked on my history topic two and a half hours yesterday morning. It is going to be rare. How could it hlep[sic] being so, for this time most of it is coming out of my head instead of books? Yesterday after lunch Elizabeth Brok of Davison and I went down to Poughkeepsie by foot, to the orphanage to play with an orphan to whom she has been assigned by the Christian Association! Fortunately all the kids were at the movies. I enjoyed the walk, though. Then I had a shampoo, and last night had the fun i told you about. This morning I cut chapel because I have alot to do and because it bores me so. I have decided that the most profitable way to use my cuts is to take them on Sundays, anyhow. During the rest of the day I plan to read a book for English, do quite a little on my history topic, do some Spanish, and get soem material for debate tryouts. Love, Fannie I bet you had a good time yesterday, Pete. I wish i could have been there, too. It strikes me I have given up a good bit for my fool health. Thanks for your telegram.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-11-15
Text: November 15, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Debate tryouts come tomorrow night, so if I don't write tomorrow you will know why. We had some Spanish lesson for today. I worked three hours on it and just did it very superficially. Most of the class did not even do that, though. I worked in the libe all afternoon, reading essays on the Romantic revival in poetry, and working on my beautifully indefinite history topic. We are having horribly cold and penetrating weather--I do wish the...
Show moreNovember 15, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Debate tryouts come tomorrow night, so if I don't write tomorrow you will know why. We had some Spanish lesson for today. I worked three hours on it and just did it very superficially. Most of the class did not even do that, though. I worked in the libe all afternoon, reading essays on the Romantic revival in poetry, and working on my beautifully indefinite history topic. We are having horribly cold and penetrating weather--I do wish the fur coat would come, if it is to be of any use to me. Please send me the address of the place, so that if it doesn't come this week, I can write about it. Lucy came up to me in the libe today to tell me that she and Harold went to Bill Wasserman's room immediately after the game and waited there until it was time for her train. She said that she knew I would like her to see you, etc. From the way she talked I don't think she knew that you had Grace there and I didn't tell her because you seemed to prefer mystery. She told me she met Some of Harold's friends--I could hardly keep a straight face, how I envy her(?)! I hope your letter about this game will be as interesting as the one about the last game. Thank you for the Red Cross button, Mother. It came just in time. I thought that after Miss Landon's report about what Professor Moulton thought about me, Mother, that any further questions would be useless. I have Miss Peebles in English mother. She has been here quite some time, but she is not old enough to have been faculty when you and Miss Hamilton were here. I don't think she is a Vassar graduate, either. We got approximately eight hundred dollars in the French collection. We were out for five hundred. It was quite a success. I have written to you at various times, I think, about the girl from Prague across the hall. She is a very fine girl and a very bright one, too, but I don't think her college education in America is going to be a particularly happy memory--she got a letter today informing her of her father's sudden death. That is sad enough in any case, but it must be terrible so ar away from home. I feel so sorry for her but there is nothing on earth to do for her I guess, except to leave her alone. The corridor is as silent as a tombstone.[enc w 15 nov 1920] Dear Papa: I have a lot to do tonight, but having your speech around and not reading it was too much for me. So I took a few minutes off and read it hastily. Of course I did not digest all the information and deep thought therein contained--how could that be done with so wonderful a speech unless much time and intelligent thought were spent upon it. Pap, you speech demonstrates conclusively the truth of the law that practice brings success. Compare your feebble attempt at Peabody high school over four years ago with the masterpiece produced at Harrisburg! Is it not ludicrous? Yes, indeed, I know that if you would but persevere in your noble efforts, I would some day be the daughter of a famous man, although I must admit, that at the outset judging by your early rate of progress, I feared it would be many years before that distinction might be achieved. But surprise sweetens success! Ah, father, that was a noble speech, even unto the odor of tobacco on the paper. What a sweet, dreamy odor that was, as though the speech had been preserved in the humidor! But, Father, did you say that you wrote that speech? Here Sherlock Holmes enters on the scene. Some of the wording had the familiar ring of the pet combinations of words of one frequent visitor at Winebiddle Avenue, of one who not infrequently makes speeches himself. And most shocking of all, some of the notes and even the last page of the speech was written in handwriting that I have seen before and that I connected with the above-mentioned person! Father, could it be?--ah no--I cannot concieve of your brain not being great enough to work out its own weighty thoughts. For my eyes were opened last year when Miss Cowley told me that I had a bright, wide-awake Father. I could not believe my ears when she said it, but then I concluded that she was older and more experienced that I and therefore more able to judge people. However, the evidence seems conclusive--it was not all the product of your genius. Tonight my poor tired brain has to work up a speech for tomorrow. More than ever I realize how mediocre is my own ability--how could I feel otherwise after reading your manuscript? Such is the sadness of contemplating from our humble vantage-ground the sphere of the great and mighty! Come to earth! 8:30 and Chem, Ec, and Spanish still to be done! Thou must not burn the midnight oil! Your overawed daughter,
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-11-17
Text: Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: This is a borrowed Corona, whose margin does not work, but perhaps the letter will be legible, at least. One thing is evident, the dash is located differently than on mine. I am sorry, too, Pete, that I could not be in Princeton, although it did you good to be with somebody else and probably you enjoyed it a lot more than you would have had I been along. We got our midsemesters back in Spanish today. You remember I thought that I had done miserably on it!!...
Show moreDear Mother, Father, and Pete: This is a borrowed Corona, whose margin does not work, but perhaps the letter will be legible, at least. One thing is evident, the dash is located differently than on mine. I am sorry, too, Pete, that I could not be in Princeton, although it did you good to be with somebody else and probably you enjoyed it a lot more than you would have had I been along. We got our midsemesters back in Spanish today. You remember I thought that I had done miserably on it!! evidently I did not for after class Jo and I went up to her and sked her whether "it is ever done to ask what one makes" and she told her that she got C- and I got A! Imagine that. We had our midsemester in chem this morning. I was beautifully scared of it. I went to bed early last night and got up at six this morning to study. It was bad enough, but not nearly as hard as I expected. We got our ionization papers back yesterday, the thing that I worked at so hard. I got C on it, with the comment that my material was not well organized. I think the trouble with it was that I spent too much time and effort on it, with the result that I didn't know what I was saying and waht[sic] was logical and what was not. However lots of people flunked it, so I might have done worse. Some got excellent on theirs, though, and others got "good". I think it was more a matter of argumentation than of knowledge, because I know I "had the dope down pat". You know Miss Fiske, Mother and Pete. Well, last night as one of the girls and I were walking out of the dining-room she stopped us and exploded. Our table, (most of those at it, that is) had been somewhat hilarious and noisy, trying to skip spoons into a glass of water by means of another spoon. Of course that is not the quietest performance on earth. She said, "I wish you would please inform your friends that they are a public nuisance. Why, they don't even behave like civilized human beings. I never heard anything so preposterous. I wish they would behave like respectable members of the community". That wasn't enough; later when I was standing there waiting for the elevator, she bellowed, "Did the table get my message?" Poor Miss Fiske! My debate tryouts were punk yesterday. I had negative yesterday today I have affirmative. Then it will be over, I imagine. Jake Shapira is coming up tomorrow. Helen wants to know if I want to see him. I told her that depended upon the smount of time at their disposal, if he cared to see me I should be pleased to see him. She acts as though he is some sort of treasure shut up in a glass case, and if you pay enough admission, you can get a one minute peak. I assured her I could exist perfectly happy if I didn't see him, to which she cannot of course agree. He is taking her to the game at New Haven Saturday and to the frat prom. I am in a great hurry, as I have to get to lab fifth hour instead of sixth today. November 17 Love, Fannie.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-11-18
Text: November 18, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I surely have enough to keep me busy today:--the large meeting of Speakers' Bureau, French Club meeting, and class meeting all seventh hour. I haven't decided yet to which to go. And then at seven-thirty tonight I have my third attempt at debate tryouts. I am among the last twelve up, but that won't do me any good unless I am among the last three. We shall see--. I was on the affirmative last night and was also responsible for...
Show moreNovember 18, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I surely have enough to keep me busy today:--the large meeting of Speakers' Bureau, French Club meeting, and class meeting all seventh hour. I haven't decided yet to which to go. And then at seven-thirty tonight I have my third attempt at debate tryouts. I am among the last twelve up, but that won't do me any good unless I am among the last three. We shall see--. I was on the affirmative last night and was also responsible for organizing the material of our side. I am the unlucky one tonight again, on the negative, in addition to having the rebuttal this time. I would much prefer having the affirmative rebuttal. Thank goodness our history topics this week don't have to be in until Tuesday, of next week, I mean. I have an English Speech conference tomorrow morning. I am curious to see what will happen. I am told they put you on your back on some sort of the Red Cross stretcher and teach you how to breathe! I had a letter from Mlle. Douteau yesterday, and the day before I got into the worst mail rush I have ever been in, all to find nothing but a letter from Phil. I wish I had time and intelligence to write more, but I surely am one busy lady. I got off Scenery committee of First Hall, as I decided that it would be too strenuous--there is a great deal of lifting, etc., I think, and that would be just taking cahnces[sic] on a recurrence of the old discomfort. That was another great letter, Pete. I wish there were football games every week. However, I am afraid our honorable law-student would not learn very much of the honorable law if there were. I know what I have been missing in your letters this year--I thought it was sleeping lying across your desk for two hours every Sunday, but it was going to Renwick's and having a double shredded. Can't you write that once in a while from Cambridge--even if you don't do it--just for old times' sake? Love, Fannie
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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: 1920-11-20
Text: November 30, 1920 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have the pleasure(?) of announcing a 68 on my chem written, the next highest mark in the class. The highest was 70% The general average was 43% There was one 14% I didn't miss anything last Wednesday. Professor Moulton returned the papers and spent the whole hour giving the class the dickens. He decided to call the highest marks the equivalents of A's. Therefore I get A on the written! And I thought for several weeks that I was the...
Show moreNovember 30, 1920 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have the pleasure(?) of announcing a 68 on my chem written, the next highest mark in the class. The highest was 70% The general average was 43% There was one 14% I didn't miss anything last Wednesday. Professor Moulton returned the papers and spent the whole hour giving the class the dickens. He decided to call the highest marks the equivalents of A's. Therefore I get A on the written! And I thought for several weeks that I was the worst in the class! Evidently there is something the matter somewhere. We had a short debate meeting yesterday afternoon and we have practice debate after chapel tonight. The chairman told me this morning that there was a general geeling abroad that the negatives and no show and that therefore our class would not have to work at all, so she was putting me and two others on the negative tonight in order to make them sit up and work a little. I don't know if that means anything in the way of speaking the night of the debate or not. Let's hope so. No letter from you yet, Mother. I have heaps and heaps to do. I went to bed after chapel last night and read in bed till ten o'clock. I have almost finished the reading for the week. The packages from Horne's and McKennan's arrived yesterday. Please send your scarf in the next laundry, Mother. If you don't need it-that is. It is great using other people's typewriters. Every two keyboards are different, it seems. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-11-20
Text: Dear Mother, Pather, and Pete: I have absolutely nothing to tell you today. I woke up in time for breakfast and perhaps the shock of that is what made me so extremely stupid. I went to the libe about ten o'clock, accomplished almost nothing on my history topic, couldn't find the books I wanted for English and wasted time trying to get them, went over the Main and waited while the mail was being distributed, then did not get any. That's a great morning. I am going to try my...
Show moreDear Mother, Pather, and Pete: I have absolutely nothing to tell you today. I woke up in time for breakfast and perhaps the shock of that is what made me so extremely stupid. I went to the libe about ten o'clock, accomplished almost nothing on my history topic, couldn't find the books I wanted for English and wasted time trying to get them, went over the Main and waited while the mail was being distributed, then did not get any. That's a great morning. I am going to try my luck at working this afternoon, and will see if I accomplish more. I got my berth yesterday afternoon, left my typewriter again, got some other necessary things--namely rubbers-- and come home. Then I did some odds and end sewing--goodness only knows what struck me. I then proceeded to Main, where I had dinner with Lucy. After that I joined my class and we serenaded to the top of Sunset where we had a huge bonfire, marking the end of Senio-Sophomore step-singing. The songs were peppier than usual and it was a beautiful sight. After that I came home and spent a laborious half hour talking German to the Czecho-Slovak. And here I am, feeling exceedingly stupid. I am up again for debate tryouts--I think this will be the finals, although they may have two more-- I am not sure. I am getting sort of sick of trying out--I would like to be either chosen or dropped. Nothing new. Oh yes--my fur coat came and it will be very satisfactory, I think. You will see it next week. There was no bill. Love, Fannie November 20, 1920
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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: 1920-12-01
Text: December 1, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Busy is putting it mildly. Goodnight, I have an English paper due tomorrow and a history topic Friday--neither one of which has been started! I have never been so rushed with work. If I only had the ability to stay up till midnight for about two nights! I took my laundry out yesterday to get it ready to send Mother, and discovered that there is no telescope here. They must both be at home. I hope you send it this week, otherwise I will run...
Show moreDecember 1, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Busy is putting it mildly. Goodnight, I have an English paper due tomorrow and a history topic Friday--neither one of which has been started! I have never been so rushed with work. If I only had the ability to stay up till midnight for about two nights! I took my laundry out yesterday to get it ready to send Mother, and discovered that there is no telescope here. They must both be at home. I hope you send it this week, otherwise I will run short. We had debate practice last night from seven-thirty to nine-fifteen. I considered myself quite good! There must be something the matter somewhere. Helen Reid heard the Juniors (some on the team) discussing our team, and of course she did not let on that the knew one of the Sophomores exceedingly well, and she heard them say that they heard that I was awfully good! Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-12-02
Text: December 2, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I had breakfast in the restaurant of the New York Central, Mother. I believe that are two--it was the one off to the right as you come out from the trains. Mother, if you come East to go to Atlantic, will you please bring my clack muff? If not, please send it in the next laundry. Don't send it specially, though. I have another two hour debate meeting this afternoon. I took an hour's walk after my last class this morning. I plan to...
Show moreDecember 2, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I had breakfast in the restaurant of the New York Central, Mother. I believe that are two--it was the one off to the right as you come out from the trains. Mother, if you come East to go to Atlantic, will you please bring my clack muff? If not, please send it in the next laundry. Don't send it specially, though. I have another two hour debate meeting this afternoon. I took an hour's walk after my last class this morning. I plan to spend two hours this afternoon writing the English theme which was supposedly due last Thursday. I think I shall compare More's and Morris's Utopias. I don't think the paper is going to be startlingly brilliant, either. Tonight Edna St. Vincent Millay of the class of 1917 (ever hear of her?) is going to read from her poems. I should like to go, but I am very much afraid that I will have to work. I have the extreme displeasure of announcing that our chem class was divided today for quiz. There are two sections and it looks to me very much as though I am in the more stupid section. Certainly most of those in my half are more stupid than those in the other half, although Professor Moulton did not say on what principle had had divided the class. I don't see why I should be in the stupid section, though, when I got the next highest mark in the class on midsemester. Oh, if you knew how disgusted I am! I never hated, and I don't think I ever will hate, anything as much as chemistry. What is the value in compulsory subjects? Now I can see how three fourths of the freshman class felt last year toward math. There is nothing interesting to tell you. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-12-02
Text: December 2, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I spent four hours yesterday doing a history topic that I thought was due tomorrow, but when i got to class today, discovered--as did most of the other members of the class--that is is not due till next week and that those of us who had started were doing it from the wrong angle. I had a conference with Miss Salmon yesterday. I had to wait wait twenty minutes and then she talked to me for about twenty minutes. Her plan certainly is to give you...
Show moreDecember 2, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I spent four hours yesterday doing a history topic that I thought was due tomorrow, but when i got to class today, discovered--as did most of the other members of the class--that is is not due till next week and that those of us who had started were doing it from the wrong angle. I had a conference with Miss Salmon yesterday. I had to wait wait twenty minutes and then she talked to me for about twenty minutes. Her plan certainly is to give you absolute freedom, to let you do whatever you want in the course as long as it interests you and she feels that it benefits you. When we were through talking about the work, she piped out, "And how is your mother?" Whereupon she proceeded to give me a long line about you. She wanted to know if you graduated. She said that she thought you must have been married before because she was looking you up in some list or other and could not find your name. We are to have a debate meeting seventh hour this afternoon, and I have lab. I don't think that I am far enough ahead in lab to do any cutting I don't suppose I'll lose any valuable information by not going. The Junior team looks quite formidable to me. Will you please let me know as soon as you have definite plans about Atlantic. Then please either send me a timetable or tell me what train to order my chair on. I think the men come out to college a week or ten days before vacation. Jo and I went to Miss Harbor's office yesterday to find out what we got on our midsemester in Ec. She was having conferences so I did not wait. Jo asked for me. She told her that we both got B and that I had been doing B work all along. Jo has been doing C with her and had an A average with Millsy. I really don't see why I didn't get A. I think I answered the questions intellingently and I don't know how I could have improved my paper any unless I had more time. Considering the number of bright people who flunked at flat, though, I ought to be satisfied. We have been having a lot of irreguliar verbs in Spanish and I have not mastered them any too thoroughly. I had good intentions of doing it over the week-end, but Miss Dennis did not take that inot[sic] consideration--we had to write today. I do not know Ruth Goodkind, Pete. She was in the catalogue last year. I don't even know if she is here this year. I don't even know her by sight and and have never heard anybody speak of her. Lucy tells me Lucille Cerf has just announced another engagement. It strikes me if I were in her place I'd be married and then announce it! Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-12-03
Text: December 3, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Our debate is "Resolved that Intercollegiate Athletics is desirable in Women's Colleges". The Sophomores have the affirmative. We spent two hours yesterday afternoon in informal discussion, just giving the taking arguments. The committee works every bit as hard as the team. It is really remarkable the pep and spirit that we put into debate. We had practice in Assembly Hall this morning from nine to eleven. I was affirmative, for...
Show moreDecember 3, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Our debate is "Resolved that Intercollegiate Athletics is desirable in Women's Colleges". The Sophomores have the affirmative. We spent two hours yesterday afternoon in informal discussion, just giving the taking arguments. The committee works every bit as hard as the team. It is really remarkable the pep and spirit that we put into debate. We had practice in Assembly Hall this morning from nine to eleven. I was affirmative, for the second time in the six that I have spoken. I was almost afraid that I would give negative arguments from force of habit, but I seem to have gotten away with it all right. I was the last speaker on our side, also the last in rebuttal, and when I finished the whole committee and the member of intercollegiate debate council who was listening burst out in lively applause. They said it was the best rebuttal they had heard since tryouts started. The chairman impressed upon us the fact yesterday that the alternates are just as important as the three who will be finally chosen to speak. Their names appear on the programme, also; and they will be dressed in white and with the class colors just as the speakers and committee are. If we were chosen on the strenth of our speeches this morning, I feel confident that I will be one of them. Of course, I will be scared silly, so it may be just as well if I am only an alternate. We are to have practice every day next week--not to mention the reading that I will have to do for it! Good-bye, work! Pete, I don't think I would make Intercollegiate this year. If class debate goes well, I may try out. Sophomores are allowed to try out, but I don't know of any sophomores who ever made it. The team is composed of Seniors and a few Juniors, although theoretically sophomores are eligible. I wrote my paper for English last night and must copy it today. It is a comparison of the Utopias of Sir Thomas More and William Morris. It is none too potent, but will have to do. I went to hear the honorable Edna St. Vincent Millay last night, no so much because I wanted to hear her as because I wanted to see her. I had heard some wild tales about the alarm and concern she caused the faculty in her college days. Evidently others went because they were likewise curious, or Assembly Hall was packed so she did not get started until after eight, and I could stay to listen to only a few poems. She is freaky looking, to say the least, but I guess that goes with being poetess. There is a Glee Club concert tonight, but I think I'll go to bed right after chapel instead. I have too much to do tomorrow not to be rested. Will you please remember to save all newspapers and whatever magazines you get a home, Mother? Love, Fannie Please answer about ordering a berth or parlor car chair.
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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: 1920-12-06
Text: December 6, 1920 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Before I forget about it--we have to wear white shirt-waists and skirts for the debate. I sent home my best white skirt. I have another fresh one here, but I would rather have that one if you can have it here by next Monday without too much trouble. Besides which, it has nice big pockets and they may come in handy for rebuttall notes. It is the one made at Horne's this year. It has a fancy check pattern (the material, I mean). I might have...
Show moreDecember 6, 1920 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Before I forget about it--we have to wear white shirt-waists and skirts for the debate. I sent home my best white skirt. I have another fresh one here, but I would rather have that one if you can have it here by next Monday without too much trouble. Besides which, it has nice big pockets and they may come in handy for rebuttall notes. It is the one made at Horne's this year. It has a fancy check pattern (the material, I mean). I might have put this in a separate note, and spared you the ordeal of reading it, Father and Pete! I found the enclosed note on my door when I came back from the libe yesterday afternoon. Isn't it great? Please return it, as I must preserve it with the other important records of my college history! For your information, Pete, it is a note informing me confidentially that "unless something very unforeseen shoudl happen" I will undoubtedly be one of the three speakers, not just an alternate. I am delighted, etc. and yet I am sure that the tension and excitement and intensive practice in not the best thing for one's health. However, I started and am going to see it through. I shall have to practice some strong will-power (exercise, I mean), in the next few days and see if that will keep me from dreaming debate every single night. I had planned to spend yesterday afternoon working on my history topic, but the debate schedule was posted just after I went and Phyllis and her roommate, who were on the same side with me, proceeded to start a systematic search of the library and they kept it up until they found me. They had to have their meeting yesterday, inasmuch as honorable B. Bishop is a "very important person" in college a activities and that was her only free time for the next two days. So that is where my work went. It took us two hours. And I must do some debate reading in the very near future, too. Goodnight, it is a good thing vacation is coming soon. Father, once upon a time you used to get newspaper clippings from the Pittsburgh papers. If you ever get anything along an economic line, please save them for me until I come home. Also, please save your Babson bulletins, or whatever they are called. I do wish my laundry would come. It has never been so late before--just because I need it, I guess. love, FannieDear Fannie - You'll notice that I put you up for negative [to-morow] - Now don't be discouraged, for unless something very [unforseen] happens you'llsurely be [ ] the final team. I thought I ought to give Betty [Cannon] another chance on the affirmative as I've only heard her there once. I thought youwouldn't [ ] changing over for once. Also I want + must [have], No negative very strong to-morrow night - no one seems to know enough strong [neg] arguments + there are loads - Even [Do'] you do [huon] [ ] you'll not do the neg. finally please work very hard for tomorrow - You're with Bish + Phil - Don't tell anyone please that I told you - I just didn't want you to be discouraged. Khaki
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-12-07
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-12-10
Text: December 10, 1920 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: This is the last letter you will get for some time--the rest will be short notes, I fear. I have every hour of the week-end planned and something tells me that is is planned too full. Lest I forget to mention that at a later date, Pete, I shall take my typewriter home Christmas vacation. My trunk is standing outside my door waiting to be packed! Should I send my check home, Mother? I plan to send the trunk either Tuesday or Wednesday. We have...
Show moreDecember 10, 1920 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: This is the last letter you will get for some time--the rest will be short notes, I fear. I have every hour of the week-end planned and something tells me that is is planned too full. Lest I forget to mention that at a later date, Pete, I shall take my typewriter home Christmas vacation. My trunk is standing outside my door waiting to be packed! Should I send my check home, Mother? I plan to send the trunk either Tuesday or Wednesday. We have miss Newcomer in Ec now. She is next to Millsy in rank in the department and is excellent. Father, you will have to give me a course of instruction in markets, though. I don't think I understand all that I should about them. Now Pete, please don't tell me that they are among "the most simple and straightforward things ever studied". Speaking of simple and straightforward things, several uf us asked Professor moultong after class this morning what our standing up to date is. he told me, "You worry me a great deal. Often you give me the impression of knowing a lot more than many of the others in the class and then when it comes to applying your knowledge you don't seem to connect things well. The result is that I cannot give you nearly the credit that I would like to. But I should say that you have a good, high, C average". That is nothing wonderful, but I am satisfied, considering the sate of worry I was in for so long. I have a hunch that if I work hard from Christmas till midyears, appear to be very much interested, and then write an intelligent exam paper, I may get a B. Next Friday--the day we leave--Miss Salmon wishes to have "another pleasant little conversation on paper--to discuss the state of the Union". We all objected, because we would be too excited, etc. She asked us what we thought of the idea, and that was out chance to say. but she thought it would be a good sedative. Our topic for next week is some phase of the loyalist attitude in America. For this week it was some phase of the English policy toward the colonies. I have an aweful paper to write for English before next Thursday. The worst of it is that I am beginning to feel dead tired. The Sorority dance invitations must be out. I got a formal note of acceptance from Al Goorin today. If I had known that ihw was going to invite me to the Black and White, I should certainly not have invited him. I have a feeling you can get enough of him in about one evening. But then there isn't much to choose from in Pittsburgh, as Lester will testify, and at least he doesn't use strong liquor as an essential preliminary to taking a girl out. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-12-12
Text: December 12, 1920 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: It was certainly great to see '20 back for First Hall Reunionr yesterday. Tfey seemed to feel the same way about it. I was very much disappointed in the play. It was Bernard Shaw's "You Never Can Tell". I did not care particularly for the play and I did not think that the acting was very good, either. We had debate practice all Friday evening and all yesterday morning. We have it this afternoon again. I cut chapel this...
Show moreDecember 12, 1920 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: It was certainly great to see '20 back for First Hall Reunionr yesterday. Tfey seemed to feel the same way about it. I was very much disappointed in the play. It was Bernard Shaw's "You Never Can Tell". I did not care particularly for the play and I did not think that the acting was very good, either. We had debate practice all Friday evening and all yesterday morning. We have it this afternoon again. I cut chapel this morning and spent the morning in bed trying to selep[sic] and rest up a little for tomorrow. It's a great life! I spent the afternoon in the libe yesterday, working on the weeks English. I am strongly tempted to cut lab tomorrow afternoon. Four classes and lab is a little too much to go through and expect to feel fresh that evening. Please preserve the enclosed clipping in alcohol. I want it back. Love, Fannie[ca Dec 1920] Dear Mother, I think it will be a very good idea to get the brief case for Father. I have been wondering what to get, and hadn't thought of anything so far. I like to vary it occasionally, and not get books every year. And I do want to get him something, because he is such a kid about his birthday. Can you attend to it at home? I imagine you can do better than I can here--besides which I am some rushed. R. S. V. P. Did you get Lester's note sent through me?Fannie Hamburger Aaron-------------------------—-------------TREAS. Mother Mother[enc for ca Dec. 1920]
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-12-15
Text: Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Perhaps you will welcome a letter for a change. I sent my trunk off this morning, so it certainly ought to be home in time. I mailed the check to you this morning, also. We had a fiendish chem written this morning. I had a conference with Miss Peelbed yesterday--it was supposed to be a fifteen minute one, but it lasted three quarters of an hour. She went over all my papers, and said that the written work was excellent, but that I did not "be stire myself...
Show moreDear Mother, Father, and Pete: Perhaps you will welcome a letter for a change. I sent my trunk off this morning, so it certainly ought to be home in time. I mailed the check to you this morning, also. We had a fiendish chem written this morning. I had a conference with Miss Peelbed yesterday--it was supposed to be a fifteen minute one, but it lasted three quarters of an hour. She went over all my papers, and said that the written work was excellent, but that I did not "be stire myself to speak in class", which she did not think was a very wise plan. Here after I shall pop up more, even if I don't say anything very deep. I have an hour of lab today, and then I'll be through for the week. I haven't started my history topic yet, and it is due Friday. Miss Peebles said I could hand in after the vacation the paper that she announced was due Friday. It was very nice of her. I have pages pages to tell you about debate, but it will have to keep until I get home. You may be interested in knowing that the vote that was cast for us was Miss Yost's, and inasmuch as she teaches argumentation, I feel that hers is more valuable than the other two. She was very firmly convinced that we were by far the best. The other two judges were not so sure of their reasons. Enough for today. Love, Fannie December 15, 1920
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-01-10
Text: January 10, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I mailed an answer to your question yesterday, Mother. I have just about made up my mind to change my election to Heredity, so as to ease up on my course a little and allow for debating. That means I am through at twelve-twenty Fridays, and will have no difficulty in getting to Phila. by dinner-time. In any case, I can get there by nine o'clock anyhow. So go to it, and make the appointment. I surely n[???] that, or something else, but I am...
Show moreJanuary 10, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I mailed an answer to your question yesterday, Mother. I have just about made up my mind to change my election to Heredity, so as to ease up on my course a little and allow for debating. That means I am through at twelve-twenty Fridays, and will have no difficulty in getting to Phila. by dinner-time. In any case, I can get there by nine o'clock anyhow. So go to it, and make the appointment. I surely n[???] that, or something else, but I am not going to go along this way any longer. In view of that and the uncertainty of getting back here on time, I shall let Prom go by this year. I heard an excellent lecture on india last night by Dhan Gopal Mujirki, a graduate of Stanford and much of an Indian patriot. It is just about the best lecture I have heard in college. I was so much interested that in spite of much work to do, i went up to Senior Parlor after the lecture and listedne[sic] to him talk informally for about an hour a quarter. I wish i had time to write about it. I walked to town in the afternoon and attended to various things, among others having my skates sharpened so that they will be ready when the next ice comes. By so doing I missed a lecture on the Washington conference, but I can't get everything in this week. Sunday night I heard an excellent lecture on Jerusalem by another indian, Mr. Prem Chaud Lal, whose title to fame seems to be having guided General Allenby through Jerusalem. Those Sunday evening lectures are under the auspices of the Christian Association. They surely get a miserable attendance--about thirty or forty people. He had excellent illustrations, and told some very interesting stories, also an interesting joke that I have not time to write now. I understand friend Stevie is to speak in the course of the month under the auspices of the C. A. Miss Buck had another stroke on Friday and died Sunday. Miss Wylie certainly has had a trying year of it. i think that explains her crabbiness and peculiarity at times. We have two cuts this week, but I shall have no difficulty putting in the time profitably spent it walking today. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-01-13
Text: Jan. 13, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I owe you a real letter today, I think. I am sorry that I was too busy to write a letter for two successive days, but it could not be helped. I worked about ten hours on the Shelley paper, but I think it was really good when I finished it. The class seemed to think so, too. I had to read it today. Miss Wylie did not come all week, we had two cuts, and today we met by ourselves and discussed various papers and Shelley in general. I have just about...
Show moreJan. 13, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I owe you a real letter today, I think. I am sorry that I was too busy to write a letter for two successive days, but it could not be helped. I worked about ten hours on the Shelley paper, but I think it was really good when I finished it. The class seemed to think so, too. I had to read it today. Miss Wylie did not come all week, we had two cuts, and today we met by ourselves and discussed various papers and Shelley in general. I have just about finished the reading on Psych topic and shall write it over the week-end. Then I won't have a mad rush before exams. I have my hardest three the first three days, and I want to avoid a mad stew. Miss Buck was not my English prof last year, Pete. I had Miss Peebles who is in Europe this year. Miss Buck was my Freshman instructor the first four weeks, before the readjustment shift. I liked her personally, but would have been lost in a Freshman class of hers. She soared in the clouds and was quite an indefinite sort of genius. I prefer concrete thinking for Freshman composition. She really had a great deal of ability as the encolsed clipping will show. We are going to have the ice carnival tomorrow afternoon. I am very glad to hear that Doctor Litchfield agrees with us, Mother. I wish the eleventh of February were here already. I am so sick of this think that it surely is getting "my goat". Do you think you will be East after exams. I have only three days. If you do come, you could come up here for next week. If you don't, I might go down to Aunt Bessie's or to Jeannette, or stay up here and read. i wouldn't mind doing any of the three. I had a letter from Henrietta Butler yesterday. She is engaged to one Earle Bernheimer of K. City. They plan to be married in April, go to Europe for four months. Jane has nothing too favorable to say of him. Did you hear anything about Ruth Gallinger's weedding[sic]? Debate Council voted unanimously yesterday to accept Amherst's challenge for a debate at Amherst on the fifteenth of April. here's where I go to the Dean's office and drop Zo. Giving up debating and having four hours of lab in four separate periods is not worth it. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-01-20
Text: January 20, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The picture of Marse certainly is a scream. But I don't see why you say he will get sore--if he has any sense of humor at all, he will have to see how funny it is. I don't know how I could have been figuring that I should have gotten laundry this week--you could hardly have had any to send! I am sorry the last was late in coming. I sent it on Wednesday as usual. I am afraid this week's will be late. I took it to the post-office...
Show moreJanuary 20, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The picture of Marse certainly is a scream. But I don't see why you say he will get sore--if he has any sense of humor at all, he will have to see how funny it is. I don't know how I could have been figuring that I should have gotten laundry this week--you could hardly have had any to send! I am sorry the last was late in coming. I sent it on Wednesday as usual. I am afraid this week's will be late. I took it to the post-office yesterday and put the stamps on. Today at noon I got a notice please to come to the post-office as soon as possible. My laundry was still there, inasmuch as I had hurried off after pasting on the stamps and forgotten to pay for them. Pete, you take me too seriously. You didn't suppose I meant the room-mate stuff seriously, did you? I made my speech in the big meeting of Speakers' Bureau yesterday afternoon. I was one of the four called on, which speaks pretty well for the Rhineeli if chances, I think. I expounded for seven minutes on Japanese immigration, as seen by Professor Albert Bushnell Hart. Oh, yes, I will be a high-brow one of these days. She cut the others up pretty much. Of me she said, "I have no criticism to offer. It was an excellent speech very well done, and it interested me very much". After the meeting she came up to me to tell me how well I did. Ahem! After the meeting I went skating for a half-hour. The ice is still fine. I managed a little better than the last time. Is the young lady aus Wellesley a good skater, Pete? I have to go to that d--- lab now. I wish it didn't tire me so. Mercedes de la Barra of Chile conducted our Spanish class today. It was extremely interesting. She had a lot of pictures and told us a lot about the country. I think I'll have to cultivate her acquaintance, inasmuch as she lives just below me. My oral English Speech exam comes next Tuesday and the written one, one hour long, comes next Thursday. Betty Humphreys and I are going to call on Miss Salmon tomorrow night. If we don't find anything else to talk about, we can at least talk about when she taught our mothers! Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-01-22
Text: January 22, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: This is an extemely stupid, warm, and pepless day. I woke up at nine o'clock and finally managed to get myself down to work at eleven fifteen. I have been studying for an hour and a half now, and am again in a very sleepy state. I have done all my review for my Ec exam, which comes Friday morning. It is very simple to review for, I think. I also did some supplementary reading on the evolution of economics and economic theory, which was...
Show moreJanuary 22, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: This is an extemely stupid, warm, and pepless day. I woke up at nine o'clock and finally managed to get myself down to work at eleven fifteen. I have been studying for an hour and a half now, and am again in a very sleepy state. I have done all my review for my Ec exam, which comes Friday morning. It is very simple to review for, I think. I also did some supplementary reading on the evolution of economics and economic theory, which was very interesting. I plan to write an English paper and to study some more chem now, if I can get up the pep to do it. Tomorrow I shall devote largely to the study of the theory of English speech. I don't remember any of that technical stuff which we had last semester. I fooled around yesterday afternoon until three o'clock and then we walked to town and called on Miss Salmon. She has a very cozy house with Miss Brown. It is on Mill Street, near Luckey's. She was very interesting. She talked about the evolution of words in real Miss Salmon style, about marks (with a vengeance, too), and about things in general. She did most of the talking, and kept it up for three quarters of an hour. I certainly think it would be ideal, if her plan of no marks at all were to go into effect. She said Michigan had it for a long time, but when a large number of Harvard men when out there as profs, they thought they would reform things, and which the institution of Phi Bete Kappa found it necessary to introduce marks. She said, "And so, I am sorry to say, Michigan has retrograded, too". Another thing which she advocates very strongly in taking in girls on merit instead of taking into consideration the length of time their applications have been ing. She said there are twelve hundred on the waiting list for next fall and more on the waiting list for the next few years than there are alumnae of the college! She certainly was interesting. She asked us to be sure to come soon again, and she also asked for you, Mother. I had the strangest feeling the whole time she was talking--I kept thinking constantly of the long time she had been here and what a perfect Methuselah she must feel like, to seen have this college grow to what it is almost from the time of its founding and to have seen so many new methods and experiments tried! We got back just in time for dinner, and after chapel I wasted the evening on a lecture which was not particularly worth hearing, "What Americans Should Seek in France," given in English by a Frenchman, M. Dimnet. It was a continuous series of anecdotes. I then came home and went to bed. I certainly have succeeded in accomplishing nothing this week-end except sleeping. But I have not had particularly much to do, so it is all right. Love, Fannie[enc w/ 22 Jan 1921] Dear Mothrer:[sic] I have been strongly tempted for the past week to buy a regulation heavy Spaulding sweater for skating, but did not want to do so without your consent. The tan one I got last year is so tight that I cannot wear it all all. It looks like a joke, and I cannot stretch it. They are sold at the Albert Shop for twelve dollars. Would it be terribly extravagant if I should do so? I whould get a lot of use out if one, if it fit so that I could wear it. If I got another could you dispose of this one at all. It seems very extravagant, that is why I would not want to do it without asking you first. What does one do for hives? I have either that or seven mosquito bites, and I don't see how I could have the latter this time of the year. I don't know what I would get hives from, but they are certainly something that itch most decidedly and look like bites without heads. Love, FannieWe have seen in the study of the determination of molecular weights that the lowering of the freezing point, the raising of the boiling point, and the lowering of the vapor pressure of organic subs.Mother Mother
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-01-25
Text: January 25, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I apologize most humbly for not writing yesterday. The only explanation I have it that I went walking fifth hour and did not get back as soon as I had expected and therefore had to hurry off to lab immediately. I did not realize until today that I had not written. I was in lab from two forty-five until five fifteen and I was some tired when I left. I cut chapel and slept during that time, then proceeded to work or quite a whil--longer than I...
Show moreJanuary 25, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I apologize most humbly for not writing yesterday. The only explanation I have it that I went walking fifth hour and did not get back as soon as I had expected and therefore had to hurry off to lab immediately. I did not realize until today that I had not written. I was in lab from two forty-five until five fifteen and I was some tired when I left. I cut chapel and slept during that time, then proceeded to work or quite a whil--longer than I wanted to. The debate clipping interested me very much, Lester. According to that, I shall come either officially or unofficially. Tryouts are very soon after exams. I am starting to appreciate Miss Salmon now. I guess I am glad that I am not dropping the course. She certainly has interested me a lot more since Christmas than she did before. Our work for today was to make out an exam, with a preface indicating what we thought the aim of a good exam paper should be. My paper took me an hour and a half to compose. It was a cork-er--I only hope that she doesn't give us back our own papers to answer as an exam! We all had decided that it would be just like her to do that, and that we would therefore make out as easy papers as possible. We felt sure, at any rate, that she would get ideas from our papers. So when she asked me this morning what her purpose in having us make out these papers had been I could hardly keep a straight face--it would have been very impolitic to say what I thought! My exam studying is one now. I am not cramming, but I have plenty to do. The contents of the laundry-case were very good, Mother. A little of that is all that is good for me face, but my neighbors think they are very good. Helen says, "Wasn't that nice of your Mother to get those there--now Dick can stay at college a day longer!" The only other news I have is that I need a new typewriter ribbon and that the Albert Shop are out of sweaters, but will have them again the middle of this week. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-01-26
Text: January 26, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have not time to write much, as I must hurry back to the libe. There is a great rush on English Speech books today, inasmuch as the exam is tomorrow, and I have one promised to me for five minutes from now. Only one more class before exams. We were allowed to ask questions to our hearts' content today in Spanish, chem, and Ec. More tomorrow. Fannie

Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-02-01
Text: [Addressed to Hotel Commodore] February 1, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: One more exam behind me! That is something to live for, all right--the day when the last one is behind me. My nightmare comes tomorrow afternoon, in chem. Romance was sort of funny this morning. There was a choice in the first question, but I had to take the first part for the simple reason that our section had taken up very little of the reading connected with the second part. It took me fifteen minutes to start...
Show more[Addressed to Hotel Commodore] February 1, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: One more exam behind me! That is something to live for, all right--the day when the last one is behind me. My nightmare comes tomorrow afternoon, in chem. Romance was sort of funny this morning. There was a choice in the first question, but I had to take the first part for the simple reason that our section had taken up very little of the reading connected with the second part. It took me fifteen minutes to start to write and then I wrote with a vengeance, till the bell rang, at which time my wrist, back, and head hurt. Please return the exam, Pete. I met Lucy on the way back, and her invitation to me to go off for lunch with them appealed to my weary state. I preferred that to hearing everybody in the dining-room has over their morning s exam. And here I am, ready to spend the afternoon studying. I have an awful lot of studying to do for Spanish, and quite a lot for chem. Unless I let you know to the contrary, I will be down Thursday on the 11:38. If it suits you, I would like to see "The Skin-Game", "Emperor Jones", and either "Mary Rose" or Deburau", at least Lucy recommends the last. Love, FannieMr. + Mrs. Marcus Aaron, Hotel Commodore, New York, N.Y. Vassar, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-02-07
Text: Mr. + Mrs. Marcus Aaron Hotel [Draymore], Atlantic City, New Jersey403 Davison, Vassar, Poughkeepsie N.Y. 3 /ÖTx- // 7.

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: 1921-02-11
Text: February 11, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: There is not much to tell you, after my voluminous letter of last night. I sent the bill to you by mistake, Pete. I hope you had sense enough to send it to the right destination. Two laundry cases have come since I came back, Mother. I sent it to Mrs. Madden last Wednesday again. I wasted an hour studying for a chem quiz this morning. It was quite unnecessary. I am going to quit studying that stuff. It doesn't do any good anynow. I just...
Show moreFebruary 11, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: There is not much to tell you, after my voluminous letter of last night. I sent the bill to you by mistake, Pete. I hope you had sense enough to send it to the right destination. Two laundry cases have come since I came back, Mother. I sent it to Mrs. Madden last Wednesday again. I wasted an hour studying for a chem quiz this morning. It was quite unnecessary. I am going to quit studying that stuff. It doesn't do any good anynow. I just walked off campus with Lucy. She is suffering from a desire to do something and not being able to do anything except fool--she had drops in her eyes. I am going to spend the afternoon working on debate. Otherwise I know nothing new, except that the Albert Shop sent me a while sweater this morning which I haven't tried on yet. Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-02-13
Text: [Addressed to Hotel Tiayole] February 13, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The snow is melting already, but it is still almost as pretty as it was yesterday. I celebrated the good weather by sleeping till almost noon--and I certainly needed it and will need to carry me throuh the next week of tryouts. This afternoon I read "Rosalynde" and "As You Like It", the Romance reading that I should have done last week and didn't. Tonight I have to do a lot of Spanish and...
Show more[Addressed to Hotel Tiayole] February 13, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The snow is melting already, but it is still almost as pretty as it was yesterday. I celebrated the good weather by sleeping till almost noon--and I certainly needed it and will need to carry me throuh the next week of tryouts. This afternoon I read "Rosalynde" and "As You Like It", the Romance reading that I should have done last week and didn't. Tonight I have to do a lot of Spanish and some American History which afternoon to do the Spanish and discovered that the books had been taken out over Sunday. That is permissible, but vertainly a mean thing to do, I spent a half hour hunting up the girl who had it, and then got her to primise it to me for tonight. I just came back from a great walk up Sunset and around the lake, then through the path in the woods that leads to the Hackensack road. It was great. I really think the beauty of campus today and yesterday could compare favorably with that of Wellesly! I have to write a bunch of letters tonight, or I won't be on speaking terms with anybody at home, I am afraid. I haven't written to anybody since I came back after spring--vacation. Otherwise there is nothing much new to report. Oh, yes there is, too. I have a pupil at the maids' club house, a girl who is very anxious to learn to type. The girl in charge of the club house work sent her to me. I took her on condition that I don't make debate. If I do, I will have my hands full. It will amount to about an hour a week. Yours in the hope of making debate. Love, Fannie The prunes are fine, Mother, and exactly what I wanted. Could you send me another jar before you leave Atlantic, if it is not too inconveniet for you? It would save me a lot of time here in the rush of present tryouts.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-02-14
Text: [Addressed to Hotel Tiaymore] February 14, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: There is nothing much new to report, except that this is my lab day, and therefore my letter will have to be brief. I am glad you are satisfied with my report, Father. Pete, your absolute silence would indicate that you thought me too punk for comment. Is that the case? If I gave five marks for Phyllis instead of six, it merely means that I forgot to give English Speech. It really doesn't count, except that...
Show more[Addressed to Hotel Tiaymore] February 14, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: There is nothing much new to report, except that this is my lab day, and therefore my letter will have to be brief. I am glad you are satisfied with my report, Father. Pete, your absolute silence would indicate that you thought me too punk for comment. Is that the case? If I gave five marks for Phyllis instead of six, it merely means that I forgot to give English Speech. It really doesn't count, except that it has to be passed and you have to keep on taking it until you pass it. Also, you cannot get Phi Beta if you flunk it. Was your dictated letter supposed to be funny, Father? It sure was stiff. I don't mind your dictating to Pete and me, but I must confess that I hate your dictating to a stenographer. I don't like the business tone that you manifest. Please transliterate (?) Marse's letter to us, Pete. I honestly cannot read it. Lucy came bursting into my Romance class this morning at the end of the hour. It certainly was funny. She told me that she had been working in the libe and that her watch was fifteen minutes fast. She hurried over to Rocky, thinking that her class had started, and burst the door open to discover Miss Peebles holding forth. It certainly was ridiculous--she looked so perfectly blank and stupid, and to add to herembarassment, the whole class started to laugh. Lucy's mother writers her all the Pittsburgh dope and she immediately communicated with me, Mother. So you see, even when you do write me news, such as the engagements of people I don't know, Mrs. K. has supplied the dope in advance! Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-02-15
Text: February 15, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Nothing much new today except that I have survived the three debate tryouts to which everybody is entitled and am up for fourth Thursday night. I am up for my third tonight. I have to spend three hours this afternoon reading for it. Eighth hour I have to go to Prexy's baby History lecture on the medieval bower. I got a Romance cut this morning for it. I got a big box of muts and dates and figs from cousin Palunine yesterday. I have...
Show moreFebruary 15, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Nothing much new today except that I have survived the three debate tryouts to which everybody is entitled and am up for fourth Thursday night. I am up for my third tonight. I have to spend three hours this afternoon reading for it. Eighth hour I have to go to Prexy's baby History lecture on the medieval bower. I got a Romance cut this morning for it. I got a big box of muts and dates and figs from cousin Palunine yesterday. I have already thanked her for it. I was so tired last night that I had to go to bed without getting any work daone. That is the trouble with debate, but I guess if other people can get away wit it, I can, too. The only thing that should keep me from making it would be not having time enough to gather sufficient dope on the subject. The telephone number of Davison is "Poughkeepsie 685. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-02-16
Text: February 16, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I had tryouts last night. I think I did pretty well. I I then came back and studied until eleven. I feel as though I had staid up all night, as my neighbor from across the hall did. I have tryouts again tomorrow night. I have a paper due for Romance tomorrow and a history topic due first hour Friday. I have as yet started neither one. I have four classes tomorrow morning, so that if you don't hear me in Philadelphia you know why. I cannot...
Show moreFebruary 16, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I had tryouts last night. I think I did pretty well. I I then came back and studied until eleven. I feel as though I had staid up all night, as my neighbor from across the hall did. I have tryouts again tomorrow night. I have a paper due for Romance tomorrow and a history topic due first hour Friday. I have as yet started neither one. I have four classes tomorrow morning, so that if you don't hear me in Philadelphia you know why. I cannot get a letter off before the afternoon mail unless I write before break fast. I'll tell you now what I would have to say then. "Worked on history topic all Wednesday afternoon and on English paper all evening. Will work all afternoon today." I spent three hours in lab this morning, and after analyzing an unknown solution for two hours and a half, dropped the solution. That means I have to start all over the next time. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-02-17
Text: February 17, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am sorry that I could not write to you to Philadelphia, but I would have had nothing to say anyhow. I had to burn the midnight oil last night. I did not do it out of desire, but there was some work for today that simply had to be turned. So I worked till eleven-thirty. That sort of thing does not hurt particularly, unless you acquire the habit, and I don't expect it acquire the habit. I have debate tryouts tonight again. I shall have to...
Show moreFebruary 17, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am sorry that I could not write to you to Philadelphia, but I would have had nothing to say anyhow. I had to burn the midnight oil last night. I did not do it out of desire, but there was some work for today that simply had to be turned. So I worked till eleven-thirty. That sort of thing does not hurt particularly, unless you acquire the habit, and I don't expect it acquire the habit. I have debate tryouts tonight again. I shall have to work all afternoon on my speech, as I was given a new stand, and I don't happen to have much definite knowlege or statistics on it. Nothing particularly exciting happened in classes tonight. The package from Atlantic came in the same mail as your letter, Mother. Thank you very much for it. The enclosed snap-shot was taken, not to show off my new sweater, but because it was such a glorious day, because I was out with Helen, and because she happened to have her camera with her. It was the day after the big snow-storm, when the trees were so beautiful. Please send it to Pete. I will sned you another one, if you want it--if you think this one is any good. I think that it is very good for a snapshot. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-02-18
Text: February 18, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am sorry that I did not answer you about coming to New York, Mother. I thought that I had. There was nothing special that I wanted to see you about, and with this debate rush on, it would have been impossible to leave anyhow. I worked on debate yesterday afternoon from two to five thirty. There was Students' Meeting Last night, but I slept instead of going and went to my tryouts at eight-thirty. It was a miserable debate all the way...
Show moreFebruary 18, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am sorry that I did not answer you about coming to New York, Mother. I thought that I had. There was nothing special that I wanted to see you about, and with this debate rush on, it would have been impossible to leave anyhow. I worked on debate yesterday afternoon from two to five thirty. There was Students' Meeting Last night, but I slept instead of going and went to my tryouts at eight-thirty. It was a miserable debate all the way through. I was too sleepy to be intelligent or eloquent, and everybody was punk for some reason or other. I am up for nine o'clock tomorrow morning with Marian Cahill and Minerva Turnbull, both of last year's speaking team, against two alternates from last year, and Frances Kellogg, of our sophomore team. That gave me hopes, but Lucy told me this morning that she hated to disappoint me, but she didn't see how I expected to have a ghost of a chance to be a speaker. She said the speakers were practically picked before the tryouts started, and that it stands to reason that juniors and seniors have the preference over sophomores, but that I would most likely be an alternate. She is the big chief of materials sub-committee, so that she gets most of the inside dope. The advantages of being an alternate sophomore year is that you get the training which will undoubtedly make a speaker of your junior year. I will have to work on my affirmative stand for tomorrow morning most of this afternoon. It is a gorgeous day--I wonder if debating is worth it? Helen is going down to New York today to see her father. I wrote to Henrietta to Pittsburgh, but I guess she left before the letter got there. This is prom week-end and there is much excitement. You ought to see Gertrude Allen all decked out in a new evening dress, with her hair all crimped, ready to capture Chick Fay's brother! I am feeling just the same, Mother. There is nothing new to report. I still go to the infirm twice a week. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-02-19
Text: February 19, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I had debate tryouts again this morning. I understand from good authority that all of the squad were picked before this morning. I didn't hurt my chances any this morning, but I didn't improve them any, either. Minerva Turnbull and Marian Cahill were wonderful. We were rather disconcerted this morning when the chairman of debate and two other juniors both connected with debate came in during the tryouts with theirm mena and sat down...
Show moreFebruary 19, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I had debate tryouts again this morning. I understand from good authority that all of the squad were picked before this morning. I didn't hurt my chances any this morning, but I didn't improve them any, either. Minerva Turnbull and Marian Cahill were wonderful. We were rather disconcerted this morning when the chairman of debate and two other juniors both connected with debate came in during the tryouts with theirm mena and sat down and staid through the whole tryouts, commenting loud enough to annoy anybody. This certainly is a different prom week-end from last year--the snow was so deep then that people could hardly wade around. Phi Beta Kappa for this year was announced in chapel last night by Miss Ellory. Of all the nights in the year to announce it, that seemed to me and most others to be the most foolish. There was hardly a junior in chapel, and certainly they might have picked a better night. Twenty-one members of 1921 got it, and two of 1922. The two were Edith Brill and Frances Thorndike, both of Davison. They are exceedinly brainy, need-less to say, and stick together like glue. I guess what one doesn't know, the other supplies. Lucy didn't make it--she has been saying all along that she hadn't a chance, and I guess she was right. All the debate seniors made it--that is some company for me to be travelling in. Clifford Sellers made it, to the general surprise but also delight, of everyone. Most people said she did not have enough A's to make it, but it is given not only on marks but also on personality. I suppose that is why she got it, and I suppose also, that is why every Student President for the last four years has gotten it. I worked on debate last night for two hours. I was affirmative this morning, for the first time since the first day of tryouts. Consequently I did not have much affirmative material and had to speed up some last night to get it, particularly since I didn't know till late yesterday afternoon what part of the subject I was to take. I am going for a walk in a little while, then wash my hair, and go over to Students' at five o'clock to see the Grand March. I did not know that Lucy's friend was in New York after midyears, but I might have guessed it if I had thought anything about it, inasmuch as she was very dark about what she did and she usually tells me everything about her week-ends. I guess I will have to break my record and go to Sunday chapel in spite of my self tomorrow morning. My list of excuses has run out--but how I do love to sleep till about eleven on Sunday mornings! I had a letter from Aunt Hattie yesterday. Love, Fannie
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