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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1922-05-16]
Text: [postmarked 16 May 1922] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Nothing new, but I mustn't set the bad example of "sending postcards two days in succession". Such a thin is never done!! I got four hours on my last topic in last night, but won't have time for any more until the end of the week. I am going outdoors today to try to finish up my field-work in Zo lab. I sent a letter fo you to forward to Mlle. Mother. I thought you would have her address, and I have owed her a letter...
Show more[postmarked 16 May 1922] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Nothing new, but I mustn't set the bad example of "sending postcards two days in succession". Such a thin is never done!! I got four hours on my last topic in last night, but won't have time for any more until the end of the week. I am going outdoors today to try to finish up my field-work in Zo lab. I sent a letter fo you to forward to Mlle. Mother. I thought you would have her address, and I have owed her a letter for so many months that I no longer knew her street number. She lives with a Mrs. Pritchard, on Forbes, near the library. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1922-10-24
Text: October 24, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I should certainly like to see you in New York, Mother. In fact, I wish I could go to Atlantic, but I don't know how my weekends stand. I shall have to inquire in the warden's office. I had a lengthy letter from Marian today, to my surprise. She told me she saw you, Mother. She also tells me that Estelle Rosenbloom was sick in bed for two months in Palestine--and that Charles claims to be engaged to a Parisian! The Hindu didn't...
Show moreOctober 24, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I should certainly like to see you in New York, Mother. In fact, I wish I could go to Atlantic, but I don't know how my weekends stand. I shall have to inquire in the warden's office. I had a lengthy letter from Marian today, to my surprise. She told me she saw you, Mother. She also tells me that Estelle Rosenbloom was sick in bed for two months in Palestine--and that Charles claims to be engaged to a Parisian! The Hindu didn't sail with the others because he came over for the purpose of stirring up interest in his "league of Youth" and of trying to start a similar institution in this xounry. Send the picture of them to Pete, then return to me, please. Elanor Wolfe told me she saw D. May in New York Sunday and that they sailed Monday. Marian wrote that she was much feted before she left home. Mother, I sent a small bath mat home in my laundry and never got it back. Is it still at home?I got a "Good" on my Aristotle topic for Tolerance, much to my surprise. Between that and acting the part of Socrates in his trial, I feel quite philosophic--except for the fact that I am bored to death in my philosophy course I think Teddy showed good sense in almost flunking it, Pete. How is Harold getting on these days? I am in a miserable humor--I wasted three hours this morning trying to work and being too sleepy to. One consolation is that I have comparatively little regular work to do--but one of these days soon I shall get started on my semester topics, and then i will be a little busier. Not debating certainly is a time saver, but it makes life a little monotonous. I intended to do just what you said about the dresses, Mother--except that there is no urgent need of getting another one soon. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-10-31
Text: I don't expect to earn $700, personally!

Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1922-12-18]
Text: [postmarked 18 Dec 1922] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I feel as though vacation as at hand--at present everything I own is either on the floor or on my bed, as the maid is going to scrub my closet this afternoon, and after that I shall pack. I have a final conference with Millsy today about getting in to Seminar, and on with Miss Smith on my drama topic which is not progressing at all well, dueto dearth of available material in the libe. I also expect to go to town, and tonight to a...
Show more[postmarked 18 Dec 1922] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I feel as though vacation as at hand--at present everything I own is either on the floor or on my bed, as the maid is going to scrub my closet this afternoon, and after that I shall pack. I have a final conference with Millsy today about getting in to Seminar, and on with Miss Smith on my drama topic which is not progressing at all well, dueto dearth of available material in the libe. I also expect to go to town, and tonight to a required philosophy lecture. The rest of the time I expect to work! I am glad vacation is coming. I am getting stale from too much work. Helen and I wrote for tickets for R. U. R. for Wednesday night. I think we'll go up to the Metropolitan in the afternoon. I am sending my trunk today, or tomorrow morning, special delivery. In case it does not come by Wed. evening, my check number is 486265. I don't want a dinner party. Why can't we have The Rauhs for dinner some night. No time to write more now. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1922-11-05
Text: [Addressed to Hotel Traymore] November 5, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Senior Parlor surely was a bore yesterday afternoon--we didn't have the entertainment of faculty clothes, I guess! Jane staid for dinner and then at ten o'clock I yielded to her coaxing to sleep in North with her. We talked till------, but it was great to be with her for a while again. We slept late this morning and then got some breakfast at Cary's, and came back to her room and worked till dinner...
Show more[Addressed to Hotel Traymore] November 5, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Senior Parlor surely was a bore yesterday afternoon--we didn't have the entertainment of faculty clothes, I guess! Jane staid for dinner and then at ten o'clock I yielded to her coaxing to sleep in North with her. We talked till------, but it was great to be with her for a while again. We slept late this morning and then got some breakfast at Cary's, and came back to her room and worked till dinner time. Living at the farthest ends of the campus and having a roommate with whom I have nothing in common certainly prevents out seeing last year's worth of each other. She is thinking quite seriously of coming to Pittsburgh Christmas vacation. Did you know that Helen Klee's roommate flunked out of Wellesley in Jane? She says Helen has a safe margin. I was surprised at that, but I did not tell her so. Caroline Whitney, (Phi Bet refuser) is engaged to an Austrian student whom she met in Europe this summer. Miss Gilman, whom I took to Senior Parlor, is a cousin of hers. She says Carolinenever had any use for men till this summer, but she surely went in for them intensively in Europe. If you knew her, you would be surprise that she was satisfied with an Austrian, instead of a Russian Bolshevik! Love, Fannie[enc w/ 5 Nov 1922] Dear Mother: I shall proceed to answer questions. My fur-coat came some time ago. I am enclosing the check for it. I am through with my make-up work, but I have to get started on my semester topics now. I am due next Saturday, November 11, and I am hardly ever late. I am early, if anything. My pleasure, of course, is to have you go to the ame, too--if you want to. It would be great to all be together I understood that you had to go to New York for your shoes and would be there the week-end of the eighteenth, even if you did not go to the game. Isn't that your present plan? I was counting on having that week-end with you, anyhow. What I do Thanksgiving depends upon several things--for one thing, what you do. I was sort of taking it for granted that if you were away three or fourweeks now you would have gone home by that time. How about it! Is there still a chance of your being East then, in Atlantic or New York? If I don't see you the eighteenth, and you are still around the East Thanksgiving, I would rather be with you than go to Baltimore. I have not heard from Dorothy since the week of college, but I take for granted she still wants me. I know she is as poor a correspondent as I am--nevertheless I would not go there without hearing from her again. As she might be so swamped with work that she wouldn't [want] me--she doesn't get a vacation for TH. Another difficulty is that I can't get down to New York till Wednesday at six, so that I would probably have to wait till Thursday morning to go to B. I would look up train connections for there, before deciding. If I would leave there late Sunday morning or noon, so as to catch the six o'clocl (the latest we are allowed) I should say it would be worth doing. Let me know what you intend to do. My old troubles have started with a vengeance. Bran and fruit are no longer of any avail. It started in the Infirm and has grown daily worse. The food is no longer as helpful as it was at first. I felt quite miserable from it for several days, but finally last night dosed up vehemently on Cascara, and fee[l] a little better today. I am terrifically disappointed--that means I am doomed till June now, and I had been feeling so well in that respect until two weeks ago. It started all or a sudden. Have you that Cascara, Nux, and Bella Donna prescription? If so, please send it to me. I really don't know what to take. What would you advise? R. S. V. P. My other pain is largely dependent on this, so it is absolutely essential that I take something that is effective early in the morning. Love, Fannie
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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: n.d. [postmarked 1922-05-26]
Text: [postmarked 26 May 1922] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Do you want to leave Thursday morning or afternoon? R. S. VP. right away so that I can tell Helen. She does not finish her last exam until 12:50, so if we go in the aft, she can go with us, otherwise she can't. I just happened to come across the clipping you sent about Miss Yost today--I had read the wrong side of the paper. This is her first year as Dean of Stanford--she is V. C. '05. I mean Dean of Women. She was taught...
Show more[postmarked 26 May 1922] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Do you want to leave Thursday morning or afternoon? R. S. VP. right away so that I can tell Helen. She does not finish her last exam until 12:50, so if we go in the aft, she can go with us, otherwise she can't. I just happened to come across the clipping you sent about Miss Yost today--I had read the wrong side of the paper. This is her first year as Dean of Stanford--she is V. C. '05. I mean Dean of Women. She was taught Freshman English, narrative writing, and arguemtnation[sic]. She thought I "had a lot of dope on myself" and quite approved of me--otherwise I couldn't hand her a terrible lot! In that, she showed good sense, however. I went to bed at four-thirty yesterday afternoon in a vain attempt to shake off being sleepy, but as yet feel just as sleepy. I think it is a disease of some sort! I am still buried in "The Ring and the Book". As soon as I finish that, I shall start studying for exams. I have a terrific am't to do for the two Friday Biology ones, and French Rev on Saturday, but very little for J on Monday and Social Psych on Tuesday. That is real luck!This marks the last of Peru, Indiana, with Davison address. I feel more "Seniorish than ever. I forgot to tell you yesterday that the night before Mrs. MacCracked join Peggy Higgins and me and told us that Maizrie was following our example, and had just particpated in her first debate, "Resolved that it is More Profitable to Live in the Country than in the City". Whereupon her grandmother said that she had won the debate, and felt infinitely more important than any of us did in our most glorious moments of victory! She is thirteen and in her first year of high school. I had a letter from Louise the other day Mother. She said she had seen you and you "did look so well". The letter was the heighth[sic] of illiteracy, otherwise very enjoyable. Love, Fannie[eve w/ pm 26 May 1922] Dear Mother: Helen and I got our heads together for an hour and a half yesterday afternoon and decided that we wanted to give a Vassar Endowment Fund dance at the country club the end of June. Now don't laught[sic] but listen to our plan. In the first place, Dot Krolick's older V. C. sister, Rutn Franklin, and another Vassar girl gave one at their club in Detroit Christmas vacation, charged five dollars a couple, and make four hundred and fifty dollars--and they paid for the club and music and everybody has, is doing, or will do something at home efore next fall in the way of earning something because nothing has ever been done like that at home among the elites Jews, at least for ages, and so some people would buy tickets even if they wouldn't come. We don't know officially, but we though we could get the country club and music and what food we would have to buy for $100, and programs--V. C. ones. Then we thought we could charge $5 a couple, and all our pleasure seeking youth at home would come--it wouldn't cost them any more than coming out there for a Saturday night dinner-dance--less, in fact. And then we thought a good many people of "your age" would buy a ticket out of the kindness of their hearts--like a "church benefit", you know! We could work like the dickens ourselves and make sandwiches--and perhaps some kind sould like--well, maybe you, Mrs. Hertz, Mrs. Kaufmann, Cousin Rachel, and a few others, would give us a cake or two. And Mr. Fishel might even give some ice-cream. Then after that, we wouldn't beg any more. We would not have any waiters--we would serve ourselves and get Lucy, Helen J.Class Insecta Order [Orthoptop] Locustetc., and some yo nger kids--fifteen and sixteen year olds who yould feel highly flattered and important, to help us serve. And we would give it a lot of publicity, and be very nice asking people to buy tickets, and we thought we could make somewhere between $200 and #300 above our expenses. We would do a lot of cheap rose and gray decorations and try to make it as Vassar-y as possible. We thought we could seel at tickets to seventy-five couples--counting the kids just younger than us, and kind grown-ups who wouldn't turn you down for five dollars. We think people would want to encourage our good intention, etc. and for the sake of the novelty of it buy tickets, and "think it just grand what college does for girls nowadays, and we do wish we could have had such a privilege, too". It will all depend, or course, upon what happens to me with the M.D.s, but I hardly think anything would interfere so late in June, or very early in July. What do you think of the idea? Throw cold water on it, if you think it is really impossible, but we think it is very hopeful. At any rate, or one thing we are certain--and that is that we are going to earn something somehow this summer for the Fund--and the more we make the merrier. We concluded by saying--that we certainly couldn't lose any money, and so no harm would be done.! P. S. do you think the club might let us have the dining-room floor "cheap" for the cause? I doubt it myself. R. S. V. P. immediately. We have the spirit!!!!!!!!!!!For Mother Planaria Showing alimentary canal anterior end eye spots posterior end redraw [showing] width in [drawing] of alimentary canal < > For Mother
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 5/25/20
Text: May 25, 1920 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am still sleepy. In fact, it seems hard to remember when i haven't been. I voted for the thre big changes at the Studnet's[sic] meeting last night. They are:--student control of census ratings and all non-academic activity of students below grade, student control of regulations and decorum off-campus (practically all of field now covered by the wardens), and voluntary attendance at classes, involving some sort of a cut system. They all...
Show moreMay 25, 1920 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am still sleepy. In fact, it seems hard to remember when i haven't been. I voted for the thre big changes at the Studnet's[sic] meeting last night. They are:--student control of census ratings and all non-academic activity of students below grade, student control of regulations and decorum off-campus (practically all of field now covered by the wardens), and voluntary attendance at classes, involving some sort of a cut system. They all carried practically unanimously. They are to go before the faculty, and, if approved, be subject to a two year trial. I am for them in theory more than in practice. I think the chances are that with added responsibility on our own shoulders our own student rules would be be even as strict, if not stricter, than the wardens' rules. However, I think that what has kept Vassar standards higher than those of the other colleges has been the fact that girls under grade are not allowed to participate in any non-academic activities, limited week-ends, etc. I do believe in giving unrestricted student government a chance, but I hope that it will not mean a lowering of standards. Miss Kitchel made a good-bye speech to us this morning, in spit of the fact that she said she did not believe in them. It seems to be a pet trick for the faculty to tell their classes to think of them, not as teachers, but as friends. That is one thing here that has surprised me particulary. I thought all the instructors would be the old-maid, personality-less variety of my Latin teacher, and it certainly is not that way. They are all so human and full of fun; e. g. Miss Thallon! We had a cut in history today, in return for which we are required to go to Professor Roselli's lecture on Cavour this afternoon. It brings up in my mind recollections of the beds in a certain hotel in Milan. I got a complete list of the books read and work covered in French 7-8 in the office of the committee on admission. For additional information I am to see Miss White next Wednesday. The French department certainly does not give you anything without your working for it. It seems to me that they are over-doing it in this case, though. Taking an exam the equivalent of their course and then taking an advanced course and getting what would have been an A if it had not been the instructor's first year in America! Champy returned about a dozen compositions to us, all of which were [written] sometime in the last six months. I tried an experiment once, which I neglected to write to you. I wrote a very superficial essay on Quatre-Vingt-Treize and then I wrote a two hour one on the next book we read. The first took twenty minutes. I got a B on both. There is the value of marks. Incidentally, I got a B on every single paper she returned. She is a queer one, all right. I did Latin all yesterday afternoon. I finished the Ovid review. Love,Mother, I think Mullaly said she would have the room for you until Friday, June fourth (inclusive). I do not remember whether she said till Saturday morning or not. She is taken after that, I mean all her rooms are engaged. If you don't come, it would be best for you to write to her yourself, as I would not have the nerve to break a reservation a third time. The skirt materials look alll right to me. Evidently you did not approve of the idea of having one flannel one, or something different from the regulation. There look very pretty, though. My bowels are all right. They were not for a little while, but I have gotten them into pretty good shape again. That is, I still have to take the vegetable pills. I think I would like to have a cot in my room next year. I lost my chance on a good second-hand one. Would you rather have me have a new one? I will not try to get a second hand one until I hear from you on the subject. Love,
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1922-11-11
Text: [Addressed to Hotel Traymore] November 11, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Just had a conference with Mill Ellery on my topic. She realized it is going to be hard--that is the main thing. Today is Elizabeth's twenty-first birthday. Haha, we are all growing up, apperently! I think we are going to walk down town after drama by way of celebration. The prunes and medicine arrived. Thank you. Perhaps it is too early to speak, but I may not need the medicine. Good for Mr. Manley. He&apos...
Show more[Addressed to Hotel Traymore] November 11, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Just had a conference with Mill Ellery on my topic. She realized it is going to be hard--that is the main thing. Today is Elizabeth's twenty-first birthday. Haha, we are all growing up, apperently! I think we are going to walk down town after drama by way of celebration. The prunes and medicine arrived. Thank you. Perhaps it is too early to speak, but I may not need the medicine. Good for Mr. Manley. He'll get there yet. Thanks for ordering the book, Pete. Does the enclosed letter shed any light on the week-end, Thanksgiving, etc. Do you think it necessary to comply with the suggestion? I can't see that it will do any good. R. S. V. P. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1922-05-06
Text: April May 6, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete. I plead guilty of forgetting to write to you, yesterday, Pete. I went to town and didn't get home in time, and since I had written a special letter home I forgot to do likewise for you. I took my typewriter to town, attended to my glasses, etc., and got home in time for the French play, "Gringoire" in which B& Bishop starred. her French accent is perfect, which is more than her English one is. The Zo written was hard...
Show moreApril May 6, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete. I plead guilty of forgetting to write to you, yesterday, Pete. I went to town and didn't get home in time, and since I had written a special letter home I forgot to do likewise for you. I took my typewriter to town, attended to my glasses, etc., and got home in time for the French play, "Gringoire" in which B& Bishop starred. her French accent is perfect, which is more than her English one is. The Zo written was hard yesterday. I spent the morning on Browning and shall spend the rest of the day doing likewise. Tomorrow will go strong on Psych. Miss Washburn was very lovely, very charming, very sorry, but very firm--she would love to let me listen in Ab. Psych but she allows no listening in any of her lecture courses. So I shall see what I will do. I think that is more a measure of self.defense in her case than anything else. Do you remember Howard Rhineheimer from St & Moritz? He is up here for Senior Prom with one Eonw[sic] Elizabeth Morse. Otherwise I know nothing. The books came & Thank you very much, Mother. I shall use them tomorrow I shall also send the new laundry case home. Don't bother sending the receipt for the present, or whatever you asked about. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 15-May
Text: May 14. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Life is not particularly interesting these days. Pretty soon it will be, when I get back to the "Younk lady" gentleman. I seem to stay more or less the same, which is something to be thankful for, but I do get sick of it every now and then. It is pouring this afternoon--because Field Day is scheduled for tomorrow and because Third Hall is scheduled for tomorrow night. I saw Miss White for a minute this morning. I am not exempt from the second...
Show moreMay 14. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Life is not particularly interesting these days. Pretty soon it will be, when I get back to the "Younk lady" gentleman. I seem to stay more or less the same, which is something to be thankful for, but I do get sick of it every now and then. It is pouring this afternoon--because Field Day is scheduled for tomorrow and because Third Hall is scheduled for tomorrow night. I saw Miss White for a minute this morning. I am not exempt from the second year modern language requirement. I am to see her further next week. The only thing, I guess, that will exempt me from it is an exam on French seven and eight. I handed in my elections this morning. I will have Miss Wells, because my chemisty comes the hour Pap White has that math. I went over to Miss Cowley's and camped outside her foor for three quarters of an hour until she should come. She said she would be there right after chapel. One of her advisees told me today that she would not sign her card until she elected math, and the girl did not want to take it. Is not that ridiculous? She is going to write to the dean's office this summer and ask to have her elections changed, telling them why she elected math! I met Mary Heckel in Miss Cowley's room last night. She said she had been intending all semester to look me up, that she had been told to do so. She may be all right, but she did not look particularly good to me. Of course my first judgments are generally wrong anyhow. I had to give a two minute speech in Expressional English this morning. The class had to write criticisms, and then give them to the objects of their attack. Mine were mostly favorable! I orated on Florence Nightingale, inasmuch as it was apropos at the time. Miss Bourne told us all the Latin that we had to do for the exam. We surely will be held responsible for just abot twice as much as last semester. I spoke to Miss Mullaly yesterday. She can take you from June third to June fifth (Friday). They are sold out for Commencemtn. I also got a Commencemtn program. It does not interest me particularly. If I stay it is so that you can come to your reunion. Do exactly as you please about it, but if you want to come, please do. The Vassarion is out. But I believe I said so yesterday. It gives last year's daisy chain, among many other things. Carolyn Bailey was in it. Excuse me for asking if you read the books, Pete. I thought
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 16-Apr
Text: April 16 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I think you ought to make & plus working on the railroads, Pete. A great job. I am sorry to say that I still feel quite badly, and that I had the same difficulty in goingto sleep last night that I had the night before• I dOj^H know what I have done or eaten th-t I should not have. It certainly is not encouraging» The English Speech class piay last night was very good» I like classical underworld stuff, and there was enough in it. There were only...
Show moreApril 16 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I think you ought to make & plus working on the railroads, Pete. A great job. I am sorry to say that I still feel quite badly, and that I had the same difficulty in goingto sleep last night that I had the night before• I dOj^H know what I have done or eaten th-t I should not have. It certainly is not encouraging» The English Speech class piay last night was very good» I like classical underworld stuff, and there was enough in it. There were only four actors in it, and they are the fäur best in the college. In case you should be talking to the doctor, you can tell him how I feel and see what he has to say about it- I saw Lucy for a few minutes last night- She seems to be quite worried about her father. Love,
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 2/7/20
Text: February 7, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Your letter from Philadelphia came this morning, also yours of the third, Mother. I have eight hypos left, and have not yet heard from Dr. X. Anne Halliday, one of the finest girls in our class, was flunked out. She was the only Freshman sent to Des Moines in Christmas vacation. She entered with two conditions. The freshman and some upperclassmen sent a petition to the dean asking to let her stay. Clifford Sellers went to see Mis McCaleb with...
Show moreFebruary 7, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Your letter from Philadelphia came this morning, also yours of the third, Mother. I have eight hypos left, and have not yet heard from Dr. X. Anne Halliday, one of the finest girls in our class, was flunked out. She was the only Freshman sent to Des Moines in Christmas vacation. She entered with two conditions. The freshman and some upperclassmen sent a petition to the dean asking to let her stay. Clifford Sellers went to see Mis McCaleb with the same idea. Miss McCaleb said she would not be playing fair either to the college or the girl to let her stay, and insasmuch as she had two conditions on entrance it was out of the question--that a girl is not flunked out on character, but on scholarship. She went to Madeira prep school four years, and is now twenty. She is going back there, and try to enter next year an an unconditioned freshman. The beans are spilled in Latin. Miss Bourne told me to stay after class yesterday. it was to inform me that my B was a very high B, and with just a little effort on my one fault I would undoubtedly get an A this semester, that she realized that my health had interfered with my work! The one fault is that I don't translate with enough grace, that my translation does not sound as good in English as the original Latin. Undoubtedly. I then told her about the change in schedule and the reason. She said that would never do, that as far as the classes were concerned she could take better care of me in the morning because there were fewer in the class, but her personal interest in me prompted her to make the following speech. There are some good pupils in the morning class, but many very, very, poor ones. The class I am in is very, very good. I may not be able to see it now, but she from experience assures me that I will regret it if I don't take prose. It helps in sight translation. She thinks it is a grave mistake, and she hates to see me do it. I should please reconsider. I don't know what I'll do. She knows about it more than I do, and she was so firmly convinced. I had looked forward to going to New York on Friday afternoons and coming back the same night. I hate to miss the Saturday evening things. It makes me so mad, once when I decided a thing and fixed it all up so quickly. Father, I am very sorry--I forgot the special yesterday. love, [Fannie]
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-10-04
Text: October 4, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am enclosing my schedule, an enclosure which I received from Pete, my birthday check from Marse which you will please attend to, Father, and a letter which I received from Miss Schroder. Tell her that when i washed the combings, I did not intend taking them out to her to fix, that I have no more, and that she should do what she can with them, as I want the articule that they were to make. Marse announces himself in New York and askes me to...
Show moreOctober 4, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am enclosing my schedule, an enclosure which I received from Pete, my birthday check from Marse which you will please attend to, Father, and a letter which I received from Miss Schroder. Tell her that when i washed the combings, I did not intend taking them out to her to fix, that I have no more, and that she should do what she can with them, as I want the articule that they were to make. Marse announces himself in New York and askes me to spend Friday night and Saturday with him. It is impossible for Many reasons. "It never rains, but it pours". Jeanette Fellheimer, entirely univited, announced herself by mail today for Saturday night and Sunday. I wrote to her asking her if she could not come the following week instead. She and Mil Gutwillig are going to start out walking, and when they get tired take a train! I have a topic in French Rev due Monday and I have scarcely started it. Moreover, Mohonk is Saturday and I don't want to miss that. So it does not seem as though I will have much time for work as it is. I asked him to come up here Friday afternoon and play golf if he cares to, but I don't suppose he will, and it will suit me just as well, in the pressue of time, if he does not. I am forced to admit that Zo lab was very interesting this morning. I examined a star-fish egg, an amoeba, etc. under the microscope. Did you have difficulty in locating things, Pete, when you first started to use a microscope? Love, Fannie Mother, I cannot send my laundry this week, as Luckey's are all out of cases and so is the college book-store.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: [1922-04-30]
Text: [30 Apr 1922] Sunday Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: First of all, Mother, the glasses came in the afternoon mail yesterday and fit very well. I shall have to have them adjusted a little. I think the frame is a little short across the face, but it will do till I get home. My others still haven't turned up. As usual, I was quite excited yesterday, and sleepy--for a change- and got no work done all day. I counted on working all day today, but the debaters enjoyed Vassar and staid till the...
Show more[30 Apr 1922] Sunday Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: First of all, Mother, the glasses came in the afternoon mail yesterday and fit very well. I shall have to have them adjusted a little. I think the frame is a little short across the face, but it will do till I get home. My others still haven't turned up. As usual, I was quite excited yesterday, and sleepy--for a change- and got no work done all day. I counted on working all day today, but the debaters enjoyed Vassar and staid till the 4:13, so that is where my day went. But to begin as the beginning. The audience was quite small. No wonder--a gorgeous day, a busy week-end, Saturday, and an old subject. But it was a most responsive audience. They were laughing all the time, it seems to me. The Brown debates were absoluterly marvelous speakers. I never hope to be up against a stiffer set of opponents. They were finished speakers. Their last one, Gertsonlauer, is to be their class-day orator and Commencement Speaker. He certainly oought to be, on the basis of ability. They combined splendid oratory with facts. They pulled off only one oratorical figure that I really objected to. Their first speaker compared the F. with a child that cries for a postol, and of course the child shouldn't get the pistol. So when I got up, I merely turned the figure, and said that they should judge after the facts I gave them, whether it was the child, etc., or the full-grown man demanding his natural right of freedom. And all the audience ha-hahed, which fussed me considerably. And in rebuttal, thinking I was still at Barnard with a speaker still to follow, I asked them to answer three questions, yes or no, and completely forgot I had the last word. But of course that was not disastrous, merely amusing. The judges were Dr. Adams of Yale English dep't, debate coach and teacher of argumentation, Mrs. Whitney, a N. Y. lawyer nd[sic] member of Industrial Commission, supposed to be quite good, and Dr. Denby, President of Packer Institute. The latter voted for Brown. He marked on the stupid basis of points, and they had 26 to our 25. I left out one point accidentally. I wonder what he would have done had I made it! He said, however, that he considered Vassar had by at least 30% the harder side of the question. All agreed to that. Belive me, I did, too. And he congratulated Miss Waller and Mr. Getsonlauder, particularly, for the brilliant work they both did for their sides. You see I wasn't the shining long light I was at Barnard! But Dr. Adams congratulated me personally on "the brilliant rebuttal" I gave. After all, that is where the real shining is. I felt beforehand that my speech had no possibilities in it. In either side, the economic speech is the one that counts. But if I had taken that from Evan she would have had to work out a completey[sic] new speech, and the only purpose of puttng me in was because Cowles was weak and Peggy wanted me to do the best with that end of the subject that I could, since it was a boring part of a necessary division of the debate. The subject-matter was that there were capable of self-gov't, by ability and by what they are dong[sic], and that they maintain law and order in the islanders. And of course everything that I said was against my better judgment. My concluding sentences were respectively 51 and 55 seconds long, perfect grammar--so judged and timed by the time-keepers! I spent three of my four minutes of rebuttal rebutting their marvelouslystrong Japanese speech. It was in substance what I said at Barnard, and stronger and clearer and longer. They certainly made Japan out to be a real menace. Luckily, the night before I did the only new reading I did in this debate, some chapters in Russell's "Philippine Independence". One chapter is devoted entirely to an affirmative view of the Japanese situation. So I lit in to that, and they immediately after the debate all congratulated me on the way I did it. They suggested that we have rebuttals immediately after speeches without any intermissons. Of course we wanted to be dead-game sports, and did it. I think Betty Cannon suffered a little by it, but Evan and I didn't in the least. I think it is a very good idea. None of us used any notes, except in rebuttal, and I didn't use them in that either. I was not nearly as good as at Barnard. I know that, and several of the kids who were down there told me that, too. They said I shone down there, but I was just "very good" here. But they also said it was because of the limitations of my subject, because I was convinced on the other side, and because, my two colleagues were both very good and the difference did not set me off as it did down there. I was not satisfied with myself, neither with the decision of the judges. I felt strongly that they sould have won--in fact, I congratulated them in advance. Prexie thought they should have won, and so id Miss Thompson. I don't know what Miss Ellery thought. I shall ask her tomorrow. Prexie changed his mind after while though, and said perhaps we really did. he was not at all restrained about expressing his opinions! Dr. Adams said we won, on grasp of all points and use of them, debating form, manner, grace, dignity, and good English. He said they murdered the English language, and lowered themselves in doubting the sincerity of such men asa Wilson, etc. They did go too far in that--just because we knocked Wood. He said it wasn't prejudice on his part, either, because he had always voted against Wilson. Mrs. Whitney said we won on knowledge of the subject and use of it--they say big issued better than we did, but left out too many of the small things. The debate was taken down by a stenographer right up in front of the stage. It will be printed in the Debaters' Handbook as one of the six best intercollegiate debates of the year! Prexie presided. Again I was introduced at Miss Frances Aaron. We had a dinner party at the Lodge, at which he and Miss Thompson were guests, Dr. Adams, the debaters, and several committee. At the dinner Peggy handed over the Gavel to Camp for next year. I am delighted she got Chairmanship. The dinner-party was great. I was placed between Wilson adn[sic] Camp, with Miss Thompson and Prexie, one removed on either side. I have loads to tell you about Prexie when I have time. I was impresed by his marvelous facility to mix. I don't think the college in general appreciates that. After dinner we took them to the exhibtion[sic], which was splendid. This Ruth Page stuided under Pavlowa. They had taken their defeat quite hard, and Gertsonlauer was surely and snup up like a clam all evening. However he slept it off and was most interesting today. After the dance we went up to J and danced till 10. This morning we met them for breakfast at 9, then took a walk and took them to chapel. After that we took them to dinner in Main, and then they left. And here I am.I slept from 2 to 7 today. I shall work now from 5 to 10, and then believe me, I hope to sleep. The pictures will be in the papers next Sunday; I am told. Helen Reid is going to teach at the Dwight School next year, English and English history. She will get #50 a week, expenses paid, whatever she means by that. She has to teach only [?m] only [i?om] nine to one. Pretty soft, I should say. Tell Aunt Hattie. Her old principal is still there. I really must work, now that all the excitement is over. Oh yes, there is a little more. Maxine Goldmark, who was up at Amherst, said Brown was at least three times better than they were. Everybody raved about how marvelous they were. They have their Willaims, Brown, Dartmouth debates this Friday. It is on Cancellation of the European War Debt. I should hate to tackle that. Love, Fannie[Too] fond of esteem of world to do anything rash. 6. Goto - fact that 65 % of Japan's [sick] goes to us - is reason enuf that we hold Japan Ec. by throat - [Havocin] trade we could give them terrible. Chinese boycott of. Jap. goods a bitter enuf [ex perisuss] + with them, all depends [n] friendly trade relations M.B. Quote Marquis [Akinna] - h346343 - Russell Japan - 1920 Premier Hara pledged himself to jb. agreement between U.S. + Jab. to protect + [presirae] Phil. autonomy 2. Korea, China, etc. would rebel 3. [we] would protest 4. Raw materials needed ar in other countries, not in Pl. 5. In 1921 - 5 [luisicent] Jap. statesmen assured that japan had over no designs on Phil. Brown-Vassar Debate Assembly Hall April 29, 1922Resolved: That the United States grant immediate independence to the Philippines. Grant means to convey the title of and sovereignty in. Immediate means as soon after the present as the mechanical procedure of enacting the necessary measures permits. Independence means absolute sovereignty. President Henry Noble MacCracken Moderator Judges Mrs. Travis Whitney, Member of New York State Industrial Commission Professor John Adams, Yale University Dr. John H. Denbergh, Packer Collegiate InstituteDebaters Vassar-Affirmative Brown-Negative Elizabeth Cannon, '23 Marcus Milton Bates, '22 Frances Aaron, '23 John Andrew Wilson, '23 Evangelia Waller, '24 Robert E. Gerstenlauer, '22 Committee Rachel Higgins, '22, Chairman Miriam Hussey, '22 Frances Thorndike, '22 Helen Campbell, '23 Maxine Goldmark, '24 Mary A. Crews, '24 Charlotte Carpenter, '22, Secretary[enc w/ 30 Apr 1922]
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1921-11-03]
Text: [postmarked 3 Nov 1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I wish I were not so terribly busy. I have been on the go every minute today. I cannot admire the speed with which your friend writes letters, Lester. So far I have had no word from her except her telegram. i wrote to Aunt Bessie as soon as I heard from you, Pete. I will wire you to Princeton. I have not head from her yet. I shall take the 4:13 and go as far as Jamaica, with Betty Cannon. She is going there for the week-end. I saw Polly...
Show more[postmarked 3 Nov 1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I wish I were not so terribly busy. I have been on the go every minute today. I cannot admire the speed with which your friend writes letters, Lester. So far I have had no word from her except her telegram. i wrote to Aunt Bessie as soon as I heard from you, Pete. I will wire you to Princeton. I have not head from her yet. I shall take the 4:13 and go as far as Jamaica, with Betty Cannon. She is going there for the week-end. I saw Polly Teel yesterday. She asked for you, Pete. She told me she has a cute picture of you, Pete, that she will show me. Today she told me that she was reading the "screamyiest letter" she had ever gotten and that I would die when i heard from whom it was--a cowboy that she met in Colorado this summer! I said that if they were anything like the Estes ones, I couldn't quite see how she would enjoy the correspondence. She said they were alike, quite alike! It was written in pencil and thorughly[sic] illiterate. I have a Socialism written tomorrow. These have been two terrificaly busy days. Monday night the committee gave a mock debate, taking off the debaters, and spoke on the subject, "Resolved that 'Devils' are injurious the system". We laughed till we were crying, after wich demonstation we adjourned off campus to a party given by the chairman. I wish I had time to write more. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1923-02-27
Text: February 27, 1923 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I think I shall go crazy by inches. I have spent the better part of this day going through red tape about dropping my famous course. First I had to go to the dean's secretary, then make out a petition, then have Miss Ellery sign it, then take it to the dean, who said I had to take it to the doctor. Then this afternoon Maxine called my attention to a sequential study rule which I had forgotten, the net result of which was that I could not...
Show moreFebruary 27, 1923 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I think I shall go crazy by inches. I have spent the better part of this day going through red tape about dropping my famous course. First I had to go to the dean's secretary, then make out a petition, then have Miss Ellery sign it, then take it to the dean, who said I had to take it to the doctor. Then this afternoon Maxine called my attention to a sequential study rule which I had forgotten, the net result of which was that I could not drop Tolerance. So then I had to go to the Libe and hunt up Miss Ellery, and I didn't want to disturb her working. So I hung around for a half hour and caught her as she was leaving. She was most penitent that she had overlooked the rule, and so she re-signed it for American History, and told me not to feel at all backward about telling Miss Thompson that I was dropping it because of health, that it was most foolish to let work become a burden. When she says it, that settles it! So then I went on a hunt to see Dr. T. about it. Will try Dr. B. before dinner. It's almost more trouble than it's worth, but I surely will have a feeling of relief when it is over. I am still not the strongest person in the wo[rld]
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1921-05-26]
Text: Thursday. Dear Mother + Father: Am managing to [get] thru with my work all right, but it is keeping [megting]. I celebrated last night by getting an extra long sleep. Am going to lab today from lunch till 4. AM then going out to the Dobson state to see Edith Wynne Matthison in "Electra". It is a gorgeous day. Carolyn B. told me that she, her mother, and father called on [you Friday.] Otherwise nothing new. Love, Fannie Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Aaron, Hotel Ambassador, Atlantic City, N.J.

Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [ca 1922-05-11]
Text: Dear Mother: I tried the Calss-day dress on again last night. The neck is quite a bit too big. I had tho't before that I'd wear it [the;] way + let her fix it when I get home, but I decided last night I could pin it and send it home to be fixed. Ask Miss S. + I'll do whichever you [deside] but RS.V.P. right away so I'll get it back in time. It merely needs taking in, + I could pin it just the rt. am't. Love, F. Please send in laundry some of my home washcloths. I am...
Show moreDear Mother: I tried the Calss-day dress on again last night. The neck is quite a bit too big. I had tho't before that I'd wear it [the;] way + let her fix it when I get home, but I decided last night I could pin it and send it home to be fixed. Ask Miss S. + I'll do whichever you [deside] but RS.V.P. right away so I'll get it back in time. It merely needs taking in, + I could pin it just the rt. am't. Love, F. Please send in laundry some of my home washcloths. I am very short + have been for a long time. [This side of card is for address] Mrs. Marcus Aaron, 402 Winebiddle Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-10-10
Text: October 10, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I can't remember whether I said that Junior party was the twelfth of November of not. If I did, it was a mistake--it is the nineteenth. Today has been quite uninteresting. I went to lab sixth hour and had a great deal of difficulty in drawing what I saw in the microscope. Up to date, I have kept my left eye closed and have had no trouble. I can't see anything but the desk when I keep them both open. After lab I had my hari washed and...
Show moreOctober 10, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I can't remember whether I said that Junior party was the twelfth of November of not. If I did, it was a mistake--it is the nineteenth. Today has been quite uninteresting. I went to lab sixth hour and had a great deal of difficulty in drawing what I saw in the microscope. Up to date, I have kept my left eye closed and have had no trouble. I can't see anything but the desk when I keep them both open. After lab I had my hari washed and spent the rest of the afternoon on a shopping expedition, the quest being woolen stockings. It has been so cold lately that I thought I had better get them while the getting is good. I shall have to work all tomorrow afternoon on my history topic. Tomorrow night I am going to Temple. It starts at seven. Another chapel cut! I had better go it easy on cuts from now on. I hope tomorrow's letter will be more interesting. Thank you for the food. Was it in honor of Pete's birthday? Love, Fannie[enc w/ 10 Oct 1921] Dear Mother: I am sending the grey crepe de chine home to see what you can have done with it. I wore it Sunday, and worked in the libe. How I got ink on the skirt is beyond me. I don't know what can be done with it, but I thought probably you could do better at home than I can here. I am very sorry it happened. I have an appointment to see Miss Ballantine tomorrow afternoon. The letter was very satisfactory.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-04-28]
Text: [postmarked 28 Apr 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Old man, you take everything seriously, don't you? You knew perfectly well the advantage I saw in having some one in your family in the army. Miss Wells handed me the quiz this morning with a broad grin on her face. She things I'm a good joke. Miss Smith told me that she had a letter from you, Mother I am curious to know what she had to say to you--all this mystery makes "Curiosity kill a cat". Yes, helen Reid is...
Show more[postmarked 28 Apr 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Old man, you take everything seriously, don't you? You knew perfectly well the advantage I saw in having some one in your family in the army. Miss Wells handed me the quiz this morning with a broad grin on her face. She things I'm a good joke. Miss Smith told me that she had a letter from you, Mother I am curious to know what she had to say to you--all this mystery makes "Curiosity kill a cat". Yes, helen Reid is staying in Davison. You know sophomores who have not excercised their privilege of drawing are entitled to first choice of the vacant rooms and can practically be places. Helen just wokr up to that fact yesterday, and missed her chance of getting a peach of a bay-window room on the floor below. It is reaining very hard today, and I feel pretty punk. I guess dampness does not agree with me. Mother, I wripped the waist-band of the white skirt and pinned it the way it should be fixed. I also put pins in the bands of the two gingham dresses to show where they should snap. The belts should have the snappers moved over as fas as possible to the edges. Dr. Baldwin told me last night again how becoming it was to me to be fatter, she meant my face. I told her I would just as soon not have it in the waist band and in the face instead. I did not realize Cousin Aaron was sixty. Good-night! The program for Founder's Day is:--inter-class song-contest in the morning, address by Prexy, afternoon-faculty-student baseball game (maybe it won't hurt to have to watch that), evening--representation of Founder's Day in the early days of the college. I am enclosing the letter I received yesterday from Marian. Sometimes I wonder if the girl is all there. It is a good thing for me to get a letter from her occasionally. When I get luke-warm about college occasionally, (don't get excited, due to feeling so punk at times) and wish i were at home, then when I see the intellectual, ----life the kids lead at home, I am more satisfied with that I have got instead. The letter from St. Moritz was good. I like Estes Park, but St. Moritz certainly has something that it has not got. Love, Wednesday, I am sorry, I have not the remotest idea of the date.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-05-19]
Text: [postmarked 19 May 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I fizzles the last of the six questions on the math quiz and I got up at six to study for it! I wish I had slept till seven. Miss Bourne told us all that we will have to review for the exam, and it certainly is a huge amount. I think I'll borrow some one's trot to do it. I don't know how else I will ever get it done. We have started our math review. Our history is certainly interesting now. We have spent the last few...
Show more[postmarked 19 May 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I fizzles the last of the six questions on the math quiz and I got up at six to study for it! I wish I had slept till seven. Miss Bourne told us all that we will have to review for the exam, and it certainly is a huge amount. I think I'll borrow some one's trot to do it. I don't know how else I will ever get it done. We have started our math review. Our history is certainly interesting now. We have spent the last few weeks on going beyond where our text-book stops, taking a country a day practically. Of course it is a lot of work, but it is interesting anyhow. We had the Balkan stated for today. Miss Thallon lived in Greece for a while. How can anyone with her liveliness and general pep spend so much time studying archaology? Pete, when you are so busy, how do you find the time to copy clippings? I wish I had the ingenuity to find time for things like that. It is quite warm now, but I hope it is not going to be so baking hot for exams. [Love, Fannie] I had a history out over chapel last night, and when i was on my way back from the libe to study math, I met Miss Cowley. She hooked her arm in mine, and started to talk, slowly walking over the campus. Before I knew it she had me over at Professor White's house. I told her I would see her some time again, I would rather not go in. So she asked me to wait across the street for her if I would not come in, but she was just going to stay a minute. I thought it would look rather childish to stand across the street waiting for her, so I went up with her. She marched me up there on the porch and presented to Pap White, head of the Math department and supposedly one of the best mathematicians of the country, "Miss Aaron, a future mathematician, a fellow-townsman of mine, and one of my charges". I smiled and looked sweet, (if possible), and Pap White, said, My, all of that?". It was a circus to listen to him kid her. He thinks he is very funny, and he is so stately and dignified looking, that it was quite ridiculous. His wife proceeded to engage herself in a very unanimated conversation with me, telling me about her grandchildren. Then his daughter and son-in-law came out, and I had to meet them. His daughter, by the way, either flunked out of college and came so near it that she had to quit. That sounds worse than the story about Dean Fine, Pete. Well, finally Bess decided to leave, and I told Pap and Mrs. Pap that I was very glad to have met the, (and told myself that I would have liked to defer said pelasure[sic]), and Mrs. Pap asked me to come again when I could stay longer, and I thanked her, and we walked home. I happened to mention to Miss Cowley that I was not looking forward to today's quiz with any degree of pleasure, so she stodd me on the Lathrop steps and proceded to quiz me. I was with her forty minutes. That is why I got p
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 9/30/19
Text: Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The tea set came today. I have not yet unpacked it. The books also came from Brentanno's. They are exactly what I wanted. Nothing much new to report today. I played hockey yesterday afternoon, but as there were more candidates than there was room for, I got a chance to play for only one-half hour. I shall play again today at one-fourty-five, and after that a bit of tennis. I have to play off my match of the Freshman tournament before Sunday, and since I...
Show moreDear Mother, Father, and Pete: The tea set came today. I have not yet unpacked it. The books also came from Brentanno's. They are exactly what I wanted. Nothing much new to report today. I played hockey yesterday afternoon, but as there were more candidates than there was room for, I got a chance to play for only one-half hour. I shall play again today at one-fourty-five, and after that a bit of tennis. I have to play off my match of the Freshman tournament before Sunday, and since I cannot play Saturday and you're not allowed to play Sunday, it will have to be very soon. I don't know the girl yet that I am to play. It was not nerve for me to sign up, because all you have to know is how to hold a racket, so the bulletin reads. The hockey went much better yesterday. It is loads of fun, and good exercise, too. I studied last night, and then about nine we had a sort of party, consisting of chocolate and crackers, in the English girls room. Our dinners are substantial enough, but if I don't get to be overly early, I am so hungry that I eat before I go to bed. Perhaps that is a bad habit. It does not make me mak speeches, though, the way Louis did. Miss Thallon sprained her ankle the other day. We had no classes today, therefore. Everybody was saying, "oh, I'm sorry she sprained her ankle, but I'm glad of it, too." I thought possibly I'd get some work done then, but I met a Freshman from strong that I like and she staid around here most of the hour. My room makes quite a hit with every-body. It does with me, too, for that matter. Did I tell you that I passed Miss Smith's door the other day when she and some one of the faculty were having tea, and she insisted on my coming in, too! Pete, don't be too fussy if my letters are undated and unsigned. They have to get off in time for the mail, you know. You always know who write them, and they are post-marked, so what more do you want? Mother, I am taking the medicine as near time as I can. I need it. My food supply has not run out yet, but I will replenish it as soon as it does. The trunks have not been taken from the fourth floor yet. I should like to have seen you when Nick Glick gave you the Glick welcome, Mother. You know he calls cousin Amelia Mother Cohen--he might have tried that on you, too.Mother, my clock keeps good time, but the alarm does not go off when it should. I hate to send it to you before I get another. I hate to be without one. Could you send me one, and then have me send this one back to you? I am gradually getting more used to the work--thank goodness. Otherwise nothing new. Are you coming Sunday, Pete? I hope so. Love, I Was over in North this morning. I should hate to live there. Sept. 30. 1919.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-05-06
Text: May 6, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am going to type this letter without a mistake in it--wait and see. I bought the hairnets and the book at Horne's during vacation, Mother. I thought I forgot to mention it--I am sorry. The book was for Hertz's birthday. Didn't I tell you that? I studied all yesterday afternoon and evening and one hour this morning for the chem written. I can't say that it helped much--but it didn't do any harm, either. I didn't do any...
Show moreMay 6, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am going to type this letter without a mistake in it--wait and see. I bought the hairnets and the book at Horne's during vacation, Mother. I thought I forgot to mention it--I am sorry. The book was for Hertz's birthday. Didn't I tell you that? I studied all yesterday afternoon and evening and one hour this morning for the chem written. I can't say that it helped much--but it didn't do any harm, either. I didn't do any too well. Exam schedules are out, but I believe I mentioned that. The schedules of classes for next year are out also. Of the six possible courses that I had planned on, there are three conflicts! Isn't that fierce. You know the dean's office had us make trial elections about a month ago, so that they could rearrange the old programmes and have fewer conflicts, if possible. As far as I am concerned, they made it a lot worse. Psych and Ec--Socialism--conflict. Miss Ellory's French Revolution and Miss Thompson's Civil War and Reconstruction come the same hour. And then I had considered as a solution of the problem of taking Spanish or French taking German but that conflicts with Miss Wylie's course, so that is out of the question. It is a good think that I am quite firm in my conviction that I should have Miss Wylie while the having is good, or I wouldn't know where I stand. I don't know what to do about the Psych and Ec. That to me is an inexcusable mistak on the part of the dean's office, because almost everybody who takes Ec Sophomore Year starts Psych Junior Year, and there are lots of people who major in Ec, which means that they must take the course I was planning to take. There must be a lot of people in my boots. I just happened to think last night that I never told you that I got a note of congratulation from Albert Kabet two days after your visit in Princeton, Pete, informing me that he had heard of my great achievement and he wished to congratulate me on the great honor, bosh, bosh, bosh, etc. I never acknowledged it. I hope that wasn't terribly rude, but I didn't care to. It was quite uncalled for. How About the Peabody Subscription? R. S. V. P. Also, Father, if you were going to have the bank send me a statement, please do so. I telegrpahed[sic] Pauline the day the news reached V. C., Mother. I shall write to her by and by.I am going to the Spanish play, "El Chice de la Panuelas" this afternoon. I have to read my Spanish novel this week-end. I think that wil decide for me whether I want to go on with Spanish or not. If it is characteristically Spanish novel type, I don't think it is worth spending a course on. Otherwise I don't know anything new. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1/27/20
Text: [Addressed to mother @ Hotel Royal Poinciana] January 27, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: After I wrote to you yesterday afternoon I paid my customary call at the doctor's office, and asked Dr. B. if there was any chance of being allowed to go to N. Y. for my treatment, that Miss Smith had sent me to her to find out. She said, no, not unless I did not want to come back to college. Finally, she said she would give me permission to go and come back immediately, if it was absolutely...
Show more[Addressed to mother @ Hotel Royal Poinciana] January 27, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: After I wrote to you yesterday afternoon I paid my customary call at the doctor's office, and asked Dr. B. if there was any chance of being allowed to go to N. Y. for my treatment, that Miss Smith had sent me to her to find out. She said, no, not unless I did not want to come back to college. Finally, she said she would give me permission to go and come back immediately, if it was absolutely necessary, but she did not advise it al all. She seemed thouroughly convinced I would come back with flu. she then decided that I should communicate with Dr. F. and if he thought it was important enough, then after listening to Dr. T, expound in chapel, i should go to Dr. T for permission. So I proceeded to call Aunt Bessie by long distance. I told her to tell the doctor all the particulars, and telegraph me his answerso that I would have it before chapel. The answer came from Dr. F. himself, "Get permit to keep appointment with me on Thursday". I met Helen and Duffie on my way back from McGlynn's at five fourty-five and they induced me to go off campus with them. Considering that it was the first time since October and that I was hungry as a bear and the porspect of a good meal appealed to me, I went and enjoyed it immensely, but for some strange reason I just got back in time to have the chapel doors closed on me. I had the cut to spare, but I wanted to hear what Dr. T. had to say. Instead I got the information from several others. She urged and begged that we should not leave college, and after she urged a while, she said that permission would not be granted except in very urgent cases. As far as I have made out today, the wardens will absolutely not grant them without first sending the girls to the doctor. I went to Dr. T. last night, and she said my warden had full charge. The telegram from the doctor did the work with Miss Smith and I got permission to go for the day on Thursday. There was much excitement last night, and the messenger room was jammed. I sent you a night letter, and I expect an answer today. I wrote to Aunt Bessie. There will be plenty of doing to make life interesting. There will be a good lecture, and there will be the ice carnival that had to be postponed last week on account of bad weather. The French exam was what is known as comprehensive. The first question was, "What was the influence of the salons on the seventeenth century novel? and the second question was, "Outline the development of the novel in the eighteenth century, giving tendencies of the important works of each novelist". I could have worded it one better, "Write all you have learned this semester". I have to study hard for the history exam now. I shall try my best to have the station reserve a parlor car seat for me for Thursday morning. We are not allowed to town.Mrs. Marcus Aaron, Mr. Phillip Hamburger, Hotel Royal Poinciana, Palm Beach, Florida.P. 0. Box 882, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1/22/20
Text: January 22, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: You should not make fun of me, Pete, because I make a fuss that Miss Thallon calls me by my first name. She did it last evening again! And I'll mention it even if you do object. I enjoyed that much more than Mr. Vanderlip's lecture, for instance. Incidentally, for the rest of my Freshman year I intend to swear off anything too deep for my childish brains. Pete, please don't be shocked. I saw last year's history exam today....
Show moreJanuary 22, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: You should not make fun of me, Pete, because I make a fuss that Miss Thallon calls me by my first name. She did it last evening again! And I'll mention it even if you do object. I enjoyed that much more than Mr. Vanderlip's lecture, for instance. Incidentally, for the rest of my Freshman year I intend to swear off anything too deep for my childish brains. Pete, please don't be shocked. I saw last year's history exam today. It is very general and consists of what is termed "thinking", not memory, questions. I forgot to tell you yesterday that I made A- on the math quiz, (spelled with one z). The careless mistakes counted for the minus. As I was chasing off last night to get a book that I had signed up for five-thirty until seven-thirty I passed Miss Thallon in the hall, and that is when she called me by my first name again, Fannie, that is, not Miss Aaron, but Fannie, she told me when she called me by my first name that she marked my paper the first thing Saturday morning, and it was very fine indeed. I asked her which she meant, the quiz of the topic, and she said both. She said the topic was rather full in places and could have been condensed, but it was good and showed intelligent reading and work. I asked her what I got on them, and she said, "I gave you an A on the written lesson and a B plus on the topic." My exclamation of delight made her ask me if I was pleased. The fourth floor will testify to that. One of them asked me if history was one of the subjects I was going to flunk out on. Considering the circumstances under which I did the topic, I am tickled with the mark, although B plus would satisfy me even under favorable working conditions. I belong to the ten o'clock club, an institution in Davison which binds every member to be in bed by ten o'clock until exams are over or pay the enormous fine of five cents an hour. They won't make any money on me. The fines will go to pay for a club feed or part of a sleigh-ride. I finished my math review and shall finish the Latin and most of the English today. I think it is quite disgusting that we should have to use our early morning energy on hygiene and then take the English exam immediately afterwards. There certainly is an abundance of snow around. It is beautiful. Love, [Fannie][enc w/ 22 Jan 1920] Mother, Your advice about exams is very good, although it told me nothing new. But this is the situation. I am not doing any conscious worrying about exams, nevertheless I am under the same strain that everyone else is, although not in the same degree of panic. But that or something else has put my bowels off again. The Maltine does not work properly and I don't know what else to try. I used Castor Oil last night. But the worst of it is that it has become quite painful. I do not know the physiology terms again, but I mean at the passage way, or what ever it is called. The only thing I knew to do was take the C. oil and goo myself up with vaseline. If there is anything else please let me know what to do, as it is most annoying for any occasion, particularly exam week, when I need all my pep and energy and power on my work. This note is stricktly for you, Mother.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-10-23
Text: October 23, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Hope you appreciate my new ribbon. My machine did not need oiling, Pete. It was suffering from a fall and was repaired for twenty-five cents. I am going to try hard to answer your questions right, Pete. I can leave Poughkeepsie Saturday morning as follows: 6:50 arrive N. Y. C. 9:01 7:05 " " 9:18 8:35 " " 10:30 10:05 " " 12:05 If I came Friday as I must if I motor over with Aunt Bessie and Uncle Ike I can try to...
Show moreOctober 23, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Hope you appreciate my new ribbon. My machine did not need oiling, Pete. It was suffering from a fall and was repaired for twenty-five cents. I am going to try hard to answer your questions right, Pete. I can leave Poughkeepsie Saturday morning as follows: 6:50 arrive N. Y. C. 9:01 7:05 " " 9:18 8:35 " " 10:30 10:05 " " 12:05 If I came Friday as I must if I motor over with Aunt Bessie and Uncle Ike I can try to make the 2:32 with a taxi. My class is over at 2:20. People sometimes make that train and sometimes miss it after a fifth hour class. Otherwise I take the 4:13. The 2:32 gets in at 5:13, the 4:13 at 6:15. If I come back with Aunt Bessie and Uncle Ike--and that depends upon your answer to yesterdays letter--I shall not have to worry about my coming back to New York. What do you mean by "coming through" with Margaret? If you mean going from New York to Princeton with her, that would suit me perfectly, if I don't go with Aunt Bessie and Uncle Ike. Whatever I do depends upon what you have to say in the matter. Since Aunt Bessie's invitation was extended to you and Harold in a very general manner, perhaps it might include her. She emphasized the fact that they have room for seven in their car. i know plenty of people who are going to the game, but do not know on what trains they are planning to leave. I can easily make arrangements with someone about going back to New York, I should imagine. Most of them go Friday--isn't there a prom Friday night? Don't worry about getting me back to New York--I can probably meet someone. I have read your questions over three times and tried hard to answer them. I have hopes that I did as I was requested. Please notice how neat my letter is. The second nine holes, the new part, were opened up yesterday, and the old nine closed off for the day, so we couldn't play tournament, and my oppenent has late afternoon classes tomorrow and the next day, so we have to defer our match till Thursday. I have a pupil in the art of typing at the Maids' Club-house again this year, and shall start with her next week.Our work in French Rev for the next days in on Voltaire, Diderot and Montesquieu. So far it has proved most interesting. The following week we shall take up the conditions prior to the Russian Revolution of 1905 and compare them with those prior to the French Revolution. I certainly think a lot of the course. I finished my J topic last night and have to type it now. Personally I think it is pretty good, and I hope Miss Wylie will think so, too. I am to be in the Fire-Drill chorus of Junior party, whatever that may mean. I don't believe I ever wrote you that they wanted to wish on me the job of typing the songs and speeches, the way they did last year. I decided last year after I had spent hour after hour on that boring stuff that I was not going to be class stenographer, merely because I had gotten typing down to a pretty good speed for my own convenience. So when they asked me to do it, I told them decently that I had done it all for Sophomore Party and would prefer something else, if they could find someone else to do the typing. I think i was right--my heart sank at the thought of those boring and incidentally nerve-racking hours. My fut coat is in the Express Office. I have to pay $1.04 on it. Thank you for attending to it. Love, Fannie As I said before, this letter is remarkably neat.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 11/11/19
Text: November 11, 1919. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I got the new ribbon working? Isn't it wonderful? There was wild rumore of a half holiday for Reace Day, but Prexy (is that the way you spell it?) announced in chapel last night that the faculty at their meeting regretfully voted it impractical, so to make up for it we are to have some sort of intellectual movies and a bonfire tonight. Meanwhile it is raining. I got another letter from Emily today. She says she is glad she did not try to...
Show moreNovember 11, 1919. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I got the new ribbon working? Isn't it wonderful? There was wild rumore of a half holiday for Reace Day, but Prexy (is that the way you spell it?) announced in chapel last night that the faculty at their meeting regretfully voted it impractical, so to make up for it we are to have some sort of intellectual movies and a bonfire tonight. Meanwhile it is raining. I got another letter from Emily today. She says she is glad she did not try to get in here although she seems to have to work pretty hard. Last night there was a feed in Elizabeth Brock's room. It was her birthday, and her mother surely did send her a real Mary line of food. I know what most of our work for Monday is--the question is to find the time to do it. The laundry came yesterday, without stamps and without the big strap. Did you put it on, Mother? You see when the special stamp is not on, of course it is not delivered as special delivery. Also, if the big strap is not on, there is good chance of loosing something. Prexy also announced that the method of celebration would be that we would not have to prepare tomorrow's work, but that simply means double for the next time. Miss Wells told one of the kids she would not give the math quizz, but she would give it Thursday and a lesson to prepare besides. Lucy is thrilled at the idea of spending her Christmas vacation in Mt. Clements. She seems to think her father will have to stay there a long while. If I don't write any more letters this week, it will be because I am working ahead. By the way, all chances for quizzes for Monday have been eliminated in everything byt[sic] Latin. Carolyn B. wanted me to go off campus with her sometime, but we have to put it off till next week. Love, I was in an awful rush. The muffs were with the laundry. Thanks for the bread, but please don't send anything the next time. I can buy fruit here. If their line should get particularly bad, I will let you know.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 10/17/19
Text: October 17, 1919. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I got a long letter from Emily today. It is my private opinion that the standard of work at Wilson College, Cambersburg, Pa. and at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. are two different things. No wonder Vassar does not accept a transfer from there without exams. She told me about her work and her marks without bragging--simply in a tone of amusement. She gets A's on recitations and exams and seems to be the head of most of her classes....
Show moreOctober 17, 1919. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I got a long letter from Emily today. It is my private opinion that the standard of work at Wilson College, Cambersburg, Pa. and at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. are two different things. No wonder Vassar does not accept a transfer from there without exams. She told me about her work and her marks without bragging--simply in a tone of amusement. She gets A's on recitations and exams and seems to be the head of most of her classes. At high school she got B's and C's. That is one more letter to answer! By the way, I probably won't get a letter off tomorrow as I think we leave early in the morning and get back late in the afternoon, too late for the mail. I am looking forward to a good time. I expect to ask my advisor to go off campus for supper Sunday. It is customary to do something for them--some people just have them to their campus building, but my opinion is that that looks a little cheap. You would enjoy watching me try to blow myself gracefully. I have made a resolution. I expect to do my monday's work today, as there will be no working tomorrow and Sunday I want to work on my special topic in history which is due the Tuesday after your week-end here, Father and I don't want to have to work those few days. It is a gorgeous day, so i don't know how my plan will work out. I expec[sic] to spend considerable part of the afternoon waiting in the doctor's office to have the strap taken off my ankle. I don't believe I wrote about it when I was using carbon paper, so for your information, Pete, I trained it, not sprained, though. It does not hurt a bit--it was great fun getting out of the chapel. I like history very much now--I don't know what Miss Thallon thinks about it, though. I think she thinks the whole class is pretty stupid. I like her, too. I also had Latin this morning. I asked Miss Bourne for about five minutes of her time, and I am to go to her room after chapel tonight. I want to talk this Latin business over with her. I don't like the way it is going--particularly the way she decorated my prose paper with red ink. Of course every body's else was decorated, too, but I am not used to doing as everybody else does. I went over the French paper with Mlle. Champy Yesterday. She was very nice about it, she said she was glad that someone took the interest to ask her about the corrections, also she was sure that I was going to be one of her best pupils. We had our fourth hygiene lecture today. I am beginning to appreciate you, Mother. I don't mean beginning to--I mean more than ever. I cannot imagine why she tells us the simple things she does unless it is that she does not expect us to know them.I just got back from the doctor's office. The ankle has not hurt a but, and if the thing had happened at home I would not have thought of it again. She put more arica on and bandaged it again. The swelling is gone and it does not hurt, so I don't know what the big idea is. She was not crazy about my going to Mohonk, but she said it would probably not hurt it. If the think hurt, I would absolutely not go. I know that sometimes sprained ankles are cured by walking on them, so I feel perfectly safe in going when nothing is the matter. Mother, don't send the knitting needles till you send a bunch of laundry again. There is absolutely no hurry, in fact I don't imagine I will get time to knit. When you do sent them, send the large ones, the medium size ones, and the smallest canes next to the sock size. I can take my choice then, also a crotchet needle. They are all together in the cretonne knitting bag. Love, [Fannie]
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1922-05-08]
Text: [postmarked 8 May 1922] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I sent the whole morning and half the afternoon reading for my second psych topic, walked for a half hour, and slept an hour. I wanted to do more work, but my pep gave out. Read friend Browning all yesterday afternoon in a steamer chair on the infirmary porch. It was a gorgeous day, so I asked them is I couldn't sit out there. Then got dressed and watched the grand march and first dance of Senior Prom. Worked all last night. And...
Show more[postmarked 8 May 1922] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I sent the whole morning and half the afternoon reading for my second psych topic, walked for a half hour, and slept an hour. I wanted to do more work, but my pep gave out. Read friend Browning all yesterday afternoon in a steamer chair on the infirmary porch. It was a gorgeous day, so I asked them is I couldn't sit out there. Then got dressed and watched the grand march and first dance of Senior Prom. Worked all last night. And that is my life History. I'll send the names of the books for my third psych topic tomorrow, Mother. And then could you please go over and send them soon, or else send Sam for them, as I want to start it by Friday, if possible. After that I won't bother you. Pete, are you working terribly hard? Hard enough not to bat off for a week end or else a day and a half. What I am driving at is--how would you like to come down for Third Hall next week end? The country is so marvelous now, and plays in the Outdoor Theater are so wonderful that I think you would enjoy it if you have the time. It is always a big college occasion. Let me know if you can come. I imagine you are to busy, but it would be great if you could. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1922-11-07
Text: [addressed to Hotel Traymore] November 7, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Just got a note from Peggy Higgins. She is up for the day. We are going off together for dinner tonight. Yesterday was a very successful day, academically speaking. Millsy told me that I wrote a "splendid paper, a very high A paper" in the written we had recently. Hope I do likewise on the other written of the semester, and my chance of getting into Seminar will cease to be a chance. Also had a conference...
Show more[addressed to Hotel Traymore] November 7, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Just got a note from Peggy Higgins. She is up for the day. We are going off together for dinner tonight. Yesterday was a very successful day, academically speaking. Millsy told me that I wrote a "splendid paper, a very high A paper" in the written we had recently. Hope I do likewise on the other written of the semester, and my chance of getting into Seminar will cease to be a chance. Also had a conference with Miss Winifred Smith on my choice of semester topic. I am going to do "Censorship" of the Stage in Englad and America in the lest twenty years". She said it is rather hard to do because the material is so extremely scattered and necessitiates using the files of the newspapers and periodicals, and she would not let me do it if it were not that she had confidence in my ability to do such work--and then she went on to say that of course a student of "my maturity and background" would treat in philosophically rather than as a list of facts! "DAY BY DAY IN EVERY WAY I AM GROWING MORE AND MORE CONCEITED--COUE! I started my semester topic in Renaisance last night--The Papacy and Freedome of Thought from 1300 to 1500. That too is very hard to find predigested material for. But this is my last year, and I might as well learn to do some moderately hard work. My Tolerance topic will have something to do with passive resistance--I don't know just what yet. My topic for Millsy will be on my friends the Jews. Altogether I shall have plenty of hard work, but I think it is going to be quite interesting. I shall spend most of my time between now and Christmas on these topics. Pete, I once told you that Preserved Smith is Gertrude Smith's brother--but it is winifred (English) instead. How do you like the enclosed schedule? I am receiving my laundry all right, Mother, but I never got the bath-mat that I sent home once, and asked for later in a letter. I just came into a fortune today. I lost my pen the other day and bought another, and found my old one on the sidewalk this morning. Speaking of my fortune reminds me that I have only fifty dollars left in my account and would like to have some more deposited as soon as possible, please. Please let me know when you do it, Father. I don't want to have any notice from the bank that my account is overdrawn, so don't forget. Nothing much new--otherwise. I wrote several times that I expect to come down for the game, Mother--and hope you'll be in New York, and go, too. I'll take the 4:13--due 6 P. M., Friday. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1920-03-08]
Text: [postmarked 8 march 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have not time to write much today. My long-hoped for English conference comes in a few minutes. I got a good deal done yesterday, but not as much as I had hoped for. I will have a great deal to do today. No one can see Miss Smith today, as luck would have it. Nevertheless I am going to the station this afternoon and take my chances on getting permission to get away all right and order my berth. Miss Landon was not home yesterday...
Show more[postmarked 8 march 1920] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have not time to write much today. My long-hoped for English conference comes in a few minutes. I got a good deal done yesterday, but not as much as I had hoped for. I will have a great deal to do today. No one can see Miss Smith today, as luck would have it. Nevertheless I am going to the station this afternoon and take my chances on getting permission to get away all right and order my berth. Miss Landon was not home yesterday afternoon. I met Lucy on campus yesterday. She has had a great desire all year to sleep in Helen's and Ruth's doubledecker bed, and Saturday night her wish was fulfilled. She fell out of the top in her sleep and got pretty badly banged up, but not hurt. She says she is going to pack my trunk and go to the station with me. We ill see. Her good-will is might nice, but it is a joke. I had hoped to have you special delivery letter before going to town, but it is not here yet. Has Aunt Hattie's "Horace" a vocabulary? Answer if you can. If it is, I will not have to bring my dictionary home. I will have so many books anyhow. Love,
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1923-01-18]
Text: [postmarked 18 Jan 1923] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: No mail from you today, Mother. I sent my laundry home today--both cases came--and also sent your stockings, inside of which you will find my houskey. The copy of the "World Tomorrow" of which you speak, Pete, is on my desk waiting for a chance to be read. What do you think Vassar is, anyhow--"if you can't get hold of it at V. C.? The library takes every periodical anyone could possibly want to read. As a matter of...
Show more[postmarked 18 Jan 1923] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: No mail from you today, Mother. I sent my laundry home today--both cases came--and also sent your stockings, inside of which you will find my houskey. The copy of the "World Tomorrow" of which you speak, Pete, is on my desk waiting for a chance to be read. What do you think Vassar is, anyhow--"if you can't get hold of it at V. C.? The library takes every periodical anyone could possibly want to read. As a matter of fact, I happen to subscribe to said magazine myself, because I think it intensely conducive to thought. I have always kept it dark, because I know that you disapprove of "The New Republic", and "The World Tomorrow" is quite--"unconservative" at times. I had intended mailing it to you after I read it--do they have it in the Harvard Library?!! Did you have to go to see Harold every day? Didn't Dave ever go? I gave a report in class today on my drama topic, and I wasn't at all nervous--mirabile dictu! In fact, I made a few too many humorous observations for my own welfare, as the class laughed so hard a few times I found it difficult to keep from doing so myself. Speaking of speeches, I see that Miss Cowley is reported in the Misc as having delivered an address at the meeting of the Vassar Association in Pittsburgh! I too shall be quite busy before exams, Pete. Miss Brown is not giving a Tolerance exam, but instead is giving us a series of question a week in advance which we are to prepare as we please and hand in the day the exam is supposed to come. I should prefer an exam because there wouldn't be much to review, and this will take a long time. I shall have to study a lot for Philosophy, as I have gotten very little out of the course, and also as one question of the exam is a prepared report, in detail, of one of the philosophers. I shall do either Leibnits or Hobbes, I think. I thought at first I would do Spinoza, but I don't digest him well enough. And I have to read something special for Drama, as our exam will be based on it. So I had better "snap out", as you say, Pete, of the leisure I have been living in the last two days, since writing my last topic. The coasting was not good yesterday--the snow was too deep. But it was great to be outdoors, and I had a good walk today. I certainly feel like a different person when I get out for an hour a day, or thereabouts. Pete, one of these days I shall send you some new typewriter ribbons which I bought for my old machine. My new one requires the "automatic ribbon". Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1923-03-02
Text: March 2, 1923 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The Freshman debate last night was exceedingly interesting. It did not start till a quarter to nine, as their debaters couldn't cut their Saturday classes and therefore couldn't get here till eight-fifteen. I was dead when I went, and had no intention of staying for the rebuttals, but I ended up by staying not only for that, but also for the counting of the votes. Vassar was much better in every way. We won by a vote of 281--132....
Show moreMarch 2, 1923 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The Freshman debate last night was exceedingly interesting. It did not start till a quarter to nine, as their debaters couldn't cut their Saturday classes and therefore couldn't get here till eight-fifteen. I was dead when I went, and had no intention of staying for the rebuttals, but I ended up by staying not only for that, but also for the counting of the votes. Vassar was much better in every way. We won by a vote of 281--132. Assembly Hall was packed, and people were standing. Our freshmen were splendid. I think they are without doubt better than our present or last year's varsity team. It is most humiliating! Miss Ellery was sitting right behind us, and she said "I have heard many a regular intercollegiate debate that wasn't as good as this"! Prexie presided. I thought the enclosed clipping would interest you, Father. The "Equal Rights Bill" debate at the luncheon yesterday was very interesting. I was seated next to Miss Palmer. She told me among other things that she thought debate was one of the finest things that we have in college, and believes in doing everything she can to discourage it. She says she things it is fine to have freshmen do it provided that they can manage it and their work, too, and the only way to tell is to try it once. We also discussed the lecture on Russia, and she said that without any qualification she had never heard a lecture that held her as that did. So I wasn't the only one. The students at the table were the president and vice-president of the Political Association, Khaki Dodge, and I. The rest were faculty, I don't quite know just on what basis I was put there, but I enjoyed. Miss Elsie Hill, who upheld the Equal Rights Bill, was a V. C., 1906. She has just finished studying law, I believe. She is a feminist to the extent of having bobbed hair at '39 and of calling herself "Miss Elsie Hill" despite the fact that she is married! The woman who opposed the bill was Miss Rose Schneiderman, president of the Womean's[sic] Trade Union League. She said the last time she spoke at Vassar was many years ago, when it was not considered proper to have a suffrage meeting on campus, so she and the other speakers addressed the gathering in the cemetery on the other side of the fence! Neither spoke convincelingly. I don't know which side has the better case. I forgot to tell you that I will no longer be ashamed of having you trail me about the country, Father, to hear me debate. All six parents of the three debaters were there. I guess you can come whenever you want! This letter has just been interrupted--I'll finish again Elizabeth just this second got a wire from her mother that her aunt whom she is very fond of is dying of pneumonia. She's an a fine stew. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 5/23/20
Text: May 23, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: There is not much new to tell you today. I overslept this morning, the first time this year. I had full intentions of getting up for breakfast, inasmuch as I had a lot of work to do and I am not good for work on an empty stomach. But, by some accident, my neighbors were quiet enough for me to sleep until a quarter to nine. After that I studied math, and this afternoon after dinner subjected myself to my last makeup quiz. It was moderately hard,...
Show moreMay 23, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: There is not much new to tell you today. I overslept this morning, the first time this year. I had full intentions of getting up for breakfast, inasmuch as I had a lot of work to do and I am not good for work on an empty stomach. But, by some accident, my neighbors were quiet enough for me to sleep until a quarter to nine. After that I studied math, and this afternoon after dinner subjected myself to my last makeup quiz. It was moderately hard, But I think it will be my general B average up somewhat. I then went to the libe and read a deep essay entitled "Art for Life's Sake" by A. Ransome. It is designed to help us in the criticism of poetry. Perhaps---. Then i came home and read the newspaper industriously. I noticed among other things, (sounds like Marse when he reads something) that there is a review of "Les Nouveaux Oberles", Pete. It might interest you. We just finished the book. The review might have saved me some reading! You see the library has no dope on it yet! Miss Wells is in the Poughkeepsie hospital and just had an operation. She is expected back in time for her exams. I suppose Miss Cowley will take our class. Sophomore Tree Cereomonies were beautiful. Their tree is on the circle across from Students. The lights were worked from the gallery of Students' and the audience sad around in a semi-circle in the open space between the building and the path. There was music and singing behind the scenes throughout the performance. A gypsy band, dressed in wonderfully bright and blending costumes, wandered in, headed by a gypsy wagon with a real live horse. They build their fire, sit around it, talking about the spirit of the winds, and a weaver of dreams comes in and joins the group. He puts the children to sleep and then their dreams are presented. The dances of the wood-elves, the will-o-the-wisp, and the clouds were some of the finest amateur aesthetic dancing that I ever want to see. Finally, the dreamer leads them on to their queen, whom they have been hunting in their wanderings. She tells them that they cannot meet her yet, but, so that they will know the place to find her, she will leave her emblem on a tree; and then the queen (president of the sophomore class) hangs their emblem on their tree. Then the sophomores collected on the steps of Students'and marched off in torchlight procession, singing their marching-song for the first time. They made plenty of noise till eleven o'clock. It certainly was beautiful. I did not know that the tree ceremonies are as elaborate as that. (The changes in tense were accidental--I know better). I just came up from a supper of potato salad, eight pieces of bread, and two cups of cocoa. I certainly am not strong on Sunday suppers. The Hall presidents for next year have been elected. Everybody is allowed to nominate, and then the Studnet[sic] board reduce to two. The better of the two, Ruth Lichty, got Davison, but we certainly have better material to draw from. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-01-07 [1921]
Text: January 7, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: You will be pleased to know that my trunk has arrived. I suppose the typewriter interests you more than the trunk, though. I cannot say that getting back to work has been a particularly agreeable sensation. I don't know what it is that I don't like--perhpas[sic] I miss Moses, Father. We are having a regular Vassar snowstorm today. I intend to go walking in it next hour. I had planned to read this afternoon, but Helen came down...
Show moreJanuary 7, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: You will be pleased to know that my trunk has arrived. I suppose the typewriter interests you more than the trunk, though. I cannot say that getting back to work has been a particularly agreeable sensation. I don't know what it is that I don't like--perhpas[sic] I miss Moses, Father. We are having a regular Vassar snowstorm today. I intend to go walking in it next hour. I had planned to read this afternoon, but Helen came down in great distress to get me to hlep[sic] her with her trig. She certainly doesn't know enough about it to hurt her. I think she ought to tutor. She thinks so, too, but she cannot find anybody to tutor her and she won't go to Pap White and ask him whom to have. I spent an hour trying to help her. If it only got her somewhere I wouldn't mind giving up the time, but when I have finished she never knows anymore than when I start. Our history class this morning was the most interesting have had all year. We had a town meeting a month after the passing of the Stamp Act. Everyboday was free to talk. I did a goodly share of it, and had a very good time. I took the Tory point of view, just for diversion. I am afraid debating has taught me to argue against my personal conviction. I am handing in my elections today. I think I shall go on with history. My reason for deciding is principally that you just get your start in the first semester and therefore lose a lot by dropping the course in the middle of the year. If I want Russian History, which I really think must be very interesting, (in spite of your prejudice, Father) I can take it next year. I am going to have some tall eliminating to do the next two years in the way of desierable courses. There is more than two years' worth of courses that I want to take before I graduate. The only letter I got today was a baby letter from you, Father. I got a C on that Chem written we had before vacation. It distressed me terribly--in fact I had the next thing to nightmare over it in my sleep last night. Really, chemistry makes my young life quite miserable. I did the best I could on it--I don't know what is the matter with me. There were several A's and some B's, also quite a lot lower than mine. B would satisfy me, but C worries me. I am afriad[sic] that there will be no more XYZ keys in the Aaron family unless Marse should get one. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1922-05-26]
Text: IK /H^rdi.^. 142 main hai_u vassar college poughkeepsie, n. y. Dear Mother. Father, and Pete: I spent the morning on debate. We had an hour and a half session^'with Miss Blbson this " morning. She was very helpful However, our poor negative team has a tremendous amoujtt of Inforinatior to gather before next Gati^rday, or ri^lday, rather. I shall spend the afternoon on Deaate a.'d the evening on acadeniio work, strange to say! MarJorie Falk is up with Elsa S. for the week-end....
Show moreIK /H^rdi.^. 142 main hai_u vassar college poughkeepsie, n. y. Dear Mother. Father, and Pete: I spent the morning on debate. We had an hour and a half session^'with Miss Blbson this " morning. She was very helpful However, our poor negative team has a tremendous amoujtt of Inforinatior to gather before next Gati^rday, or ri^lday, rather. I shall spend the afternoon on Deaate a.'d the evening on acadeniio work, strange to say! MarJorie Falk is up with Elsa S. for the week-end. They paid me a lengthy call yester-day inorninK. I was dyin- to get the libe, rut I couldn't very well, I am havin,^; Ihe/a over for dinnsr this noon. Second Kali, '^Candida'' was quite ;^'ood la:-rt night. It i^ too bad that they didn't " pick a play with more - than two women's parts, hov/ever. harian Cahill is up for the week-end. She had dinner with me ano went to the play with me last night• Gee, she is brainy!"' Father, do you have storage facilities for coal at the pottery? For how long a period would it be possible to buy coal? Also, is spontaneous combustion a serious dB»wback for storing it? And don't you think that the diffi-142 main hai_u vassar college poughkeepsie, n. y. cultloB Of transportatiO:i, ^ross-haulln^, etc) can ue adequately -^.^ulat?:- o^ tne Iiitc^r ^tate Coa .iBnlü^i an* pL'.iuiv-.t '^^cfu' o.n;'-io- rliliily • "u; ^ Ii r tenpo^ai-,^ px-enent iilaoa:- com l lens ioo, rat v"it:n ^r-./'-'tui« man da t-O".^ povrer.sj TIiuf t; c- ineffIcieu-y cUid coPtli-- uf jov^nr-nment ow-^ei^Hhlp and opox-ation aO .1-1 dB avoid^u, : pi^es^-t (V fj^iC'.^ltieß ta;.e cano f? Tliat 1b lay present stand fcr the last speech. I trust to luck that those who know about Duslness and have practical experience willagree! The pottery information 1b for- me personally, P ease ■ answer immediately, if possible, as I Ü^-ttin^ my speech intooshape on that basis, I haven't done a stroke of academic work since last Sunday! We are planning to leave here Friday morning at ten, and get to Smith about four. The debate ie next Saturday night. Kindly note that I have supplied the desired information» The wldte sweater didn^t fit at all, Mother, BO- I am glad I got such a pretty one here ^t was pure Imck that I waB able' to. Tho other one is beautfful, I thiuk possibly I could wear a size smaller, so I may return142 main hai_u vassar college poughkeepsie, n. y. it and ^et tiie other one Bpring vacation 1*1]. see tonight. ■ It is heantifulT Thanks heaps. May he I can help win the debate on appearancerr/-my new white pleated flannel skl:rt and sweater certainly do look nice! Lkxst get ready for dinner now. It n- a lovely waria day, and very slushy. Will ^e glad to see y<Su at the debate, hut you k..ow best what your strength will allow• So far we aren't very good, but I trust we will be by Saturday! Aren't you just 'a wee bit foolish' to trave] all that distance to hear ■me debate?! Love, Fannie If you go, you had better get Pete to get you a room, as we are having a large delegation, I think, and most of them will have to be put up at Inns, etc., tiie Smith chairman wrote. Wellesley is in quarantine for Scarlet Fever and we dOr^ * t know if their team will come or not, I^d JUöt as soon come home for vacation, and get some good Bridget nourishment.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1/22/20
Text: January 22, the day before exams. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Lester, we had pork last night, but Lester, I did not eat it. I celebrated this morning sleeping till seven-thirty instead of seven. I then celebrated by walking down to Arlington to replenish my supply of drugs and buying some hair nets at Jane Wilson's. Then i came back and completely finished my math review. I shall not open a trig--I don't think I shall, anyhow, until him exam is over. I also finished the hygiene...
Show moreJanuary 22, the day before exams. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Lester, we had pork last night, but Lester, I did not eat it. I celebrated this morning sleeping till seven-thirty instead of seven. I then celebrated by walking down to Arlington to replenish my supply of drugs and buying some hair nets at Jane Wilson's. Then i came back and completely finished my math review. I shall not open a trig--I don't think I shall, anyhow, until him exam is over. I also finished the hygiene review. I am quite an authority on the subject of daily baths, clean feet, and sufficient turning of the mattress, by this time. It is almost lunch time. Afdter lunch I shall finish my Latin review, and then go out for an hour, either walking or coasting. I shall then come back and finish my English completely. It will then remain for me to do History and French, the two which will take the moast work. But I shall have plenty of time to do them in. I woke up this morning with the beginning of a cold, the first I have had a college. I have not the slightest idea how I got it, but I certainly started in right away with the cold medicine. Now is no time to have a cold, particularly considering the fact that there is an epidemic either of grippe or flu. Most of the fourth floor has been having it. One vacated in the infirm to let another in. But then i don't flit around in kimonos in below zero weather, so I think I am safe. Dorothea is twenty today, and Carolyn Fay will be twenty-one tomorrow. It seems perfectly ridiculous to think that that little bobbed hair kids is four years older than I am. Gym was wonderful yesterday. We were allowed to do absolutely anything we pleased. It was my apparatus day. it is the first time I have ever had gym that is had been real exercise. I proceeded to master "him-horse" and I actually got myself to jump it without much difficulty. I then tried jumping bars, whatever the technical expression for that is. I also did not ring swinging. I read some French last night and went to bed early. This time next week I'll be with you. I realy think Atlantic would be quite a rush. We could not go with comfort until late Wednesday night, and if I take it easy in N. Y., it ought to do me good also. That is why I did not telegraph to you. Did you write to Dr. F. that we would come on Thursday instead of Wednesday. He will not have to wait for me then. Love, I am glad my marks pleased you, Pete, but then there is no reason that they should not have. I don't expect to clean up the finals that way, though.
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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: 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: [1923-03-06]
Text: [6 march 1923] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I heard the Ukrainian chorus this afternoon. They were wonderful. I saw Dr. T. at the concert and she told me that she hadn't been able to find Miss McCaleb but that she left her a very strong note and that she was sure everything would be all right, but I just now passed Dr. B. on campus and she told me that she was on her way over to the dean's house about it, that Miss McCaleb was fighting strong, and that Dr. T. had told her to...
Show more[6 march 1923] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I heard the Ukrainian chorus this afternoon. They were wonderful. I saw Dr. T. at the concert and she told me that she hadn't been able to find Miss McCaleb but that she left her a very strong note and that she was sure everything would be all right, but I just now passed Dr. B. on campus and she told me that she was on her way over to the dean's house about it, that Miss McCaleb was fighting strong, and that Dr. T. had told her to speak to her, too. She certainly is acting mean, particularly as both the doctors are strong for me. I certainly am upset about it--witness, a rotten headache all afternoon. But it is easy to see the reason for this one! I am going up to Dr. B's room later to hear the outcome. Meanwhile I am half nutty. I simply can't keep my mind on my work, but I am going to make the supreme effort tonight. The New York World write-up of the freshman debate was the funniest I have ever seen. It was something like this:--Vassar and Harvard children settle in two hours question which has long been puzzling economists and statesmen. The Vassar girls, all under eighteen, appeared in white sport clothes. Their hands were at theirsides or behind their backs, while the Harvard yougths[sic], all under twenty, used all the oratorial flourishes at their disposal. They appeareed in dark suits, soft collars, and tousles hair." It was a scream. But my mind is very much on Miss McCaleb just now. Honestly, I am miserable! Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 2/20/20
Text: [Addressed to Mother @ Hotel Royal Poinciana] February 20, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: There is nothing much new to report today. Miss Thallon is still sick, and Miss Ellory took the class today. She is fascinating. That is the closest word I can find. She holds one's interest every second, and I must admit that it wanes most of the time with Miss Thallon. It is funny that I can be so nutty about her, and still realize that she is far from being a good teacher. You said Miss...
Show more[Addressed to Mother @ Hotel Royal Poinciana] February 20, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: There is nothing much new to report today. Miss Thallon is still sick, and Miss Ellory took the class today. She is fascinating. That is the closest word I can find. She holds one's interest every second, and I must admit that it wanes most of the time with Miss Thallon. It is funny that I can be so nutty about her, and still realize that she is far from being a good teacher. You said Miss Ellory was a grind, Mother, but I never knew that a grind could have as much charm as she has. Among other things she did today, was to divide the class in half, half Catholic and Hald Protestant. She gave us five minutes to collect our points, and then for fiteen minutes we tried to make converts of the other side. We were supposed to be living in the time of Luther before the treaty of Augsburg. I was Catholic. Neither said[sic] made any converts. We had a lot of breathing exercised in English Speech this morning. Some of the class have to buy tongue-compressers to learn how to open their mouths and keep their tongues down! I have to work all afternoon on Monday's work. There is plenty of it. The only thing that I have been able to do on the train in the past in, French, I have to do here this time because it is written. I want to save Sunday afternoon to finish my topic, and study for the math quizz. I also must call on Miss Landon. Snow-shoeing was great fun yesterday. The only trouble was that I had gym, and I am afraid I got too tired, as I could not study at all last night, and got up at six this morning instead to do my Latin. "Morgen Stunde" may have Gold im Munde", but it's no fun. She called on me though, so I would have gotten in deep if I had been unprepared. As far as I know the only thing I will miss next week-end by spending it with you, Mother, will be the Workshop Plays, but you miss something no matter when you go, and I certainly want to spend it with you. The next week is Second Hall. I don't know whether I ever mentioned it before of not, Father, but Mary is to use the telescope Mrs. Kaufmann had sent. It is perfectly all right. Love, Fannie.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-10-23
Text: October 23, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Today has been rather uneventful. I got up for breakfast, intending to get a lot of work done this morning. I don't know why I was so tired, but my mind refused to function, so at ninethirty I gave up in despaire, lay down, and woke up feeling fine at twelve-thirty. However, I didn't get any work done in my sleep. Helen Stern whom you met at Lafayette debate, Pete, came over for dinner and after dinner we went to pay a call on her...
Show moreOctober 23, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Today has been rather uneventful. I got up for breakfast, intending to get a lot of work done this morning. I don't know why I was so tired, but my mind refused to function, so at ninethirty I gave up in despaire, lay down, and woke up feeling fine at twelve-thirty. However, I didn't get any work done in my sleep. Helen Stern whom you met at Lafayette debate, Pete, came over for dinner and after dinner we went to pay a call on her roommate who is in the Infirm, and after that went on a fine long walk out to Kenyon estate. It was a gotgeous day. We got back at a quarter to four and I went to the libe to work on my J topic. My mind never worked quite so well, i think. I just got back and think that if I spend the rest of the evening on it, I will finish it, all except the typing. As a matter of fact, I have to finish it, because it is due without fail Tuesday morning and I am booked for my golf match tomorrow. The meeting last night was more or less of a fizzle. I thought Mr. Holt spoke rather well. His theme was the possibility of getting somewhere in disarming, and he showed through historical illustration that progress was made more or less in that direction. Then Mr. Gibbons, about whose versatility as a speaker and thinker I had heard a great deal, got up and pulled off a lot of vaudeville stuff, spoke to the audience as though we were all children, threw cold water on all Mr. Holt had said, "thanked God that we did not belong to the League of Nations", and ranted on for about three quarters of an hour. His main idea was that what we feasible on paper was not always feasible in practice. Mr. Holt had difficulty in keeping his seat while all this was going on. He certainly did not show any profound thinking. Helen Gratz, presiding over the meeting as president of the Political League of the college, had a read a telegram from Charles E. Hughes wishing the meeting success, and hopeing that they "would arrive at sane conclusions based upon a clear understanding of the pertinent facts". Mr. Gibbons kept constantly referring to that telegram, saying that he could just see Mr. Hughes dictating that telegram to his stenographer, with his beard brushing his shirt, and his coldeyes looking down at the paer while he wrote about the "clear understanding of the pertinent facts", and he seemed to think that those who advocated limitations of armaments could not have the clear understanding of the facts. He certainly represented whell those who have no sympathy for the meeting. Tomorrow is my big day. Wish me good luck. I'd give anything to win! Love, Fannie
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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: 1920-01-15 [1921]
Text: January 15, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Yesterday was a great day, not! I was in the lab over two hours. I had left an experiment in the middle two days before and wehn I went over there yesterday, could not find it anywhere. I started it over and after I had been working an hour, I found it. Lab make some more tired than walking for the same length of time would. From lab I went over to the library and worked for an hour on my history topic. It is rather interesting except...
Show moreJanuary 15, 1920 [1921] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Yesterday was a great day, not! I was in the lab over two hours. I had left an experiment in the middle two days before and wehn I went over there yesterday, could not find it anywhere. I started it over and after I had been working an hour, I found it. Lab make some more tired than walking for the same length of time would. From lab I went over to the library and worked for an hour on my history topic. It is rather interesting except that I have more work to do on it before tomorrow than I have time to do it in. I have taken the four main plains set forth in the Federal Convention of 1787 and compared their points of difference, and ended up with the result as shown in the Constitution of the United States. I also tried to give the main points of discussion in the convention. I hope Lucy will like the topic as well as I do--Lucy Salmon, I mean. I lost my Spanish grammar somewhere around college and I have had to waste a lot of time trying to find it. Starting tomorrow, I shall be more careful with my typing. I am really getting into a very careless way. Love, Fannie Mother, will you please have McKennan's fill my face prescription, (the salve) and send it to me. No 268989. It is helping, and I want to be sure to have it filled right.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1923-04-09
Text: Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am planning to leave next Saturday to hear the Penn debate, and return Sunday. I shall probably stay at Bryn Mawr with Marjorie Falk who will go to the debate with me. Will let you know as soon as my plans are definitie. I pitched into debate this morning. I am strongly for prohibition, only I should infinitely prefer not debating at Vassar. The weather is heavenly, but not in the Libe. Dr. Thomas was midly boring yesterday morning I work up a bit while he...
Show moreDear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am planning to leave next Saturday to hear the Penn debate, and return Sunday. I shall probably stay at Bryn Mawr with Marjorie Falk who will go to the debate with me. Will let you know as soon as my plans are definitie. I pitched into debate this morning. I am strongly for prohibition, only I should infinitely prefer not debating at Vassar. The weather is heavenly, but not in the Libe. Dr. Thomas was midly boring yesterday morning I work up a bit while he spoke about the Jews at Kishineff, but that was only for less than a minute. Love, Fannie April 9, 1923
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1923-05-11
Text: May 11, 1923 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The flowers were from Al G. for winning debate. Isn't it hopeless? I'll swear I couldn't be any ruder than I am I'll have to try sickening politeness, and see how that works. I sent the dress as you know by this time. Mullaly was very nice, and has already rented the rooms. One has to sell furniture for practically nothing, Mother, in order to dispose of it this spring, so I figured that as long as I did not buy mine second hand...
Show moreMay 11, 1923 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: The flowers were from Al G. for winning debate. Isn't it hopeless? I'll swear I couldn't be any ruder than I am I'll have to try sickening politeness, and see how that works. I sent the dress as you know by this time. Mullaly was very nice, and has already rented the rooms. One has to sell furniture for practically nothing, Mother, in order to dispose of it this spring, so I figured that as long as I did not buy mine second hand it would be much more economical to send it to the exchange, as Freshmen will undoubtedly buy it in the fall. They always buy everything up. Celebrated with a shampoos and game of tennis. Third Hall tonight. It is quite cool for it, but I shall take many blankets along. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1922-01-24
Text: January 24, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: What do you want the philosophy for, Mother? There are two introductory courses--one Riley's history of philosophy and the other Drake's general introductory course. Which do you want? Enclosed find the name of the book for the first course. You can order it, or I will. Let me know which you want. I finished Zo lab this morning. I certainly hate to give that course up. I think I'll take the second semester next year. Did I ever...
Show moreJanuary 24, 1922 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: What do you want the philosophy for, Mother? There are two introductory courses--one Riley's history of philosophy and the other Drake's general introductory course. Which do you want? Enclosed find the name of the book for the first course. You can order it, or I will. Let me know which you want. I finished Zo lab this morning. I certainly hate to give that course up. I think I'll take the second semester next year. Did I ever mention that Dr. Treadwell gave me permission to listen to the last month of lectures on evolution? I could listen to the whole course and this get all but the lab--as no text-book is used--but I would be defeating the very purpose for which I dropped the course. Besides which, if you do that, you have to make arrangements in the dean's office and thus make it a regular course that would not be "cuttable" any more than any other course. I handed my grand and glorious psych topic--a young volume--in this morning. Had two wonderful hours of coasting yesterday afternoon down Sunset from the top. It certainly is glorious to watch and Sunset over the snow-covered hills and trees. I am going to start to study for the three fast approaching exams this afternoon. I played all last evening, like a darn fool. Love, Fannie Helen had a wire from Pauline and Edgar that they would be here from tomorrow afternoon until Thursday. Mother, what would you think of expressing my sled to me? It is not doing any one any good at home, and the three gym sleds here are always in use. I don't like to borrow the same person's all the time. The girl across from me had hers expressed from New York without even having it boxed--just tagged. Would that be possible from Pittsburgh? R. S. V. P.
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: [1922-03-12]
Text: [12 March 1922] [Sunday night] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I promise to be a better correspondent after debate. And I told Jeannette the same thing about being a good hostess. I had debate practice Friday night and when I got back at ten fifteen found her here. At elven[sic] I told her I didn't care if she was going to bed or not--I was. I had her sleep in Helen's room. Saturday morning I had to waste time taking her off to breakfast. I then went to town, and finally and with a...
Show more[12 March 1922] [Sunday night] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I promise to be a better correspondent after debate. And I told Jeannette the same thing about being a good hostess. I had debate practice Friday night and when I got back at ten fifteen found her here. At elven[sic] I told her I didn't care if she was going to bed or not--I was. I had her sleep in Helen's room. Saturday morning I had to waste time taking her off to breakfast. I then went to town, and finally and with a lot of trouble, succeeded after wasting over an hour down town, finding a very pretty ready-made white homespun skirt at a little shop near here. I promptly invested and kicked myself for wasting the time down town. Then I took lunch with Edith Lowman and Jeannette at the Inn, and wasted some more of my crowded time. I then felt that I had discharged the duties of hostess, when the guest knew ahead of time that I had no extra time on my hands, and went to the libe and worked on debate. i certainly have done painfully little reading. Father, will you please tell me how if free tariff between us and the Ph. were removed, the tobacco exported to the US ($10. 500,000) would have a duty of $30,000,000, or three times its value? I never heard of such import duties--perhaps you can enlighten me. Gen. Wood said that in the report of the Wood--Forbes Commission, any-how. Second Hall, "A Kiss For Cinderella" came off wonderfully last night. It was splendidly done. It was not over till almost midnight. I slept till ten this morning, worked till dinner time--on academic work, strange to say--and after dinner Jane, Kro, Eliz. B. and I went for a long walk. it is a gorgeous spring day. i the secluded myself in the debate room and worked some more. Peggy Higgins came over after dinner to show me a telegram from the Barnard chairman inviting the team and delegation of fifteen to the matinee Saturday afternon. She asked us to wire the number coming and the play we want to see. She asked me which i would rather do, go to theater, go to the dean's reception, which is the customary method of entertainment, or do nothing. I said, go to theater by all means. i can't imagine anything worse than doing nothing the whole afternoon, and I think it would be equally nerve-wracking to stand and talk at a big reception for two hours, as the team had to two years ago. Peggy answered that we would be glad to go, and that we wanted something "new and light". She said she thoroughly objected (to me) [to] our going to see some deep tragedy. We are sending a deligation of about twenty down, some of the biggest girls in the Senior class are going. That ought to make it somewhat peppy. I head the hall we talk in as about the size of Taylor Hall, and that they don't often have much of an audience. I shall see. I am terribly excited about it, I know that. Would that my knowledge were wider and more in my head than my filing-box! Holyoke i sending its team, three alternates, a coach, a faculty member, and thirty delegates, among whom is listed Mary Armstrong. I guess I won't have a chance to see her.No mail from any of you yesterday. I should like to hear whether you are coming, Father. If you do, I do hope you won't be disappointed. Is Marse perchance coming? Marian Cahill is up for the week-end, but she didn't get in in time Friday night to hear anything but the rebutals. She is coming to the debate. I shall have to work all evening. Spring is here, and I have ninety hours of social psych to do between now and June! Ha ha! I plead guilty of forgetting to write yesterday, in the rush of going to town, working in the basement of the libe all afternoon, going to Second Hall and trying to show Jeannette at least a bit of attention. I shall therefore wire you tonight that I am still alive and kicking, and got quite rested over the week-end, in spite of working very heard[sic]. Would you, Mother and Father, feel at all like spending a week in Atlantic during vacation? Because then I would stay here long enough to do one of my three psych topics (30 hers) in addition to the history one. Otherwise, if I come home, I would not want such a short time at home and would leave here either Saturday or Sunday night--as soon as I finish the history topic. If you don't want to you will of course say so. The reason I thought of the possibility was because when we were in Atlantic, you asked me how I would like to spend vacation there. R. S. V. P., and soon. Perhaps you want to stay home for a while now, Mother. And I would not want to do it if you couldn't come, Father. R. S. V. P. Father, if you come to N. Y., I wish you could come up and hear our practice debate in the morning, and pass judgment on my economics. I know about as much about the effects of changes in tariff, imports and exports, etc., as the man in the moon, and I don't think the committee knows much more. Would you do that, if you come? Or at least see me, and let me talk to you, before the debate? We are probably going down Friday afternoon. We stay in a Barnard dorm--guest rooms. This is Sunday night--I probably won't write tomorrow because there will be nothing to say. Love, Fannie
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Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1923-05-06
Text: May 6, 1923 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: We watched Prom for about a half hour last night Beatrice looked absolutely beautiful. She wore a white satin dress. It must have been quite a blow to her individuality to dress like anyone else! Everyone else looked rummy. Yesterday some beautiful roses came with the card "For the Home Team". There was a mistake somewhere, but they are very pretty nevertheless. Several weeks ago I had a letter from Helen Stern asking me about E. Park for...
Show moreMay 6, 1923 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: We watched Prom for about a half hour last night Beatrice looked absolutely beautiful. She wore a white satin dress. It must have been quite a blow to her individuality to dress like anyone else! Everyone else looked rummy. Yesterday some beautiful roses came with the card "For the Home Team". There was a mistake somewhere, but they are very pretty nevertheless. Several weeks ago I had a letter from Helen Stern asking me about E. Park for her wedding trip. I wrote her many pages of information and praise, and a few days ago I had a letter telling me that they had decided to go to the Broadmoor for a week and then loaf the rest of the time--about three weeks--in Estes, so the letter must have done Estes credit. The Stanley is closed, so they are going to Longs' Peak Inn. She has never been West, and hesitated between that and California, but decided in favor of Colo. because she has been sick and doesn't want to wear herself out chasing. She's a pretty luck girl! She is going to be married on the thirty-first of May. Could you find time to send her something for me, Mother? Her address is 320 W. 86th. St. If you can't, I'll get her somebooks down town, only R. S. V. P. right away so that I'll know. I got behind on schedule, due to fatigue, but I'm quite restored today again, and have been working hard. It is a heavenly day and nice and cool. A Buffalo gentleman appeared on the scene yesterday, and Elizabeth wants me to go on a picnic with them, but I have neither the time nor the inclination. I met him in Buffalo, and I think he's a lemon. Meanwhile he hangs heavily on her hands. Entertaining company here is certainly no easy job! I am going to Vespers tonight to her the far-famed Reverend Rabbi Steiner. Curisoity[sic] only takes me from my work! He's the first converted Jew I ever say! His wife looks Jewish to the extreme. It's most amusing. Played tennis again yesterday. Hannah Brock and I decided the other day that we are going to walk to Mohonk afterexams and that nothing will be allowed to interfere. It must be heavenly over there now! Have to call on Miss Cowley this afternoon. She was here the other day, and I wasn't home. I feel guilty, as she coes so often and I have not been thre[sic] last fall.
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