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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, October 23,1921
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Father and Mother, October 30,1919
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 10/30/19
Text: Oct. 30. Dear Father + Mother, I am sure I'll get time for a letter tomorrow. I played tennis after lunch - I must work on the English com-mittee now. I am getting tired of work. I am looking [forward] to seeing you, Mother. I got a commence-ment present from [Howe St.] today. Another note to write. I did not get time to see about your tie, Father. Love, [Fannie]This was evidently missent. I shall write more tomorrow. Love, [Fannie] I sent you the French Dictionary. [this side of card...
Show moreOct. 30. Dear Father + Mother, I am sure I'll get time for a letter tomorrow. I played tennis after lunch - I must work on the English com-mittee now. I am getting tired of work. I am looking [forward] to seeing you, Mother. I got a commence-ment present from [Howe St.] today. Another note to write. I did not get time to see about your tie, Father. Love, [Fannie]This was evidently missent. I shall write more tomorrow. Love, [Fannie] I sent you the French Dictionary. [this side of card is for adress] Mr. M. L. Aaron, 55 Campbell Hall, Princeton, N. J.
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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, November 11,1919
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother and Father, February 22,1921
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-02-22
Text: Feb. 22, 1921. Dear Mother + Father: I shall be awfully busy to-day, + I didn't know if I would have time to write or not, hence the telegram. besides which, I was very much excited. The [serial] ([sfeakers] + alternates, but not yet distinguished) were announced last night at an "Ellis Island immigrant party", but more of that again. Enough to say that it was loads of fun + very exciting. I could not go to sleep for ages. Now the [hard pull] starts. I hope I'll last...
Show moreFeb. 22, 1921. Dear Mother + Father: I shall be awfully busy to-day, + I didn't know if I would have time to write or not, hence the telegram. besides which, I was very much excited. The [serial] ([sfeakers] + alternates, but not yet distinguished) were announced last night at an "Ellis Island immigrant party", but more of that again. Enough to say that it was loads of fun + very exciting. I could not go to sleep for ages. Now the [hard pull] starts. I hope I'll last allright. One of these days soon you'll get a lengthy letter about it - about 7 pages, I guess. Love, Fannie Mr. + Mrs. Marcus Aaron, 402 S. Winebiddle Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Aaron, November 10,1919
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 11/10/19
Text: As usual I must hurry to the library. Had a wonderful start on this week. My work won't be rushed this week - I only hope I can get [through] my work for Monday done before I leave. Math [quizz] Wednes-day. We got our sight translations back - I got a B+, highest mark in class + only one. Love, Fannie Nov. 10. No wonder I am happy.[This side of card is for address] Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Aaron, 402 Winebiddle Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, October 17,1919
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, n.d. [postmarked May 8, 1922]
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, November 7,1922
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother and Father, n.d. [postmarked February 20, 1923]
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1923-02-20]
Text: Dear Mother + Father: I feel fine today. My cough is loose + my head is clear. Dr. T. was just in. She was very garrulous. She says I can get up this aft. at 4 o'clock + sit in the parlor. Thrills! Just discovered that the gir just came in this ward lived in Pgh. till last year and went to Peabody - her name is [Helen Morgan.] She had a sister in Pete's class who went to Wellesley. C. MIldred Thompson has grippe too. so I'm not missing any Am. history. Dr. T. says I may be out...
Show moreDear Mother + Father: I feel fine today. My cough is loose + my head is clear. Dr. T. was just in. She was very garrulous. She says I can get up this aft. at 4 o'clock + sit in the parlor. Thrills! Just discovered that the gir just came in this ward lived in Pgh. till last year and went to Peabody - her name is [Helen Morgan.] She had a sister in Pete's class who went to Wellesley. C. MIldred Thompson has grippe too. so I'm not missing any Am. history. Dr. T. says I may be out tomorrow. Love, Fannie
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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother and Father, n.d. [postmarked May 14, 1922]
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1922-05-14]
Text: Dear Mother: If possible, could you have these lenses made for me + I'll get them Sat AM + new frames. This is my summer (+ fall) presentation. I've had a headache every day since I'm back + it is not due to bowels. I'll try this as a cure. I'm going to drop a course, too. In haste for mail. F If you can't go out. I can [probabl] get them Sat myselfMrs. Marcus Aaron Hotel Astor, New York.142 Main Hall Vassar College Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, n.d. [postmarked March 8, 1920]
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother and Father, [September 30, 1922]
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: [1922-09-30]
Text: Dear Mother + Father: I worked in the Libe yester-day morning and then played tennis for an hour before lunch with Mart Hay. I left right after lunch for N.Y. on the 2 P.M, and on the train coming down read a play for Drama Galsworthy's "A Family Man." So the time was not wasted. Got [home] at 5:19. I brought my clubs along - I thought Uncle Ike might play today, because the last time he insisted I should have brought them. but he's in Cleveland, so it was rather useless....
Show moreDear Mother + Father: I worked in the Libe yester-day morning and then played tennis for an hour before lunch with Mart Hay. I left right after lunch for N.Y. on the 2 P.M, and on the train coming down read a play for Drama Galsworthy's "A Family Man." So the time was not wasted. Got [home] at 5:19. I brought my clubs along - I thought Uncle Ike might play today, because the last time he insisted I should have brought them. but he's in Cleveland, so it was rather useless. Played with the kids thismorning, and this afternoon they are taking me [crabbing]. It's a gorgeous day! I think I'll go back on the six o'clock tomorrow, if not sooner. I hope you didn't disapprove of my coming down, but I wanted to while the coming was good. When will you be at V.C.? R.S.V.P. I hear Aunt Hattie + [De W] have gone to the Berkshires. Mother, please don't do too much touring at once or you won't get any rest or relaxation out of it. And find a place that you can stay at a while instead of being on the go all the time. If any further advice is needed, just [abbly] to Earickeloo. Your foolish Baby talk letter received, [Pap]. Keep it up. Speaking of Baby Talk reminds me that Phillis said she was only a Baby when Lester was here! She thinks she has gotten very big in the last week. Aunt Bessie says she will write one of these days. if the kids give her a chance. Love, Fannie Don't eat too mcuh tomorrow. I can scarcely remember a year that I haven't had some excuse for [eating]!
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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, n.d. [postmarked January 18, 1923]
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, March 2,1923
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother and Father, [October 27, 1922]
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: [1922-10-27]
Text: Friday night. Dear Mother + Father: I have spent a most edifying day! I had a bath about 10, got up at 11 + have been up in the room ever since. Ispent the entire day reading the only possible looking novel about - Mary roberts Rhinehart's "The Breaking Point." If you want some good steamer-chair or boardwalk reading read it. It is very interesting. After dinner I read Galsworthy's "Joy." Now the [possibilities] of the [Luperm] libe + of my personal one are...
Show moreFriday night. Dear Mother + Father: I have spent a most edifying day! I had a bath about 10, got up at 11 + have been up in the room ever since. Ispent the entire day reading the only possible looking novel about - Mary roberts Rhinehart's "The Breaking Point." If you want some good steamer-chair or boardwalk reading read it. It is very interesting. After dinner I read Galsworthy's "Joy." Now the [possibilities] of the [Luperm] libe + of my personal one are exhausted, so it's fortunate that both Dr. T. told me this A.M. + Dr. B just before dinner that I'm discharged in the morning. My temp has been 98 all day. The cold medicine has kept a cold from devloping, but still feel a sort of congestion in the nose + ears. It is very sleight - + I have it in control all right. I'll be able to take just as good care of myself at home as here. This is a craughty room, so there is no advantage in that respect. Moreover, here I ahve to eat what'sserved on my tray, whereas on campus I can indulge in 2 or 3 helpings of vegetables. [Eter.] So don't worry that I am getting out too soon. All the pains are gone + I am better. I sent Helen a wire to send you this P.M. in ans. to yours. Hope you [qoreb] all right. Dr. T. asked for you this morning, Mother. Hope you are having good weather in Atlantic, and that you are taking it easy properly. No letter from Pete today. Your last letter from home came. Also had one from Lucy. Then father has a bad cold. She has a nurse for him. Nothing new to tell you. Love, Fannie Did I ever mention that Ely. + I - and her soft-sister, had intended to go to Mohonk for the day Saturday! I seem fated never to get there! However, we still say we're going before Commencement Love, F.
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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, May 23,1920
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, January 7, 1920 [1921]
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, n.d. [postmarked May 26, 1922]
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, January 22,1920
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, November 3,1920
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, February 14,1921
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Lester, September 29,1919
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 9/29/19
Text: Sept. 29, 1919 Dear Mother, Father, and Lester: Your Lengthy Letter and your lengthy letter, Pete, came today, but your lenghty letter did not come, Father. Was it sent? Now to the questions. The cushions and the curtains are fine. I have not had time to hang the bags yet, but they look as it they will be all right. The plates, fruit-bowl, and lemon-queezer came are are quite satisfactory. The book-case is fine--I have not had time to fix the bottoms section yet. I like it a bit that she had...
Show moreSept. 29, 1919 Dear Mother, Father, and Lester: Your Lengthy Letter and your lengthy letter, Pete, came today, but your lenghty letter did not come, Father. Was it sent? Now to the questions. The cushions and the curtains are fine. I have not had time to hang the bags yet, but they look as it they will be all right. The plates, fruit-bowl, and lemon-queezer came are are quite satisfactory. The book-case is fine--I have not had time to fix the bottoms section yet. I like it a bit that she had taken the chain to her room instead of turning it in, but she is sure she is perfectly honest and that it was not nothing but her adnormal stupidity that made her do it. I certainly do ask for a second portions, in fact I served last night, so I got away with plenty. The candy came. We are enjoying it, and I believe I thanked you for it already. As to my going to New York for Saturday. I thought you decided you did not want me to go, Mother. It will be easier for me to do that after I am used to the work, but at present preparing for Monday morning, four classes straight, is no cinch. I worked in the Library two hours Saturday night, yesterday afternoon from two to six, and last night from seven to nine, so you see that I am not exactly playing. Of course later on it will not take me so long, I will be used to working and I will also know better what is expected of us. Meanwhile I am not grinding, but I don't think it pays to let things slip at the very beginning. So I think that this year I will stay here. There is to be an English sermon and some English in the prayer service at the Temple in Poughkeepsie either Friday night of Saturday morning. Lucy, Helen, and I will go. I won't be working Friday night or Saturday, so New York would be out of the question, Aunt Hattie wrote me, Pete, that you were the happiest kid around because Uncle Ike had joined the Far Rockaway Temple. So you can camp out there now if you like. Of course I would be overjoyed to have you come up on Sunday, the earlier train the better. The only trouble is this, will this Sunday visit interfere with any week-end visit that you might have planned for the immediate future. You see, if that is the case, I would rather have you give up one day not than two days in a few weeks. But if it doesn't, then come right along. Excuse me, I am mistaken--it is the first Sunday of the month, and therefore we have no chapel, so let me know what train you will take and I will mee you at the station. I had four classes straight this morning, and I am less tired than I was last week after three, but there is still room for improvement. It surely is hard to work, though. Istopped in the middle of this letter for a fifteen minute interview with my English teacher. She made an appointment with everyone, and the purpose of the whole performance, as far as I can make out, is to discuss the several themes we have written. I came away feeling quite hopeless, horribly stupid and discouraged, and as far as brains are concerned, little better than neighbor Johnny. Honestly, I must be hopeless. She had me feeling so discouraged that I could not tell her where in my high school English training had not developed the things she seemed to think vital. I believe another one comes off next week, and I surely will tell her then, so that she does not think that I am in as good working trim as I ever am. I see one course ahead that is not going to a snap. As I got up to leave she told me that she heard my mother was S. H. of the class of '99. She said she knew your name, but did not know you. She is a grey-headed soul, so I guess she was here before you were. She lives in town with miss Wiley, and she hopes I'll come to see them sometime. Excuse me! I know the darned old interview was for my good, and nobody else's, but excuse me from seeing her for the purpose of paying a pleasant call. Marion Gratz infromed me the other day that she is a wonderful teacher. I think your impression of Morris Baum is quite right, Pete. What he does not know is not worth knowing, in his opinion. I did not know that he intended to go to Princeton. Have you seen our little friend Saul yet? Your talking about your friend Bill Savage reminds me of the fact that I sat next to a girl from Princeton the other day who had a Trig that she bought second-hand from May Vraeland. Her name is Darrah Moore, and her father is a prof when he feels inclined to be one. Do you know who he is? So Roger was out in Estes last year. I wonder what sort of hit he will make at Harvard. How is Helen? Who was the nigger that waited on them? I bet it was Mack. Of course it worries me terribly. Nick must be a prett sight with a broken nose--it was such a handsom thing before it was broken. Perhaps Louise Pill won't get a chance to see him play. I gues Grandpa Hamburger took a "Hebrew fit" when the thought of your being the numentionable thing was mentioned to him! Mother, I think those two small bath-mats must have been left at home--I cannot find them here anyplace. You remember they were not dry when Aunt Hattiw wanted to pack them. Also, when I wore the pink checked organdy to the reception the other day, I could not find the llittle pink bow, so I guess I left that at home too. Could you send them please. It would be in the sliding drawer of the new thing in the little room, the drawer in which I keep sashes, etc. Lucy was in last night, but I had to work, so she left.I left the list of books that I had read in Miss White's room Saturday afternoon. This morning she told me to stay after class. She told me that since I had read quite a few of the books of the Course 7-8, which I am takin, if I wanted I could take a general examination, like a college board exam, and if I passed that, I could take Sophomore French, but the exam would not give me any credit. That is, I would still have to take another year of Foreign language, which is required for graduation. I could finish the reading of the books of this freshman course by next year and take an exam then, which would give me the credit. She did not volunteer any information as to which course would be the more advisable for me to take. When I asked her, she said, "I don't know, that is or you to decide". I don't know what we will be doing next summer, but I know how hard it is to study in summer, and how impossible it is if we are travelling. She is a peach of a teacher, talks a fine French, and altogether will be giving a very instructive course. It occures to me that I will certainly get a lot out of it and since the other courses show no signs of being easy, perhaps it will be well for me to have one thing feel thoroughly at home in. The other girls are quite lost, she speaks so quickly that most of them cannot understand her. Today she said id anyone was having trouble in understanding her to stay after class. Half of the class staid. Perhaps it is better that I chould be good in this class than poor in the other one. So the situation is this: If I want to, take a general exam, which, if passed, will give me no credit, but enable me to take Sopomore French. If I read the books and take an exam on Course 7-8 next year, I will then have credit. What do you think. I believe perhaps I ought to stay where I am, and have one thing less to worry about. The work in any of the classes is not highschool work by a long shot. She said I could write home for an answer, that I can wait till the end of the week for the exam. Please answer immediately, and telegraph if you think I will not have the answer by Friday morning. Saw Miss Cowley this morning. She asked how I was getting along. Love [Fannie]
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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, [March 6, 1923]
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, February 20,1920
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Father, Apr 1920 [?]
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: Apr 1920 [?]
Text: Dear Father, I am [muchly percited] and thrilled. Why. didn't you say what train you are taking? I expected you on one of the morning trains. I am here for dinner with Mrs. Jackson + Cousin [Pauline]. I'll be over at eight. I can't sleep later, but if you want to, go ahead, because I have some work to do + I can do it then. Otherwise I'll find another time. If you aren't in the dining-room, I'll come to your room. Earickeloo

Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, October 23,1921
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, December 1,1920
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, January 15, 1920 [1921]
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, April 9,1923
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother and Father, n.d. [postmarked May 18, 1922]
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1922-05-18]
Text: February 24, 1923 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Received your wire this morning and answered it right after lunch. I really don't know what there is to wire about anymore, and thought perhaps if you spoke to me tonight your mind would be at rest, Father. Never speak to me about worrying anymore! Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm afraid I won't die of pneumonia--this year, anyhow! I asked Dr. T. if she thought it would be wise for me to go home for a while, and she said she...
Show moreFebruary 24, 1923 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Received your wire this morning and answered it right after lunch. I really don't know what there is to wire about anymore, and thought perhaps if you spoke to me tonight your mind would be at rest, Father. Never speak to me about worrying anymore! Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm afraid I won't die of pneumonia--this year, anyhow! I asked Dr. T. if she thought it would be wise for me to go home for a while, and she said she thought it would be the most foolish thing in the world--that it was much too long a trip and I would be running the risk of catching a half dozen new things on the way home. She assures me that everybody else feels just as pepped out. I went to the doctor's office this morning and got a bottle of tonic, and also had me blood count taken. She just compares colors with a chart of assorted reds. She decided that it was 75, and gave me some Blau(?)'s iron pills, 5%, to take one after each meal. I shall do so. I don't want to start getting hyperdermics again--it means waiting for an hour for each one in the stuffy office with all the people who have colds.I left Metcalfe the middle of the morning. The room was needed, and I am really all right now. I have practically no cold at all, and I feel loads stronger than yesterday. I spent the rest of the morning dusting and cleaning my room. It got to be a holy sight in my absence. It would win a prize now. It never has been quite so neat. After lunch we walked to the Flag with some snapshots, and then i went over to Students' as I had promised to hear the Freshmen debaters. Their spokers were to be picked this evening. They are unbelievably good. I think they are better than any varsity team that has existed since I am in college! I just stayed for an hour, and came back to write this. I am going to start my Drama make-up now, and stay in for the rest of the day. I'm afraid I've forgotten how to study. Mother, I wish you would please send me oneof the white chiffonier covers that I have on the chiff in the little room. My dresser cover with its blue underneath thing hold the dust so that "I feel the need--of a change", to quote Captain Applejack. But please don't go and buy a new one, because I can get along with this, if you haven't an extra one.Khaki Dodge, in my class, whom you may remember from the Lafayette debates as an usher to whom I introduced you and who you thought was very good-looking, just told me an interesting bit of news that she ecpects[sic] to go to Johns Hopkins year after next, as does Anna Osterhout, and '23, and that they were down in Baltimore after midyears to see about getting in and that the man in charge, whoever he is, told them that he hardly takes into consideration official college record at all in admitting students, but count's almost entirely the standing of the college and its recommendations of them, as well as personal qualifications. he says medical school shouldn't be run democratically, that that doesn't make good doctors, and he believes very strongly in heredity, that if you come from a "good" family the chances are you will be good material for them. On the strength of the latter he was very glad to take Anna Osterhout, who, incidentally, just missed flunking out Freshman year, but whose father is a very eminent--I thought, botanist, but Khaki says zoologist. And he is very glad to take Khaki, because she came down with Anna and because he liked her appearance. It struck me as a fine thing for the sons and daughters of the famous, but a little hard on all others! I guess that's all the news I have. Love, Fannie
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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, May 11,1923
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, January 24,1922
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother and Father, January 10,1920
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1/10/20
Text: Dear Mother, Father and Some of the letters of this machine went out of place, and I cannot get them fixed until next Saturday. I telegraphed for the medicine because I could not get either at Wood's, where I stopped on my way back yesterday or in Arlington, where I walked this morning. I got back in time for dinner last night, cut chapel, went to bed, read French until ten, and went to sleep when the place quieted down at eleven. I have loads and loads of work to do today. Work stops...
Show moreDear Mother, Father and Some of the letters of this machine went out of place, and I cannot get them fixed until next Saturday. I telegraphed for the medicine because I could not get either at Wood's, where I stopped on my way back yesterday or in Arlington, where I walked this morning. I got back in time for dinner last night, cut chapel, went to bed, read French until ten, and went to sleep when the place quieted down at eleven. I have loads and loads of work to do today. Work stops Wednesday, the twenty-first. I still have to take those two writtens that I missed before vacation. Aunt Bessie and I took lunch at the Avignon restaurant, in the same building as the doctor. It was a very recommended to her, and they surely have good grub, but excuse me from the prices. She insisted on paying. You can settle with her. She said if you do not come down at Midyears, I am to come out to her. She will also meed me next week, and do whatever I want. As far as comfort goes, I got along very well yesterday, so I shall do the same next week. By the time I had treatment, lunch, and gotten my Pullman chair, it was almost train time. I am none to strong on energy, in fact quite the reverse. Otherwise nothing new. Love, I guess the plan for next week, then, is that Aunt Bessie should meet me and we will do as yesterday. Are You coming the time after that, after exams? Mother[ene w/ 11 Jan 1920] Dr, F. did not say whether it looked better to him or not. He hurts much more in the treatment then Dr. S. and it hurts much more for about an hour afterwards. He gets much more air in. I am not better today, that I can notice. I told him that yesterday. He told me to try the medicine again, so I started today. Gee, it is slow!
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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mrs. Marcus Aaron, n.d. [postmarked May 22, 1922]
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1922-05-22]
Text: 1. LeBon - The Psychology of Peoples - [901L47] 4 Boas - The Mind of Primitive Man - 573 573B57 B57 Mecklin - Democracy + Race Friction - 326M55. Thursday seats are better than Wed. I'll leave as Early in the morn. as you wish. [This Side of Card is For Address] Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Aaron, 402 S. Winebiddle Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Father and Mother, October 1,1920
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-10-01
Text: Dear Father + Mother, I slept most of the morning. It is a gorgeous day today, so I am going to try my luck at walking. I expect to do some history this afternoon. Will write later. Love, Fannie Oct. 1.Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Aaron, 402 S. Winebiddle Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, [March 12, 1922]
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, May 6,1923
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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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, October [?], 1919
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1919-10-[?]
Text: [? oct 1919] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I shall try my luck at a morning letter, although I shall probably have to stop in the middle of it. I just came back from French class, where we had one of the fool mile-long assignments again. She is so afraid we won't use two hours! If I did as the others did, it would not be so bad, but whenever anyone cannot answer a question, she calls on me. I can not bluff. The reason that I happened to be put on the committe to map out a course of...
Show more[? oct 1919] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I shall try my luck at a morning letter, although I shall probably have to stop in the middle of it. I just came back from French class, where we had one of the fool mile-long assignments again. She is so afraid we won't use two hours! If I did as the others did, it would not be so bad, but whenever anyone cannot answer a question, she calls on me. I can not bluff. The reason that I happened to be put on the committe to map out a course of class study in English, was that each group coming from one class elected one girl. There were only two from Miss Buck's division, she Miss Kitchel asked Miss Buck which one she considered the best qualified. I am surprised Miss Buck thought I was capable of anything. It meant an awful lot of reading and hunting around on the English 1 reserved sections. The idea is to read essays for class work until Christmas. The ssays are to be difficult enough to understand to repay class work. We had a committee meeting in Miss Kitchel's room last night and this morning we are to present several different plans to the class. The plan that I am to present several different plans to the class. The plan that I am to present is the use Steeve's and Ristine's "Representative essays in Modern Thought" as a basic for class work and discussions. Then we are to do a certain amount of reading connected with that and report on it. In addition to it we are to do some outside on any subject we please. The other plan is to get the November issue of the Atlantic Monthly, to study it, and do library reading and writing in connection with it. A list of suggested essays would in that case be posted. That plan appeals to me more, but we will have to take a class vote. One of the members of the committee is the daughter of an English Prof at Yale. Her name is Adams. Is her father anything or don't you happen to know, Pete? Talking about profs, the two books that I used most in my history topic which I handed in yesterday were West's Alcuin and the Rise of the Christian Schools" and another book which I just happened to think was not connected with Princeton. Another book by Professor Munro whom you always call by his whole name was pretty good for the occasion. I took "The Revivial of the Schools under Sharlemagne." It was very interesting and I certainly wently into it thoroughly enough to get a decent mark. My report was about three times as long as most people's. Most of them started to work on them the afternoon before they were due, when the topic was assigned two weeks ahead. I don't believe in that. I committed the first college sin the other night in studying until eleven o'clock. I was very wide awake and I preferred that to getting up at five-thirty. Strange to say I was less tired the next day than any day since I have been here. I suppose it is too late to tell you now. If you sent food in the last laundery, please don't send any in the next--I have toomuch on hand. I forgot to tell you that last night one of the girls asked Miss Kitchel what division we were. To make a long story short. She has two English sections. I mean Freshman English. One is supposed to be very good, and one is supposed to be not quite to good. We are in the latter. It is nearer the top than the bottom, however. She said she kept girls in section that I am in that she did not consider in any way inferior to those she sent to Miss Buck. Of oucrse[sic] your truly would like to be in A1, but I really like her about ten times more than Miss Buck. She surely was great in her room last night. She was not one bit like a teacher. I played tennis with Helen Reid yesterday. you know her, Mother. I discovered that she went to Peabody for three weeks before she went to Cincinnati, and that she reported in the room next to where I did. We had a class meeting Wednesday afternoon to approve a class constitution and to elect officers. Almost all those that stood any showing were from McGlynn's and Main. The two up for President are good. One is in my Latin class, and the other is in miss Buck's English. We were together before. It is raining today--I guess because I have time for outdoor exercise. Our Math class, headed by Miss Wells, measured the height of North Tower the other day. I believe I wrote you so, though. You asked about a week age what group meetings are, Pete. That is the way the Students' Association operates. I think each floor of a quad hall constitutes a group. Each group elects a delegate to the meeting, at which they get their instruction about what to discuss at the next group meeting. A different representative is elected each time. The Hall president is the head of all the groups in that hall. The meetings take place from nne-thirty to ten, and sometimes later. We had prose again yesterday in Latin. The last twenty minutes of the hour are devoted to sight prose. We never had any such thing in high school. Yesterday she gave a translation of some Latin we had read, and we had to turn it back into Latin as idiomatically as we could. I had translated to a girl on my floor about an hour before, so it was rather fresh in my mind, considering we had done it in class about two weeks ago. The girl, I just discovered, is a Jewish Presbyterian. I almost laughed in her face when she told me she was going to the Pres. Church in town on Town Sunday--she does not belong to the church, really, she says, but her family do. We had two Roosevelt lectures in chapel that were not very good, that is, what I heard was not very good. I got a commencement present from Mrs. A. L. Weil yesterday. It is some sort of fancy hanger.I am going to take tomorrow night off and write letters. I got a letter from Pill last night, giving me some dope about Bryn Mawr. Hope you see her at the Harvard game, Pete. She is sure I cannot be as busy as she is--I am sure She cannot be as busy as I am. Her paper had the college seal on it. She wrote in parenthesis takes only three what she calls Main subjects--Economics, Latin, and English. In addition to that she is tutoring in German and Latin poetry. Evidently her September exams were unsuccessful. They had the Belgian Queen there. Otherwise nothing new, except that the hour is up. Without being homseick[sic] or anything like that, I am looking foward to November 15. Love, Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Aaron, 402 S. Winebiddle Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.P. O. Box 882, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, n.d. [postmarked May 24, 1923]
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1923-05-24]
Text: [postmarked 24 May 1923] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Amen. I just wrote my last word on my seminar "encyclopedia". It is 103 double-spaced pages, exclusive of bibliography and table of contents. Now I have to spend all tomorrow reading it, correcting, etc. It will be a most boring job. Miss Cowley paid me a one hour call last night. I was amazed, at her viewpoint in advising me about next year. She urged me to take a rest, and not to tie myself down beyond maybe "dabbling...
Show more[postmarked 24 May 1923] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: Amen. I just wrote my last word on my seminar "encyclopedia". It is 103 double-spaced pages, exclusive of bibliography and table of contents. Now I have to spend all tomorrow reading it, correcting, etc. It will be a most boring job. Miss Cowley paid me a one hour call last night. I was amazed, at her viewpoint in advising me about next year. She urged me to take a rest, and not to tie myself down beyond maybe "dabbling" at Pitt. She said--"Look at me, up here teaching year after year even since I left college. It doesn't pay unless you have to do it". I certainly was surprised at her, the grind of brinds, and typical student, to advocate loafing. She was so urgent in it, and meant it so sincerely, that I really felt sorry for her. I always thought that she thoroughly enjoyed her monotonous life, but I guess she hasn't always. Classes are over Wednesy, May 30, Mother. There is no intermission before exams. The typewriter ribbons came. Once again, the dress is all right! Let me know about the lot. It sounds good, but I don't picture the location exactly. Don't forgot, as I'm actually most interested! My exams are not bunched, Mother. I have only two actual exams Thursday A. M. and one Saturday afternoon. The number of the house is 18, the same street as the Wagner Inn and McGlynn's. I'll have to go and investigate to find out the name of the street. I don't know it. Love, Fannie
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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, April 28,1923
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1923-04-28
Text: April 28, 1923 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: After putting in a ten hour day on my history topic I am strongly for the six hour day. I could debate vehemently on it, in fact. I just made out a daily schedule for the month of May, and find, to my relief, that I will just be able to graduate. I shall finish my last topic four days before exams. I'll probably start by getting behind schedule tomorrow! I know nothing of interes, except that my topic is exceedingly interesting, but that I...
Show moreApril 28, 1923 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: After putting in a ten hour day on my history topic I am strongly for the six hour day. I could debate vehemently on it, in fact. I just made out a daily schedule for the month of May, and find, to my relief, that I will just be able to graduate. I shall finish my last topic four days before exams. I'll probably start by getting behind schedule tomorrow! I know nothing of interes, except that my topic is exceedingly interesting, but that I am having to do it much too fast. I got a letter from Rhinecliff yesterday inviting us up to do anything we want and be their guests at their club dinner either May 9 or May 16. I think I shall go. It is too good to miss, and is my last chance. Love, Fannie
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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, [October 28, 1922]
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: [1922-10-28]
Text: [Addressed to Hotel Traymore, 28 Oct 1922] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I called you up this morning because Dr. T. came in before I left the Infirm to announce she had talked to you last night, and I was afraid you were worrying. I sent the telegram to Helen to send you, and apparently you had not gotten it yet. Sorry you worried. I am working in the libe today and shall go back [to sufering?] to sleep tonight. I am stronger than yesterday. I have a cold, otherwise all is well. I shall be...
Show more[Addressed to Hotel Traymore, 28 Oct 1922] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I called you up this morning because Dr. T. came in before I left the Infirm to announce she had talked to you last night, and I was afraid you were worrying. I sent the telegram to Helen to send you, and apparently you had not gotten it yet. Sorry you worried. I am working in the libe today and shall go back [to sufering?] to sleep tonight. I am stronger than yesterday. I have a cold, otherwise all is well. I shall be very careful of myself, so please don't worry. Love, and kisses, Fannie Saturday
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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, n.d. [postmarked March 6, 1923]
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1923-03-06]
Text: Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I had a long session with the dean yesterday, resulting in nothing. She's on her tin ear about it all. She told me to go back to Dr. T., and then it would have to go back to the committee of privilages and elections which doesn't meet till next Monday, but the debate is the following Saturday! Dr. T. was in New York for the day. I went over to see her just now, and after waiting fifteen minutes saw her. She was lovely. She said she'd do all she...
Show moreDear Mother, Father, and Pete: I had a long session with the dean yesterday, resulting in nothing. She's on her tin ear about it all. She told me to go back to Dr. T., and then it would have to go back to the committee of privilages and elections which doesn't meet till next Monday, but the debate is the following Saturday! Dr. T. was in New York for the day. I went over to see her just now, and after waiting fifteen minutes saw her. She was lovely. She said she'd do all she could to fix it up, that the dean wanted to get in her last show of authority before going out! She said she thought she could do it all right, but that if there was any trouble yet, we could resort to what Emma McDonald, pres. of students, told me yesterday--that if I am above grad and the doctor certifies my health permits debating, the dean has no control over Census beyond that, as it is a student organization. Emma said if the mess continued that she would step in in my behalf, and Dr. B. said, "Why, we can't not have you debate; we'll have to fight it out". Evan said (debate chairman) she'd get up a petition, if necessary! Millsy was quite peeved about it, too. So everybody is pulling for me but the dean. Bish is urging me to go to Prexie, but I don't want to do that unless all else fails, as I am sure it would further antagonize Miss McCaleb. Darn her fussiness anyhow! I never debated so hard in my life as I did the twenty minutes with her! Love, Fannie, in a ste[?]
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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, October 30,1921
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1921-10-30
Text: October 30, 1921 Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I slept late this morning and then went to chapel. It was an awful sermon. Since then I have worked steadily, taking time out for dinner. It is now six o'clock and I am ready for some more fuel, after which I have a few more hours of work ahead of me. I have enough to do this week to kill a horse, and I shall have to work like a horse on debate. So if my letters are brief you will know why. Love, Fannie

Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father and Pete, November 12,1920
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1920-11-12
Text: November 12, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I really haven't anything to tell you today. The rush of the week is over and that is a relief. As I mentioned yesterday, I am going to town today on an expedition of attending to a million different things, among them ordering my berth to come home Thanksgiving. Mr. Kilpatrick gave us our introductory lecture to qualitative analysis today. It consisted principally of instruction fro laboratory work. I imagine the course will be...
Show moreNovember 12, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I really haven't anything to tell you today. The rush of the week is over and that is a relief. As I mentioned yesterday, I am going to town today on an expedition of attending to a million different things, among them ordering my berth to come home Thanksgiving. Mr. Kilpatrick gave us our introductory lecture to qualitative analysis today. It consisted principally of instruction fro laboratory work. I imagine the course will be interesting, if it is not too hard. We have finished the review. I finished my history topic on the southorn plantation last night, much to my surprise. I had one hundred and ten topic pages! The Ec instructor is no better than she was in the beginning, and I am not the only one of that opinion. She surely is a mess. I always feel that I know more about the subject when I go into class than when I come out of it. She told somebody in our class that she never did understand capital and banking. Then just why does she teach Ec, I wonder? Phyllis condescended to come to see me the other day, only I happened not to be at home. It was four weeks since I had had her over for dinner. I don't know what had gotten into her head, but she certainly has turned into a conceited fool. I really don't know anything interesting to tell you. Love, Fannie
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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother and Father, [April 27, 1922]
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: [1922-04-27]
Text: Thursday Dear Mother + Father: I succeeded in losing my glasses last night running to chapel. They have not been turned in yet, + I hunted all over the ground this A.M. It was very windy all night, so I fear there is not much chance of getting them - at least, whole. I am told all good town oculists send to N.Y. to have lenses made. that is why I wired as I did. Also, I am not sure if I have the last prescription. I thought perhaps he could <have> send a frame too; if it doesn't...
Show moreThursday Dear Mother + Father: I succeeded in losing my glasses last night running to chapel. They have not been turned in yet, + I hunted all over the ground this A.M. It was very windy all night, so I fear there is not much chance of getting them - at least, whole. I am told all good town oculists send to N.Y. to have lenses made. that is why I wired as I did. Also, I am not sure if I have the last prescription. I thought perhaps he could <have> send a frame too; if it doesn't fit I could send it back and get one in town. I loathe the plain specs I am using now. I spent the whole morning in lab. I ahve graduated from grasshopper to crab. At present I am havingmy hair dried - then debate picture, then conference with Peggy Higgins, + tonight Evan + I work out rebuttal material. I am to <debate> rebut 3rd. aff - + have never once rebutted on that side in practice! The twice we have had it we skipped rebuttals. Founder's Day tomorrow I shall have to work part of it tho. The sweater came from Peck's, Mother - high-neck. I shall return it + ask for a [low] one. Otherwise nothing now. I think I forgot to put the underwear in the laundry-cases Mother. Sorry. Love, Fannie [Try] the [othe] Sunday papers if you don't find my face in the Times.
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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, January 31,1920
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 1/31/20
Text: January 31, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have the honor to announce, with very cold fingers, a temperature of eleven degrees below zero, with a very sharp wind in addition. Such being the case, I had no difficulty in cancelling my engagement to go coasting. I saw no point in getting frost-bitten feet or noses. I slept till about eight this morning, and then spent at least a half hour trying to get up the courage to get out of bed. Did you say it is hot in Palm Beach, Mother? I am...
Show moreJanuary 31, 1920. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I have the honor to announce, with very cold fingers, a temperature of eleven degrees below zero, with a very sharp wind in addition. Such being the case, I had no difficulty in cancelling my engagement to go coasting. I saw no point in getting frost-bitten feet or noses. I slept till about eight this morning, and then spent at least a half hour trying to get up the courage to get out of bed. Did you say it is hot in Palm Beach, Mother? I am going to do all my cleaning up and straightening up this morning! Some of us walked down to watch the ice carnical last night. It was at Spring Lake in Arlington. It was not particularly interesting, as it was not the real thing. Only about a third of those skating wore white, they did not have a band, and they had every-day electrick lights, not colored ones. After coming back, one of my class whome I met came up here with me and stayed till about nine-thirty. I then went to bed, and here I am. I am enclosing the letter which I suppose Mother expected to reach you here. Love, [Fannie]
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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, October 31,1919
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: 10/31/19
Text: October 31, 1919. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete. Aunt Hattie's costumes came yesterday afternoon. They are muchly mussed. I shall use the colonial man's costume. Tell her to write me an explanation of the others. A davison Freshman is going as a colonial girl, so she will probably be my wife. I almost sent my riding hat home a week ago, and they I decided I might as well keep it since it did not take up much room. If I wear that, braid my hair and put a black ribbon on it, wear...
Show moreOctober 31, 1919. Dear Mother, Father, and Pete. Aunt Hattie's costumes came yesterday afternoon. They are muchly mussed. I shall use the colonial man's costume. Tell her to write me an explanation of the others. A davison Freshman is going as a colonial girl, so she will probably be my wife. I almost sent my riding hat home a week ago, and they I decided I might as well keep it since it did not take up much room. If I wear that, braid my hair and put a black ribbon on it, wear silk stockings and pumps, it ought to be real cute. I know you don't approve of that word, Pete. The only trouble with the costume is that Aunt Hattie's legs are slightly smaller than mine, and the trousers are somewhat snug. I don't think they will split, though. One of the girls is going as Dr. Thelberg. I hope for the kids sake that she won't be there. Among the other things she is going to carry an egg, with brown paper and straw messed on it. I have forgotten to tell you that every day this week that my laundry came without any stamps last week and the strap was hanging off. The girl that shares post-office box with me had to call for it as a regular package, and lug it over. I was out with Father. Evidently it was not carefully strapped and stamped. It might be lost that way. We had our second class meeting yesterday afternoon at which the final elections took place. I girl I voted for for president was elected. I think she is a fine girl, and she ought to be good, although I don't think that officers of the first semester Freshman year, mean very much. There is to be a Hallowe'en party tonight. I had intended to write letters. I have to write Mrs. Weil a thankie note. Also, was I supposed to have written Mrs. Jackson a note for feeding me up, or do you only do that when you don't know people very well. I intend to take the colonial costume over to Josselyn this afternoon and press it. They don't haze here, they just play tricks on the Freshman. Last night I had gotten to bed, when Carolun Fay, my next-door neighbor, came in with some ice cream, Dinners here are substantial enough, but by ten o'clock one gets pretty hungry. She said she had gone off campus to get some and had brought back more than she wanted. It was very good, I admit. This morning she and Doroteha stuffed me for about a half hour on all the things they had done to the icecream before they gave it to me. When they were through, I asked Carolyn if she was not pretty well satisfied with herself. She said, no, that it is too easy to stuff a freshman, if she had done it to an upperclassman she would have been.Conferences with Miss Thallon start next week. I suppose I will have a repetition with the one with Miss Buck. She will probably tell me my topic was much too long. I got my second prose paper in Latin today. Miss Breene always made us translate literally. Miss Bourne just announced that we translate ideas, not words. I had done the paper Miss Breene's way--consequently there was much red ink on it. We had a movie in Hygiene today. It is some job taking notes on a movie. Lester, i hope you are sufficiently recovered from you[sic] test. it is funny that you took your test yesterday. I went swimming yesterday, too. It was raining all day, and I not only had time for exercise but needed the credit, so I went swimming. There were four in. I can stand in the deepest part. I don't think I will go often. Everything about it is very unattractive, although it is very clean. We had quite a row about the stunt party that I told you about, Father. Whenever there were supposed to be meetings, half the kids did not know about them. There was a meeting after lunch yesterday. I was not told about it. There was one seventh hour which I attended. The chairman did not turn up until five minutes before the hour was up. The stunt party, supposedly representative of the eighteen freshmen, as arranged by the chairman consisted of a stunt by her, and two stunts by two other girls. We finally decided not to give it last night, (it is supposed to be given the first rainy night after the sophs and juniors give use theirs), because it was not representative of the whole bunch. At dinner the girl who had taken upon herselfto be the whole show got up and announced that the freshmen would give their stunt party, provided we had not chapel. She was not even at the Freshman table, as she left the dinning-room one of the girls called to her from our table and asked if the Freshmen were invited. She did not get the point. We had a hot time after dinner. Finally one of the girls announced that owing to the oversight of the fact that we were supposed to allow some off-campus freshmen in on our performance, it would be put off till Monday. i bet the boss felt like crawling into her hole. That minor excuse came in very handy. Last night after the earthquake we had a meeting and arranged a performance in which everyone should have a share. It comes off Monday night. I am an old farmer in a pantomime. It ought to be pretty good. The same girl who will probably be my wife tomorrow is to be my wife in this. We ought to know how to act together pretty soon. I have a lot of work this week-end, also plenty of time to do it. I forgot to tell you that I kid I knew wanted me to give her typewriting lessons for pay, just like tutoring. I told her would be glad to show her to typewrite, that I did not want to be paid for it. If I ever wanted to earn money,--don't laugh--little Corona would come in very handy. Love,
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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother and Father, [October 31, 1922]
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: [1922-10-31]
Text: Just finished "Upstream." He sure is sore at the world. He and Pete ought to meet. There certainly is plenty in the book that is worth thinking about. 4 P.M. - Tues. Dear Mother + Father: Dr. T. was just in. She said if my throat was better tonight + tomorrow morning that I could go to classes tomorrow. She also said that she'd have let me go today if I hadn't telegraphed you last night that my throat was still sore. They brought your wire asking for an answer up when I...
Show moreJust finished "Upstream." He sure is sore at the world. He and Pete ought to meet. There certainly is plenty in the book that is worth thinking about. 4 P.M. - Tues. Dear Mother + Father: Dr. T. was just in. She said if my throat was better tonight + tomorrow morning that I could go to classes tomorrow. She also said that she'd have let me go today if I hadn't telegraphed you last night that my throat was still sore. They brought your wire asking for an answer up when I was in bed + I had to answer through the infirm. That's what I get for being honest! So instead of dis-missing me she kept me in bed. She said that she promised you not to let me go until I am completely well. Is that so? I hope not. I feel much better this aft. so I guess my throat will be all right in the morning. It burns terribly in the region of the soft palage. It feels as thought a good treatment from Dr. Day, which unfortunately I cannot get, would firrst about fix it up. Love, Fannie
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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother, Father, and Pete, [October 30, 1922]
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: [1922-10-30]
Text: [Addressed to Hotel Traymore, 30 Oct 1922] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am out for classes today. I think yesterday was humbug myself--they took my temperature right after breakfast and it was almost ninety-nine so Dr. T. sent up word that I was to stay in bed. It didn't do any harm, but it was unnecessary. I tried to read some plays for Drama, but I'm not very good on work in bed. So I read the first half of "Upstream" which was much more to my taste. One day is more...
Show more[Addressed to Hotel Traymore, 30 Oct 1922] Dear Mother, Father, and Pete: I am out for classes today. I think yesterday was humbug myself--they took my temperature right after breakfast and it was almost ninety-nine so Dr. T. sent up word that I was to stay in bed. It didn't do any harm, but it was unnecessary. I tried to read some plays for Drama, but I'm not very good on work in bed. So I read the first half of "Upstream" which was much more to my taste. One day is more beautiful than another. I hope I'll soon feel like enjoying it. My cold is in my nose, throat, and ears. My ears feel all cloggy, and my throat is rather sore, but not alarmingly so. I am glad I can at least get to my room and get some decent gargle. Mr. Krolik was here Saturday and Sunday. I missed a chance at theater Saturday night, a good Lodge dinner yesterday, and an auto ride to Milbrook in the afternoon. Fine luck!! Love, Fannie Monday Pete, when is Pertha R's birthday?
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Title: Aaron, Fannie -- to Mother and Father, n.d. [postmarked May 2, 1921]
Creator: Aaron, Fannie
Date: n.d. [postmarked 1921-05-02]
Text: Dear Mother + Father: [Send] Pauline the flowers. My cards are in the right-hand dresser drawer in my room in a little box in a glove box. It looks as though all of the crowd who are home are [aides] - perhaps I'd have been [one of] the unlucky ones if I had been home. What shoudl I give to the Pea-body subscription. R.S.V.P. The pills came from Welsh's special last week. Two were in-effective - three worked. I had Dr. [Zugsmith's] prescription filled. It is marked to take one....
Show moreDear Mother + Father: [Send] Pauline the flowers. My cards are in the right-hand dresser drawer in my room in a little box in a glove box. It looks as though all of the crowd who are home are [aides] - perhaps I'd have been [one of] the unlucky ones if I had been home. What shoudl I give to the Pea-body subscription. R.S.V.P. The pills came from Welsh's special last week. Two were in-effective - three worked. I had Dr. [Zugsmith's] prescription filled. It is marked to take one. It does not work. I am having one dickens of a time. I'll be glad when college is over and I can do something about it. We didn't do anything in particu-lar yesterday. Edith [Lowman] was to take Henrietta + me to breakfast, but H. persuaded me to stay in bed + she went with Edith. Then H. came back + read the paper. Meanwhile Jo Marple + I spent 2 hours working out the bank statement that had to be handed in to-day. Lucy, H., + I had dinner together at the Lodge. H. slept with me Sat. night. B. [Bagy] was away for the week-end, so we put her bed in my room. Our beds here are much more mobile <here than> at home. We all loafed together yesterday after-noon, showed H. the few things she hadn't seen, and then it was time for her to go. Inasmuch as Lucy was going to the station anyhow, + since I have [ten]feeling punk, I [les] them persuade me not to go down. I spent the evening studying for my Spanish written. (It was fiendish - she gave all the things nobody had studied) If Henriietta enjoyed the visit as much as I enjoyed having her, we are square It's a shame she wasted her good brain and character on Pitt! I forgot to say that H. and I went to the French play Sat. night. It was great, particularly Jo Marple, who was the hero. Next year when tryouts evening come. I'll <go to> drink coffee instead of going to bed. I did not chase my head off when Henri-etta was here, but still I haven't gotten over the backward spell. I have very acute pain when I go to the toilet, and pretty bad other times. Dr. B. gave me the medicine to take that I took last year before D. [Saues] sent me his. I hope it will get better soon. Love, Fannie
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