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[postmarked 16 Apr 1923, addressed to Hotel Traymore]
Dear Mother, Father, and Pete:
I wish I had time to write you all about the week-end, but it will have to keep till I see you. I have never enjoyed anything more. I am very glad I went. It was a splendid tonic.
We got to Haverford by auto at eleven thirty Friday night. Slept late, and then went to inspect Bryn Mawr.
The debate was intensely interesting, humorous, etc. There were about five hundred there. Penn was wonderful. They deserved the victory absolutely, The first person i bumped into as I entered the hall was Robert Gerstenlauer, the star of the Brown debate last year. He is teaching Public Speaking at Penn and coached this debate. He sat next to me during the debate, so it was very interesting. After the debate they danced till twelve. That was lots of fun, too. Then when we got home we talked about it till one thirty.
Got to Germantown just in time for dinner. Mrs. W. is in St. Louis. The old man certainly is a surly gentleman. I think he takes himself much too seriously. He said about ten words during dinner, and those were to ball Bill out in no gentle manner. The latter is an overgrown darn fool, I should say. I should also say that you were lucky to end your friendship with Margaret. She is a well-meaning stick-in-the-mud, homely as Hades, who tries to appear high-brow. I think Catherine has the brains of the bunch, but she certainly is a fresh kid.
After dinner Bill took us and the veterinary out to the country while he inspected a horse which he didn't buy. It was a scream.
I came back with Fliss Clothier. We wrote the debate up for the Misc and worked the rest of the way.
Wouldn't you rather spend Saturday here than Sunday? I will be through with my preparation by Friday and you won't be interfering in the least. In fact, I'd like to have you, because I won't be able to concentrate on academic work, and so that would be a fine way to spend the time. The Williams men won't be here yet. and they probably will be here Sunday, and I will be expected to fool with them, as we did with Brown last year. So it would be much more convenient to have you here Saturday than Sunday. I will be able to spend much more time with you. R. S. V. P. immediately,
In great Haste.
F. H. A.
Dear Mother, Father, and Pete:
I wish I had time to write you all about the week-end, but it will have to keep till I see you. I have never enjoyed anything more. I am very glad I went. It was a splendid tonic.
We got to Haverford by auto at eleven thirty Friday night. Slept late, and then went to inspect Bryn Mawr.
The debate was intensely interesting, humorous, etc. There were about five hundred there. Penn was wonderful. They deserved the victory absolutely, The first person i bumped into as I entered the hall was Robert Gerstenlauer, the star of the Brown debate last year. He is teaching Public Speaking at Penn and coached this debate. He sat next to me during the debate, so it was very interesting. After the debate they danced till twelve. That was lots of fun, too. Then when we got home we talked about it till one thirty.
Got to Germantown just in time for dinner. Mrs. W. is in St. Louis. The old man certainly is a surly gentleman. I think he takes himself much too seriously. He said about ten words during dinner, and those were to ball Bill out in no gentle manner. The latter is an overgrown darn fool, I should say. I should also say that you were lucky to end your friendship with Margaret. She is a well-meaning stick-in-the-mud, homely as Hades, who tries to appear high-brow. I think Catherine has the brains of the bunch, but she certainly is a fresh kid.
After dinner Bill took us and the veterinary out to the country while he inspected a horse which he didn't buy. It was a scream.
I came back with Fliss Clothier. We wrote the debate up for the Misc and worked the rest of the way.
Wouldn't you rather spend Saturday here than Sunday? I will be through with my preparation by Friday and you won't be interfering in the least. In fact, I'd like to have you, because I won't be able to concentrate on academic work, and so that would be a fine way to spend the time. The Williams men won't be here yet. and they probably will be here Sunday, and I will be expected to fool with them, as we did with Brown last year. So it would be much more convenient to have you here Saturday than Sunday. I will be able to spend much more time with you. R. S. V. P. immediately,
In great Haste.
F. H. A.
