Stanford Student Letters and Memoirs

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[typed] train so took the 6:30. Alice Cowen and Guy Cochran were on it and we had a jolly time coming home. At Palo Alto we found not a carraige as everything was at the university. There had been a great celebration on account of the decision for the suit - processions, honor brigades. Dr. and Mrs Jordan had been met at the 5:30 train by the student body and pulled up to the university - the girls carrying chinese lanterns, and the boys blowing horns and shouting. There was speech-making and bonfires and Dr. Jordan ended with saying that the "doors of Stanford University would never close"----- Ra ra ra Stanford. Today everyone was resting - last night the boys at 12 o'clock painted the station red. A new station is being built on the university side of the tracks, it is not of stone but frame and on the left hand side going to Palo Alto from the university. Mrs. Hazelton was here Tuesday and was very anxious about you as she had not heard since you had reached ... - I gave her your postals and the paper telling of Uncle Lemson's death. Oh, Theodora and I are so obliged for the White syllabi - they are especially helpful to Ora in her thesis. Tomorrow I shall see Prof. Heart againe about the photos. I saw Miss McKinnon in San Jose and she sent you her love and said whe had heard from you. Gertrude wishes to hear from you too. She prizes her dear little tray you gave her so much. She is very well and so is every body. Give warmest love to Aunt Tad and keep a big hug for yourself. I don't have time to discuss lectures with you much.

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Your letter was so good. Isn't Aunt Tad An Heiress.'

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[typed] on the 9:36 train of San Jose. It was a beautiful morning and we walked to the Station as we had missed the 8:10 train and supposed we had plenty of time. Helen Younger, a lovely Santa Cruz girl went with us, when to my consternation we discovered we had only six minutes to make the last half of the distance in, we made it by running the last block. Good fortune seemed to follow us all day. I took my dress to a Mrs. Brown(?) a woman who makes all the dresses for one of the best clothed girls here. She generally goes into sew sew at $2.50 but said she would make my dress for 5 or 6 dollars at home and within the week. It is to be a plain dress with tartilin under-peticots made about like my dimity skirtthe neck is to have a ripple accordian pleated ruffle with bunches or rather bouquets of double violets on the shoulder and white satin belt ribbon. Miss Erkus(?) could do nothing for Theodora so on the recommendation of Meda mcMillian and Jeanie Mayberry whom we saw in the street she took it to a Mrs. Maxon who promises to remodel it within the week with white satin caps. I left an order for white evening gloves and will be fixed and so will Theodora for the future. That little white imitation ivory fan you gave me is just in style and I am going to use it. We took luncheon with Gertrude and what should she and Miss McKinnon (whom we met taking two children to a dog show]] do but get a surrey and horse and drive us out to Allis Ballon's in the afternoon - I got some whale bones and hooks and eyes out there, and Theodora had a little visit with Allis. We got back in time to take the six o'clock train back and get a seven o'clock dinner. After dinner Theodora, Alice Colt Alice Wheeler and I sat down to a game of whist. I was interupted and surprised by a call from a Mr. Royse Stroher (Figi) a very nice boy in most of my classes. Helen Younger took my hand at cards and