Stanford Student Letters and Memoirs

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[typed] Sunday evening, October 13, 1895

My dearest Nannie-

Theodora tells me she has written her second letter to you this week and reminds me I am lacking in my record. So doubt she has told you all important events of the week so I shall act as Bulletin Supplement. We are all excited over examination I in French Revolution next Tuesday and my mind is densely befogged in Feudal Rights and Incidents not to mention direct and indirect taxation. Last Monday was rather a gay day for me. Alex Cotton and Howard Trinecto two of Grace Clark's friends were down from the city visiting "Baby (?)" Cotton, and they succeeded in taking up the 2nd and 3rd hours Monday morning by"treating" at Rices - the ice-cream center, and in squandering time generally. I had gone to French the 3rd hour, when there was a knock and Prof. Davidson said some one wished Miss Payne whereupon I walked out to find Grace, Laura, and the three boys, plotting an impromptu watermelon feast to which I immediately went regardless of French. We are reading, by-the-way, "La Mare au Diable" by George Sand a very pretty little story. Monday aftermoon Alice Cowen asked me to go riding in her pretty dogcart, and of course I went as I missed two rides with her before. We had a lovely ride to Menlo Park and around the university. Tuesday, I think it was, that Theodora, Laura, Miriam and I went to an interclass football game. Don't be too shocked to hear that we are all enthusiastic, for the first time in my life I found myself madly applauding. The joke of it is I don't more than half understand the game, and always cheer for any but my own class. I don't remember much about Wednesday so guess I studied. Thursday, squandered most of my morning with Tom, who had just heard from his father. He felt very flush so we went down to "Rices". I

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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.

Your ....

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

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[typed] cause it is a very sensitive point with her. So you see that we escaped joining a fraternity which was rather unpleasant because the Braly girls were so sweetly persuasive and Allis Cowen Alice Cowan was a great inducement as she is pledged. But they have all been just as lovely since we declined as they were before which speaks volumes in their favor and I shall never criticise girl's frats. again. Alice Cowen asked me to go out riding with her Wednesday so "alls well that ends well". Another event that I forgot to mention was...once a week Prof. Anderson in going to read to us from Browning, there is to be no outside work and no credit, he is simply going to read an hour to us. Isn't that lovely? It was so lovely of you to send on the Fr. Rev. syllabus - I will return the compliment as soon as possible. Prof. Anderson asked after you one evening when he came over to read Browning's "Saul" to the Roble girls at Miss Thompson's request. He read it magnificently. I got a beautiful letter from Helen Lathrop a week or less ago- she sent her love to you. She is still at the hospital with her father in St. Helena. She is preparing herself to do slum work - and is taking a course in trained nursing. She is going to enter at St. Luke's hospital in S.F. and take a two years course. At present she is taking a course in chemistry, physiology, massage and nursing. She is such a beautiful noble girl, just such a one that makes you better just to think of and whom it is a great privilege to know. She sent me two pictures of herself, in one she is looking down at her Mother's picture in her hands - it is so sweet and lovely that I am going to send it on to you, the other one I fear she did not intend I should keep, but only chose from. Prof. Heath went down to see about our pictures