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it while I'm enjoying it。  Most people don't live�察�they just race。 

They are trying to reach some goal far away on the horizon�察�and in the

heat of the going they get so breathless and panting that they lose

all sight of the beautiful�察�tranquil country they are passing through��

and then the first thing they know�察�they are old and worn out��

and it doesn't make any difference whether they've reached the goal

or not。  I've decided to sit down by the way and pile up a lot

of little happinesses�察�even if I never become a Great Author。 

Did you ever know such a philosopheress as I am developing into��

                                   Yours ever��

                                                   Judy



PS。  It's raining cats and dogs tonight。  Two puppies and a kitten

have just landed on the window´sill。



Dear Comrade��



Hooray�  �I'm a Fabian。



That's a Socialist who's willing to wait。  We don't want the social

revolution to come tomorrow morning�察�it would be too upsetting。 

We want it to come very gradually in the distant future�察�when we

shall all be prepared and able to sustain the shock。



In the meantime�察�we must be getting ready�察�by instituting industrial��

educational and orphan asylum reforms。

               Yours�察�with fraternal love��

                                               Judy

Monday�察�3rd hour







                                                   11th February

Dear D。´L。´L。��



Don't be insulted because this is so short。  It isn't a letter��

it's just a LINE to say that I'm going to write a letter pretty soon

when examinations are over。  It is not only necessary that I pass��

but pass WELL。  I have a scholarship to live up to。

                       Yours�察�studying hard��

                                               J。 A。





                                                   5th March

Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��



President Cuyler made a speech this evening about the modern

generation being flippant and superficial。  He says that we are

losing the old ideals of earnest endeavour and true scholarship��

and particularly is this falling´off noticeable in our disrespectful

attitude towards organized authority。  We no longer pay a seemly

deference to our superiors。



I came away from chapel very sober。



Am I too familiar�察�Daddy�拭 �Ought I to treat you with more dignity

and aloofness��Yes�察�I'm sure I ought。  I'll begin again。



My Dear Mr。 Smith��



You will be pleased to hear that I passed successfully my mid´year

examinations�察�and am now commencing work in the new semester。  I am

leaving chemistryhaving completed the course in qualitative analysis

and am entering upon the study of biology。  I approach this subject with

some hesitation�察�as I understand that we dissect angleworms and frogs。



An extremely interesting and valuable lecture was given in the

chapel last week upon Roman Remains in Southern France。  I have

never listened to a more illuminating exposition of the subject。



We are reading Wordsworth's Tintern Abbey in connection with our

course in English Literature。  What an exquisite work it is��

and how adequately it embodies his conceptions of Pantheism� �

The Romantic movement of the early part of the last century��

exemplified in the works of such poets as Shelley�察�Byron�察�Keats��

and Wordsworth�察�appeals to me very much more than the Classical

period that preceded it。  Speaking of poetry�察�have you ever read

that charming little thing of Tennyson's called Locksley Hall��



I am attending gymnasium very regularly of late。  A proctor

system has been devised�察�and failure to comply with the rules

causes a great deal of inconvenience。  The gymnasium is equipped

with a very beautiful swimming tank of cement and marble�察�the gift

of a former graduate。  My room´mate�察�Miss McBride�察�has given me

her bathing´suit ��it shrank so that she can no longer wear it��

and I am about to begin swimming lessons。



We had delicious pink ice´cream for dessert last night。 

Only vegetable dyes are used in colouring the food。  The college

is very much opposed�察�both from aesthetic and hygienic motives��

to the use of aniline dyes。



The weather of late has been idealbright sunshine and clouds

interspersed with a few welcome snow´storms。 I and my companions

have enjoyed our walks to and from classesparticularly from。



Trusting�察�my dear Mr。 Smith�察�that this will find you in your usual

good health��

           I remain��

               Most cordially yours��

                                      Jerusha Abbott





                                               24th April

Dear Daddy��



Spring has come again�  �You should see how lovely the campus is。 

I think you might come and look at it for yourself。  Master Jervie

dropped in again last Fridaybut he chose a most unpropitious time��

for Sallie and Julia and I were just running to catch a train。 

And where do you think we were going�拭 �To Princeton�察�to attend a dance

and a ball game�察�if you please�  �I didn't ask you if I might go��

because I had a feeling that your secretary would say no。  But it

was entirely regular�察�we had leave´of´absence from college�察�and Mrs。

McBride chaperoned us。  We had a charming timebut I shall have to

omit details�察�they are too many and complicated。





                                                       Saturday



Up before dawn�  �The night watchman called ussix of usand we

made coffee in a chafing dish ��you never saw so many grounds�。�

and walked two miles to the top of One Tree Hill to see the sun rise。 

We had to scramble up the last slope�  �The sun almost beat us� �

And perhaps you think we didn't bring back appetites to breakfast��



Dear me�察�Daddy�察�I seem to have a very ejaculatory style today��

this page is peppered with exclamations。



I meant to have written a lot about the budding trees and the new

cinder path in the athletic field�察�and the awful lesson we have in

biology for tomorrow�察�and the new canoes on the lake�察�and Catherine

Prentiss who has pneumonia�察�and Prexy's Angora kitten that strayed

from home and has been boarding in Fergussen Hall for two weeks

until a chambermaid reported it�察�and about my three new dresses

white and pink and blue polka dots with a hat to matchbut I am

too sleepy。  I am always making this an excuse�察�am I not�拭 �But a girls'

college is a busy place and we do get tired by the end of the day� �

Particularly when the day begins at dawn。

                           Affectionately��

                                               Judy





                                                   15th May

Dear Daddy´Long´Legs��



Is it good manners when you get into a car just to stare straight

ahead and not see anybody else��



A very beautiful lady in a very beautiful velvet dress got

into the car today�察�and without the slightest expression sat

for fifteen minutes and looked at a sign advertising suspenders。 

It doesn't seem polite to ignore everybody else as though you

were the only important person present。  Anyway�察�you miss a lot。 

While she was absorbing that silly sign�察�I was studying a whole car

full of interesting human beings。



The accompanying illustration is hereby reproduced for the first time。 

It looks like a spider on the end of a string�察�but it isn't at all��

it's a picture of me learning to swim in the tank in the gymnasium。



The instructor hooks a rope into a ring in the back of my belt�察�and runs

it through a pulley in the ceiling。  It would be a beautiful system

if one had perfect confidence in the probity of one's instructor。 

I'm always afraid�察�though�察�that she will let the rope get slack��

so I keep one anxious eye on her and swim with the other��

and with this divided interest I do not make the progress that I

otherwise might。



Very miscellaneous weather we're having of late。  It was raining

when I commenced and now the sun is shining。  Sallie and I are going

out to play tennisthereby gaining exemption from Gym。





                                           A week later



I should have finished this letter long ago�察�but I didn't。 You

don't mind�察�do you�察�Daddy�察�if I'm not very regular�拭 �I really

do love to write to you�察�it gives me such a respectable feeling

of having some family。  Would you like me to tell you something�拭�

You are not the only man to whom I write letters。  There are

two others�  �I have been receiving beautiful long letters this

winter from Master Jervie ��with typewritten envelopes so Julia won't

recognize the writing��。 Did you ever hear anything so shocking�拭�

And every week or so a very scrawly epistle�察�usually on yellow

tablet paper�察�arrives from Princeton。  All of which I answer

with business´like promptness。  So you seeI am not so different

from other girlsI get letters�察�too。



Did I tell you that I have been elected a member of the Senior

Dramatic Club�拭 �Very recherche organization。  Only seventy´five

members out of one thousand。  Do you think as a consistent Socialist

that I ought to belong��



What do you suppose is at present engaging my attention in sociology�拭�

I am writing ��figurez vous�。� a paper on the Care of Dependent Children。 

The Professor shuffled up his subjects and dealt them out promiscuously��

and that fell to me。  C'est drole ca n'est pas��



There goes the gong for dinner。  I'll post this as I pass the box。

                                   Affectionately��

                                                       J。





                                                   4th June

Dear Daddy��



Very busy timecommencement in ten days�察�examinations tomorrow��

lots of studying�察�lots of packing�察�and the outdoor world so lovely

that it hurts you to stay inside。



But never mind�察�vacation's coming。  Julia is going abroad this summer

it makes the fourth time。  No doubt about it�察�Daddy�察�goods are not

distributed evenly。  Sallie�察�as usual�察�goes to the 
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