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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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