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; it would be too upsetting. We
want it to come very gradually in the distant future, when we shall all
be prepared and able to sustain the shock.
In the meantime, we must be getting ready, by instituting industrial,
educational and orphan asylum reforms.
Yours, with fraternal love,
Judy
Monday, 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, 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, Daddy? Ought I to treat you with more dignity and
aloofness?--Yes, 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, and am now commencing work in the new semester. I am
leaving chemistry--having completed the course in qualitative
analysis--and am entering upon the study of biology. I approach this
subject with some hesitation, 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, Byron, Keats, and Wordsworth, appeals
to me very much more than the Classical period that preceded it.
Speaking of poetry, 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, 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, the gift of a former graduate. My
room-mate, Miss McBride, has given me her bathing-suit (it shrank so
that she can no longer wear it) and I am about to begin swimming
lessons.