Stanford Student Letters and Memoirs

[written] Sept 3 - '96 33

[typed] Saturday Night -

My dear, darling Nannie -

Rain, rain, has begun in earnest, Helen and I walked to Palo Alto about five o'clock and were caught in the heaviest kind of a shower, we were simply drenched. Saw dear Prof. Anderson there, his spirits were as undampened as ours and we stood in the pouring rain

. Poor Mrs. Anderson's mother is sinking fast and Prof. A. has been sitting up all night with her till they could get a nurse and he delivered excellent lectures at the same time. Thank you so much for sending the Shelley. I am so sorry I didn't stipulate sending it C.O.D. for I fear the expense will be quite heavy - I am dying for he letter to come. Am glad you liked "no.9". Have no recollection of anything extraordinary that has happened this past week. All the Zete boys were over last evening & we danced. To-day Mrs. Fairclough had a little tea for the St. Agnes guild, we had a very pleasant little informal time with delicious sandwiches and cake with our tea. Mrs. Nicholas was a very deaf, very sweet faced, quite middle-aged woman, and Miss Nichols about sixteen looked quite like her father, very large & well built.

Sunday Morning

It is a rainy, rainy morning and I am going to stay home and "catch up" instead of going to church. I didn't go to Theodora's, as they have measles there besides its being so stormy, changed my mind about it last night when I had a letter from her.

Have I told you the great good fortune that has reached us here at Roble. Mrs. Peasly the Bakery woman whom Helen & I dined with last term is here in the Hall in charge of the kitchen & dining room. She is as good as good can be and the food has suddenly become excellent & clean. The first day she threw away about half of the meat it was so bad. Sickness in Hall might brought about the change, I am proud to know I had some little share in getting her here. Next term it is very very probable that the Roble girls have Encina Hall. A large parlour will be thrown open, a reading room, too, and the beautifull diningroom will have good food & service. This is Dr. Jordan's cherished plan so no doubt it will come about. Of course all the girls in college will be expected to board there. and the boys will have to shift for themselves.

Sunday Afternoon September 5 - 1897

I am back here at beautiful Stanford (Oh! how I love it) and my room is prettier than ever, I certainly shall have a picture of it to send to you this year. I stayed in San Jose till Tuesday dividing Auntie Sue's time with Muriam who was alone while her father & mother were away. Ever since I came here I have been busy arranging my room and it is lovely - Mary Caldwell, my room-mate, came Friday. Helen Lathrop is here in the Hall and there is such a lovely class of Freshmen girls. The dining-room is wonderfully dainty and pretty all refurnished as to dishes and glassware, spoon & linen, with such good things to eat, today we had cream & oyster soup, chicken & real raspberry jelly with a dessert of ice cream. So you see we have nothing to complain of except that my time is so short & that all this didn't come sooner. I had a lovely long talk with Prof. Anderson the other