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schools, and affected S. F. sentiment greatly.) You know how girls feel about a teacher they are grateful to, and attached to, --how we felt when we were girls, -- as if the fun of the occasion was spoiled if he or she was not there to look on. I suppose they did not realized that to the Stanford girls you & Miss March take the place Mr. Magee has had with them, so that Dr. Wood's presence would not be the same sort of pleasure to the Stanford team that Mr Magee's is to them: so it was quite a grievous disappointment when they received word that their request was refused; and it seemed to me a pity that any requests between the teams that conceive purely the courtesies and pleasantness of the game, and not the contest itself in any way, should be refused;