This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... she came up to my uncle's house," writes a friend, "and said: 'You know, Mr. Tuttle, that I have been to school a good deal, read quite a little, and so secured quite a little knowledge. Now I am going to Vassar College to get it straightened out and assimilated. What do you think of my plan?'" The ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... she came up to my uncle's house," writes a friend, "and said: 'You know, Mr. Tuttle, that I have been to school a good deal, read quite a little, and so secured quite a little knowledge. Now I am going to Vassar College to get it straightened out and assimilated. What do you think of my plan?'" The same little diary which contains the record of the suffering which she endured with outward calm contains the following entries: September 15, 1868--Farewell to Littleton; met Father at Waldo House and took the Albany express at 10. September 16--From 5.25 to 10 in Albany. Arrived at Vassar, pleasantly welcomed, very tired. September 17--First day at college; am delighted even beyond anticipations, the rest seems so refreshing. - - "'The Lodge.'" Vassar College .-==iz- _ CHAPTER III AT COLLEGE Fortunately, at this point, Ellen Swallow takes up the story of her own life. During her years at college she wrote long letters, at least once a week, to her mother, which form an uninterrupted record, and which have come to be known as her Vassar Diary. Twenty-five years after she graduated, she heard some one say that it was unfortunate that the comments of students upon college conditions, which might be of value in determining college policies, were usually embodied in private family letters, and thus lost to the world. With her customary directness of action she sought out her own aid letters and marked certain portions to be typewritten, omitting the references to purely personal and family matters, and also the long abstracts of books and sermons which she had made for her father and mother. Later she culled from the typewritten extracts all the passages which had special bearing upon the beginnings of Vassar, and published them in the Vassar...
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Fair. Size: 0x0x0; Withdrawn library book with usual stickers and markings. 1912 hardcover. No DJ. Major wear and tear. Binding is broken. Pages are tanned, but unmarked.
