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[written] 5 (ROSE) 10

[typed] Sunday evening, October 13, 1895

My dearest Nannie-

Theodora tells me she has written her second letter to you this
week and reminds me I am lacking in my record. So doubt she has told
you all important events of the week so I shall act as Bulletin
Supplement. We are all excited over examination I in French Rev-
olution next Tuesday and my mind is densely befogged in Feudal Rights
and Incidents not to mention direct and indirect taxation. Last
Monday was rather a gay day for me. Alex Cotton and Howard Trinecto
two of Grace Clark's friends were down from the city visiting "Baby (?)" Cotton, and
they succeeded in taking up the 2nd and 3rd hours Monday morning
by"treating" at Rices - the ice-cream center, and in squandering
time generally. I had gone to French the 3rd hour, when there was
a knock and Prof. Davidson said some one wished Miss Payne whereupon
I walked out to find Grace, Laura, and the three boys, plotting an
impromptu watermelon feast to which I immediately went regardless of
French. We are reading, by-the-way, "La Mare au Diable" by George Sand
a very pretty little story. Monday aftermoon Alice Cowen asked me
to go riding in her pretty dogcart, and of course I went as I missed
two rides with her before. We had a lovely ride to Menlo Park and
around the university. Tuesday, I think it was, that Theodora, Laura,
Miriam and I went to an interclass football game. Don't be too
shocked to hear that we are all enthusiastic, for the first time in
my life I found myself madly applauding. The joke of it is I don't
more than half understand the game, and always cheer for any but my
own class. I don't remember much about Wednesday so guess I studied.
Thursday, squandered most of my morning with Tom, who had just heard
from his father. He felt very flush so we went down to "Rices". I