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seminary - we played cards and
went to bed quite late. In the
morning we came up to the quad-
rangle about half-past eight before
any of the boys came back, and
we heard the glorious [illegible] of Mc
Kinley's election. At about eleven-thirty
it was [illegible] about the quadrangle
that Tom Reed was visiting the
university and would address the
students in the chapel. Mr. Bronco I
happened to meet and he [illegible] me
through the growing mob to seats
in the choir and there we waited
for Mr. Reed. In the mean time
Dr. Jordan asked Prof. Powers, to
give his view of the elections as he
has been conducting the class in
practical politics & was a renowned
Bryanite. the joke was very much
on him & the students fully appreciated
for they cheered & cheered him with
chants of McKinely. Dr. Jordan as usual

said the right thing expressing his
joy by saying that now he
would make his trip to Washington
to report on the Behring Sea
commission in a Culman [illegible]
instead of a tourist. He excused
Mr. Reed who was at the stock
from as being too tired to give
any more addresses, the students
mobbed him near the quadrangle
entrance & got a fun elevating
words of wisdom from him. Since
then we have been having
tremendously heavy work in
Shakespere & Wordsworth to much
more than take up our time.

The Jordan party was very pretty
and my gown came in plenty
of time - the dearest sweetest dress
I ever had, made beautifully &
fitting beautifully too. It is just