Mt. Holyoke College
South Hadley, Mass.My dear Lucy:-
Your letter is in my pile of "unanswered"; a pile which is far too high. It was so good of you to write when I know that every minute must be taken.
Yesterday we were surprised to see Louise Shaw. Perhaps you know that she is teaching now up in Conway, Massachusetts. She has the position of substitute up there now, but expects to be principal next year. She seems to like the place very much and is doing well, I guess.
We are all looking forward to May Day which comes this next Thursday. The Ben Greet company are to be here and give "Comedy of Errors" in the afternoon and "The Tempest" in the evening. It is raining so hard now that I should think it would be pleasant Thursday. Of course, everything will have to be changed if it isn't pleasant, for arrangements have been made for having supper out of doors on the hill and a number of dances come into the program.
It seems so queer to have room choosing going on and not take a vital part in it. At last all the classes are provided for. Ruth is going to have a single suite in Rockefeller. I wonder if you knew Harriet Rowe. She is to have our old room in Rockefeller.
We have all planned a lot of trips for this spring term, but it is nearly gone and we have done so little. Last Wednesday some of us took an electric car ride up to Huntington, a town about an hour's ride from Westfield. It is in the edge of the Berkshires and a most delightful place. We found a little green nook near a running brook where we ate the scrumptious lunch which Safford provided. There were some sheep in a pasture nearby and Cara kept casting fearful glances in that direction, though the poor innocent things had no idea of harming a fly.
There is a Hindoo here to-day who is to speak at Y.W. this evening. He was here in Safford for dinner and very entertaining at the table. There is also a girl here from India, a Hindoo, who entered college this year from Northfield. Of course, she was glad to be here and meet one of her own countrymen.
The commencement program was printed in the Springfield Republican the other day. It made the end of all things seem pretty near. I believe everything is about as usual. The Seniors are to give "Much Ado about Nothing" and the Juniors "King Somebody's (I believe it's Renau's) Daughter.["] The latter is a play especially suited for outdoors as all the scenes are laid in the courtyard. The Juniors wanted to give it Saturday night as they object greatly to acting before the assembled multitude in broard [sic] daylight.
Cara and Ruth send love. Let me hear from you again before many years or months.
Yours sincerely
Clara W Phillips,May 27 1906