Tougaloo, Miss
Mar. 18, 1906.Dear family,
This is the rainiest kind of a day you could imagine; it has just been pouring all day, now it is turning into a thunder shower; tomorrow the outside pupils won't be here "bekase the crik's done riz". This must be the end of the blizzard they have been having up north of us.
LaWeek before last there was a tornado struck one side of Meridian, a little city over east of us and about thirty people were killed.Dr. Woodworth came home last night, giving everybody except Mrs. Woodworth a great surprise. He has been sick and has not preached for four weeks. He gave us a grand sermon this morning. however.
As you see by the enclosed program [no longer with the letter] the music people gave their mid-year concert Friday night. It was good, but it did represent a great deal of work, and when there is so much else to be done I sometimes wonder if all that pays. Mr. Mallary, the visitor mentioned, has been asked to take the presidency at Straight, and he is evidently looking before leaping by making a tour, beginning with Talladega, then Tuskegee, Straight, Tougaloo and Fisk. He apparently has obtained a very rosy idea of the work. These transient visitors from the north who think they are seeing and understanding everything weary me.
Can you send as soon as possible the measurements for the boys according to enclosed directions? [no longer with the letter]
There are a good many books I should like to see in the library, but I havn't [sic] taken time to make out a list. I suppose it is too late now. I enclose a sample of the shirtwaist the ladies bought for me in New Orleans. [no longer with the letter]
With love
Susie.