Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Mass.
October 8, 1921My dear Mrs. Merrick:
This week tempus has fugit-ed along at such a rate that it has almost escaped my notice; perhaps it's because we are a bit more settled and have begun to work a little. However, with this free Saturday schedule, it seems as tho holidays come quite often. Yesterday afternoon it was so lovely and we felt we should celebrate the rest of Founder's Day in some way, so one of the girls and I started to walk to Amherst. Fortunately for us, the daughter of a trustee picked us up right at the top of the Notch, and took us most of the way to Amherst, where we walked miles farther, looking up a girl who was here last year. Last night the Boston Orchestral Players gave us a concert that I enjoyed very much - because they played some familiar things and others that an ordinary person like me could understand.
Of course you know that my cold has been getting better right along. I'm sorry to have been in such an unlovely state while I was at your house. But that didn't prevent me from having a good time - I always do, you know, and it was especially pleasant to be there with Harold, sort of by the way of removing the curse of one well-remembered week and in the early summer when we didn't appear to be quite so congenial. I ought not to mention it, or admit that I remember it, for it's one of the things that's best forgotten. What I wanted to tell you is not this, but that I did enjoy being in Wilbraham again, and you are just dear to make me always so welcome.
Affectionately,
Elma