Letter Written on Mar 20, 1921

Mt. Holyoke College
March 20, 1921

Dear mother:-

Well I'm alive but thats [sic] about all - yesterday or Friday I guess it was. I got a letter from Charlie asking me to go up Tobey to the sugar camp. Dick, Laura, Winn and Dolores were to go too. I cant [sic] say I was enthusiastic but then I thot youd [sic] think I ought to go so I said I would. Well, we were to take the one oclock car and Charlie was to meet us sans fail. We went with no luncheon and got over there but no Charlie[.] We finally met Homer (Dick) and went around to Mrs. Smith's & he wasn't there. Then we went down to Stockbridge Hall[.] I finally called up and Charlie was at Mrs S's. I told him to make the 2:30 for Sunderland and we'd meet him and he said he "wasn't ready" so I said I'd wait at Stockbridge. The others wouldn't go with out me and we all waited[.] At 3:30 there were no signs of him so we resolved to get on the trolley and go as far as it would - and then walk. It proved to go only a mile. Charlie got into the trolley having been over to Sunderland once - He had gotten an auto ride & caught up with the trolly [sic] found we weren't on it and came back on a motor cycle. It turned out he'd been fooling around in chem lab all the time. Wasn't that maddening!! We had to walk all the way to Sunderland and then we climbed Mt. Tobey to boot. Consequently I am stiff, lame, sore, and blistered today. We roasted steak up on the Mt. and had a fine time but we couldn't stay long, it was so late.

Charlie sent me some of the maple cream candy last week, it certainly was delicious - I am going to send some scalloped cakes I got to aunt Sue. I thot she'd like them -

I didn't hear from Mrs. Smith so I wrote to Charlie. It seems they thot we were in quarantine and anyway they couldn't come over[.] Lucky they couldn't for your cake hasn't come yet altho Dolores and Ruth's have and are all consumed. It may come up to the Village P.O. tonight so I'll go up and see anyhow.

I suppose Harold has told you about Payne. I am going to write Anna May today to find out how she is -

Debates were last night. We won here at home from Radcliffe but lost at Smith - They rang the bells at about 10:30 and I guess the villagers thot the college was burning up so they started all the church and school bells. Some excitement for a time.

I don't know just when I'll get home - Vacation has been set ahead a day. H- said something about going to the Glee club that night as probably he's told you and Friday I have to go back in to the dentists. Great life!

With love,
Ruth.