My dear Mabel :-I am no quite sure whether I owe you a letter or not but hope you will forgive me for writing if I do not.
The wind is blowing so hard that it is impossible to carry an umbrella right side out and it is raining in torrents so there is not much pleasure in being out of doors this afternoon.
This morning there was quite a lot of snow on the ground but it is about gone now.
Yesterday was a pretty full day. All the morning I was at our new ice rink helping decorate for the carnival in the afternoon. We had the College colors in the centre and the class colors and banners in their respective corners and it all looked very pretty. I did not skate in the afternoon but it was lots of fun to watch the rest. Music was furnished by the South Hadley Band and was much better than I expected from this little one horse town.
The girls from different parts of the country form clubs and have social meetings once a month. The one I belong to is composed of the girls from four counties in the eastern part of the state[.] Last night we had supper together thirty three of us at one table - made by putting two together. We had baked beans, brown bread, pumpkin pie, doughnuts and coffee and lots of fun.
In the evening we had a concert by the violin instructor here, a pianist and a Miss Griggs of the Park Street Boston - contralto. It was all very good.
How does your work go this term? Have you been homesick again? I expected Helen over last Saturday but it snowed so that she couldn't come. I was dreadfully disappointed for it would seem pretty good to see a home face. Won't she have a good time on her trip to St. Louis!
I must prepare to fight my way across the street for supper and expect I shall get there in pieces.
Hoping to hear from you soon.
Your loving friend
Bessie C. Sargent
So. Hadley, Mass.
February sixth.