Dear classmates,

I surely was glad to see the Robin again after so long an absence. I wish his migratory habits were better regulated but I can't complain, so long as he comes eventually.

I am sorry I don't belong to the typewriter clan., but I'll try to write as clearly as possible. I'm not going to take the time to say what a grand bunch we are. I've never known a more complete mutual admiration society than the class of 1903 and the best of it is we know we are entirely justified.

The Scully family has had only one item of extraordinary interest since I last wrote and that was the exciting incident described in the enclosed newspaper clipping, when our husband and father met a burglar in the front hall and did not throw up his hands as he should have. The wound in the knee very fortunately did no permanent damage and I think Dick rather enjoys it all in retrospect.

Our oldest daughter Alice is away at boarding school in Providence, RI. This winter and we seem a small family without her, though two nephews and our other three, help fill up the gap. The nephews live with us during this winter and go to school here. Alice and Elizabeth are both nearly as tall as I and according to some of our friends are 'easy to look at' but of course you must take that with a grain of salt as all of us think our offspring beautiful, don't we? The little curly headed one of Mabel Day's certainly takes the cake, doesn't she?

Last fall, Marguerite Lake Pendleton and my brother who is her husband, you know, and Anna Slease and I motored down to Baltimore to the rally for the endowment fund and I just wish you could all have been along- the spirit and enthusiasm of the meetings was wonderful. Of course we all went out to the campus and it is even more beautiful than any possible description of it. Our alumnae association has had two successful benefits for the fund this winter so we feel we are well launched toward our 421 pledges.

The list of my personal activities is rather limited, as I will not take on big responsibilities while the children need me so much. I do a bit of church work - I am on the Altar Guild, and am on the board of the Allegheny County League of Woman Voters, as a Democratic leaven for the lump of Republicans of the rest of the board, and I am vice president of the urban league of Pittsburgh , a branch of the national organization for social work among negroes. A good many people think it strange that I as a southern woman, am willing to do this work, but I think maybe that is the reason I am interested in it, because I know negroes so well, and know what very poor opportunities they ever have for intelligence or decency.

I hesitate to speak of the unfortunate situation in Baltimore over the Charter amendment, as it will all be ancient history, for better or for worse, by the time the Robin gets very far on its travels, and yet I do want to go on record as standing solidly behind Dr. Guth's administration. The only thing I care about is the future good of the college and that, I do not think will be best served by placing Goucher under denominational control. I can not see why Dr. Goucher's special champions fail to realize that the very best monument possible to his name and memory is Goucher College continuing to hold the respect and admiration of educators all over the world, as it now does, under the very able guidance of Dr. Guth, who undoubtedly has done almost superhuman things for its good and who is entirely willing to give honor to whom honor is due. The issue is clouded on all sides it seems, but there is only one thing that is really important as I see it, and I would like to say it over and over again. - The Future Good of the College! A good many people seem to have forgotten that entirely.

This letter is getting long and it is getting late, so I will close with a good luck to you all! And here's hoping we will have a good big reunion before so very long on the new campus!

Loyally yours,

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