Dear Classmates:

As soon as I hear the Letter is ready for me I begin looking forward to it with happy anticipations. I thoroughly enjoy every letter, even rereading many in the older book. But when it comes to writing my own I don't always know what to say. At present I am keeping 'the even tenor' of my way. Though I am daily in the midst of 'the madding crowd' on my way to and from school, yet when I reach school and when I reach home I find peace and happiness. Our garden grows more beautiful from year to year, thanks to my dear friend who keeps it. Summers we spend at home enjoying it, except for one or two brief trips. It is thrilling to watch things grow and to help plan improvements from year to year. I am planning to do a little weeding myself, hereafter, for I am growing too fat.

I am interested, though I have not time to work for it in the formation of a new party, one which will fairly represent the liberal thought of the country. I think the vote cast for Norman Thomas last election showed a felt need for such a party. I see no other political way out of the difficulties of the time. I have a cousin entering the State College for Teachers at Albany and am reading her letters from college with interest, remembering all the experiences I used to write home about, many years ago. The one little summer trip Mother and I took included a visit to Marie's house at Beacon, NY, then an evening and night in Albany, where I saw the College, and a trip down the Hudson next day. We stayed all night at the Hotel Wellington. It is a very comfortable place of reasonable price. Perhaps some of you will want to stay there some time. We were gone less than a week, but had such a variety of experiences that it seemed a long time.

I thoroughly enjoyed our reunion in June, and hope I may go in 1934 even though my time will be shorter because the holiday does not fall so conveniently next the weekend.

Edna Coultas Kennedy Pax just read these letters. I am sorry I could not prevail on her to write one.

I miss the girls who are gone, Clara, Martha, Rinda, were all my friends. My visit to Clara in 1925 bound us even more closely together. We both had changed, of course, and I liked her more than ever. One of the most interesting and delightful things about our class reunion was to see the changes in people - to see the girls of 'dear old 1903' bigger (in more ways than one) and better than ever. And the daughters were lovely.

Love to you all and every good wish from
Frances Doherty