LATIN-ENGLISH
Prepared at Girls' Latin School of Baltimore.
Letters
January 30, 1927
June 1, 1930
September 1, 1936
Handwritten Excerpt (139 KB)
Presentation of Class Gift, Kalends, June 1903
Class Prophecy, Kalends, June 1903
Play - Class of 1903 - "The Absent-Minded Professor", with Nancy Nulton as the Professor
Basketball Team - bottom, holding ball (232 KB)
1904 Program:
Instructor in Allegheny County High School, Cumberland, Md., 1903-.
Present address: Alpine Hall, Cumberland, Md.
June 1905 Kalends:
Nancy Nulton has been visiting in Baltimore.
December 1909 Kalends:
Anna Haslup and Nancy Nulton visited Ruth Haslup in November. Nancy Nulton is no longer teaching; she is spending this winter at her home in Winchester, Va.
January 1910 Kalends:
Nancy Nulton was married on December 16 to Mr. Herbert Scaggs Larrick.
March 1911 Kalends:
Nancy Nulton Larrick has a daughter, Nancy Nulton Larrick, born December 28.
July 1930 Alumnae Quarterly:
Nancy Nulton Larrick of Winchester, Virginia, was one of the five proud mothers who had a daughter in the graduating class.
Nancy Gray Larrick, Nancy Nulton's daughter, will be doing graduate work in the University of Virginia.
May 1932 Alumnae Quarterly:
"Here in the beautiful Shenendoah Valley of Virginia, it is almost blossom time again. In the last week of April, or first of May, we will hold our famous Apple Blossom Festival. Now every one is busy getting ready for this event.
The winter has been a strenuous and busy one. We boast a very flourishing chapter of the AAUW, of which I am president. I also hold offices in several other organizations so I have much to do.
My daughter, Nancy, is completing her second year teaching English in Handley High School. Two weeks ago, Rosalie Pendleton Scully's daughter spent the week-end with us. It seemed so interesting to think Rosalie and I were class mates at Goucher, and so were our daughters.
If you are one of the many who attend the Apple Blossom Festival, come to see me.
July 1932 Alumnae Quarterly:
Nancy Nulton Larrick has been elected Vice-President of the Winchester, Va., Branch of the AAUW for 1932-33.
February 1933 Alumnae Quarterly:
"I am always busy with many things in many organizations. My especial care for the past two years has been our local branch of the AAUW of which I am president. We hav twenty-four active members, representing fourteen different colleges and universities. My daughter, Nancy Gray Larrick, '30 and Mary Katherine Kern, '32, are also members and among our best workers. So much for Goucher training. We are so pleased with the splendid publicity President Robertson gives Goucher. We try to assist by seeing that news of GOucher appears in our local papers also.
May 1933 Alumnae Quarterly:
Nancy Nulton Larrick was elected vice-president of the state association of the AAUW at the annual meeting of the Virginia Division, held at Charlottesville, April 1. She is also president of the Winchester Branch of the AAUW.
February 1939 Alumnae Quarterly
"I still live in Winchester, Va.," writes Nancy Nulton Larrick,"right in the SHenendoah Valley, the loveliest country in the world. I am always busy, interested in church work, in our A.A.U.W., in a garden club. I enjoy a game of bridge and all the other fun that comes. My husband, though a lawyer, is greatly interested in growing apples, yet doesn't drive a car, so I chauffer for him. It is grand to have our daughter Nancy (Goucher '30) with us. She teaches English in Handley High School here. I have just returned from the celebration of Goucher's Fiftieth Anniversary and am thrilled over the marvelous occasion. I am so proud of Goucher and all she stands for!"
July 1939 Alumnae Quarterly:
Nancy Nulton Larrick came with the same enthusiasm that gripped the rest of us. She loves her home and family, and does church and club work. Daughter Nancy Gray came up to drive her home. Nancy teaches in Winchester High School. No wonder Mother Nancy loves daughter Nancy!
November 1939 Alumnae Quarterly:
"Nancy Gray and I had a delightful trip to the Fair in New York. We were there in July, when the weather was cool and delightful. The Fair was unique. It was artistic, educational, and interesting. The typical American family was there, enjoying it in a quiet, appreciative way. There, the world of tomorrow did look hopeful and lovely.
From New York we motored to Old Bennington, Vt., then through the Green and White Mountains, and on down to Virginia. It was our annual, leisurely, motor trip. We enjoyed the majestic, superb scenery of New Hampshire, but we return always with the same conviction that nowhere is the land so fertile, and scenery so beautiful as in the Shenendoah Valley of Virginia.
November 1940 Alumnae Quarterly:
Again I am going to the Middle West. From October 8th to 20th I will be in Kansas City attending the Triennial Meeting of the Episcipal Church. I go as a delegate from the Women's Auxiliary of the Diocese of Virginia. I hope to see Helen Hendrix Mohr and other GOucher alumnae there. The last week of August, my Nancy and I spent a week with Judge and Mrs. Solter (Christie Dulaney) at their lovely camp near Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs.
February 1941 Alumnae Quarterly:
In October I went as a delegate to the Triennial Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church held in Kansas City, October 9-20. This was a big, wonderful meeting in every way. While in Kansas City I had one lovely afternoon with Helen Hendrix Mohr. This was our first meeting since our graduation day in 1903. She has changed very little, only a little heavier and even prettier than in 1903. After a drive around the city, she took me to her lovely home for tea, and also to see pictures of her son and husband. I was reminded of the old adage,"As one grows older, one acquires the expression that he deserves." Helen's face radiates peace and happiness and I feel sure this is what she deserves...I had a big garden project on hand this November. All my flower garden had to be moved and rearranged. The spring will have many surprises for me, as I watch what will come up and where.
February 1942 Alumnae Quarterly:
Here we are all busy with Red Cross and Defense work of every kind. I feel sure that every member of 1903 will do her part. May we all face the future with courage, cofindence, and determination to win.
July 1942 Alumnae Quarterly:
Most of us are forced to lead such rushing, hectic lives. Mine seems to get busier every day with so much war and defense work; so many civic and domestic problems; a big house and garden, and almost no help available.
November 1942 Alumnae Quarterly:
Another busy summer has passed, and there is no sign of peace or rest anywhere, but even so, where are there so many luxuries and so much comfort as in the United States? We mus t all do more each month for our boys and our country at war.
My daughter Nancy Gray Larrick '30 has a very interesting position with the Treasury Department. She is in the Education Section of War Savings.
November 1945 Alumnae Quarterly:
My letter has been written and sent to Quarterly Editor August 12. I have stayed near the radio all day waiting for a reply from Japan.
May 1946 Alumnae Quarterly:
Elsewhere in this issue, Alice Dunning Flick, our class president, has written a memorial tribute to our honorary member, Dr. Joseph S. Shefloe, former head of teh Department of Romance Languages at GOucher College. No class has ever had a kinder friend than Dr. Shefloe. We are grateful for what h is friendship meant to us in our youth; we honor him for the high and gallant courage with which he faced and overcame the ordeals that beset him later in life. Friendship, because of Dr. Shefloe, has a finer, deeper meaning for us all.
It's apple blossom time in the Shenendoah Valley, and its beauty makes one glad to be living here. The Festival will be May 2 and 3, but the blossoms will be in full bloom by the middle of April. If you come this way, do come see me. I am always glad to see anyone from 1903.
February 1947 Alumnae Quarterly:
Rosalie Pendleton Scully's summer home at Shepherdstown, W. Va., is only 32 miles away, so it is easy for us to see each other. Early in August, Elizabeth Scully Sanders '30, Rosalie's daughter, had her youngest boy baptized, and my Nancy was godmother, so another strong link in 1903 friendship will extend to the third generation.
Soon after this Nancy started on a two month trup to South America. She went down the west coast and up the east coast, visited eight countries, and flew 17, 500 miles.
Spring 1949 Alumnae Quarterly:
"I am trying to get out of things now, and let younger people take up the work. I am a member of our A.A.U.W.; the Women's Civic League; Old Fredericktown Garden Club; the Daughters of the Confederacy; and doa great deal of work in the Episcopal Church; not only here but in the Diocese of Virginia. I am a member of the Executive Board of the Woman's Auxiliary in Diocese of Va.- and also Diocesan Educational Secretary. It has all kept me busy, but is very interesting. My office will expire October 1949, so younger and better minds can take over then."
Summer 1952 Alumnae Quarterly
"I have always gone at high speed both for work and pleasure, but the past year has convinced me that I must slow down. So of late I have gotten out of church and community things. There are so many lovely and efficient young people today to carry on, that one can retire and feel that all will be done even better.
1952 has not treated our family so well. We all had a turn with this virus x epidemic this winter, but are all well again. I have a bad knee that troubles me greatly at times. I am truly praying it will behave well at the time of 1903 reunion, for I surely want to be there. Every day, the memories of of my years at Goucher grow dearer and dearer. Now it sounds lovelier than ever on the new campus. I would like so much to see a lovely chapel on the campus - a chapel of beautiful simplicity.
My daughter Nancy (Goucher '30) has just recently had her second book published -'See for Yourself.' She is in New York doing some work towards her doctorate. Just now everyone is thinking of the Apple Blossom Festival May and 2. The country will be a mass of blossoms. I expect to be right here, so if you come to the Apple Blossom Festival or drive through this summer, come see me. The Shenandoah Valley is always lovely.
I hope you are feeling well, and are not going 'hippity-hop' as I do at times. It certainly wouldn't be stylish or becoming to return to our 50th reunion with a cane or crutch. For I know some will return with high heels and a "poodle bob" - so I must keep up with the res tof the 1903 gals. You know I always did. Here's hoping to see you in 1953 at our reunion."
Spring 1954 Alumnae Quarterly:
Nancy Nulton Larrick suffered a broken knee-cap last Septemer, "but after a few weeks in the hospital and a while longer on crutches, I am going as hard as ever, and driving my own car. So I made a fine come-back, and think I am lucky."
Winter 1955 Alumnae Quarterly:
Alice tells me of the death of Nancy Larrick's brother, Admiral Louis Nulton, late this fall. To Nancy we send our heartfelt sympathy.- Eda Briggs Frost.
Spring 1955 Alumnae Quarterly:
I hope all of you noticed the account of the fine gift that Nancy Nulton Larrick and her daughter Nancy ('30) have made to the Library. It is so fitting now that Goucher is specializing in the educational world in child training, that we should have as rich a store of books for and about children as can be collected. And young Nancy is particularly able to choose wisely for us.
Our 1903 Nancy grows reminiscent and I'll pass on her story of her gym suit, which had a huge 03 in green and white on its front. "I kept this suit in perfect condition,"she says,"packed away, but carefully aired and demothed at intervals. At times I lent it to local fashion shows and even modeled it myself; as gym suits grew scantier mine became more and more of a curiosity and was the hit costume of the show. When our handsome new gym was completed a unique program was arranged for its dedication. Eleven copies of my suit were made and the first episode on the program was a 1903 class doing Swedish gymnastics. It was recieved enthusiastically and Miss von Borries was very grateful for the inspiration of my suit. YOu see the old suit revived our athletic prowess of long ago.
I am always thinking of Goucher and wish I could help in some way. It means so much to me.
I have had much sickness in my family, and on November 11, my brother, Admiral Louis Nulton, died and was buried in Arlington Cemetery. Over a year ago I fractured my knee. The enforced rest in hospital and at home acted like a spring board to greater activity, and I rejoice in every hour that I can help others in the rush of life. Come and see me if you ever pass through Winchester, Va., and get my enthusiastic welcome."
Spring 1956 Alumnae Quarterly:
"I am sorry to be so late in writing, but life seems so full of so many things that the rush increases with age, rather than slowing up. Maybe the rush is normal; we just take longer to do things. I am still 'on foot and thankful' and so can help when needed. I am the family chauffeur, errand boy, etc. It keeps me on the jump. We had a lovely Christmas, with the usual big tree and house decorations. Nancy was with us over a week - a rare long holiday for her and a joy for us. In June, 1955, she received her doctorate degree from New York University. I have missed Rosalie Pendleton Scully an dher family, who used to spend their summers at Shepherdtown. Her daughter, Elizabeth Scully Sanders, lives in Santiago, Chile, and her daughter, Kerry Sanders, is at Goucher this year. So Goucher has another great-granddaughter from 1903. I know this would please Rosalie. I had a nice letter from Mary Abercrombie Verner who says she is beginning to feel her age and cannot work so vigorously among her bulbs. I say 'ditto' to that. When I think of the uncertainty of life I often say I can plan only one day at a time. A demure little old lady spoke up in answer when I made that remark and said 'You plan too much. Remember, life by the yard may be hard, but life by the inch is a cinch.' So I am inching it along now."
Fall 1956 Alumnae Quarterly:
The class of 1930 seems to be a favorite of 1903 perhaps because five of its members were daughters of classmates. So it was natural when the announcement came from the Alumnae Association that one of those daughters, Nancy Gray Larrick, was to be the speaker at the Alumnae Dinner that we were full of interest and pride. We expected Nancy Nulton Larrick to attend the dinner not only because she was the mother of the speaker but to represent the Class of 1903. But instead of going back to Goucher for the Alumnae Dinner, Nancy Nulton Larrick spent the month of June in the hospital after an abdominal operation. Not until September was she able to go around as usual. Now she writes that she is feeling very much better than she has for a long time. We send our best wishes to her.
Summer 1957 Alumnae Quarterly:
"As our years increase in number the daily tasks and problems seem harder, so I pray for patience and courage to do all cheerfully. I am always looking for a bright spot, and letters do brighten the day. My husband, now 85, is failing so much. He often says "I am just wearing out." He has a serious heart and circulatory condition - an especially bad combination with age.
In October, last year, I had a great visit from Christie Dulaney Solter '07; she and I were always great friends, and I look forward to another visit from her in May.
Nancy and I wanted to give something to Alumnae House at Goucher, so we tried to think of something both useful and prety, as we are not in the class of big givers. So we gave a silver service with the tray to go with it and I hope it proves useful. They did seem very pleased with it and wrote us a very nice note." The silver service was a generous and thoughtful gift, Nancy. We'll be looking for it.
Spring 1958 Alumnae Quarterly:
The news from Nancy Nulton Larrick is a mixture of good and bad, for in the midst of caring for others who needed her, she was taken sick and so seriously that she was on her feet only very briefly for the happy occasion of Nancy Jr.'s wedding. Then back to the hospital. Here's to your complete recovery, Nancy.
Fall 1958 Alumnae Quarterly:
A letter from Nancy Nulton Larrick written July 28 shows a marvelous improvement in her condition - a clear flowing handwriting that does not suggest illness. She says that she can walk with only a few "wobbles," but that it has been the hardest work that she ever did, - taking all the exercises and the therapy prescribed by the hospital, which she was finally leaving the next day, when she expected Nancy, Junior to be there to help her move back home. Now if Nancy doesn't try to do too much we'll look for her complete recovery, and if hope helps, we are all helping.
Summer 1959 Alumnae Quarterly:
You will be relieved and happy to kow that Nancy Nulton Larrick's long fight for recovery is rewarded at last. I had letters from her and her daughter, Nancy Larrick Crosby '30, telling about her long struggle to regain her strength and mobility. It was not a stroke which disabled her but an attack of polyneuritis, caused by a failure of the body to assimilate vitamins, and lack of hydrochloric acid inthe stomach. Medication had to be supplemented by daily painful re-education of practically every muscle in the body, but it has succeeded, for Nancy gets about, though she says her feet still feel heavy. It is a wonderful story of courage, especially as in the midst of her own struggle, her husband was taken desperately ill with pernicious anemia.
Winter 1960 Alumnae Quarterly:
A letter from Nancy Larrick Crosby '30 assures us that her mother, Nancy Nulton Larrick, is getting along beautifully, doing everything except driving the car; she is even looking after a houseful of nurses in attendance on Mr. Larrick who is a hopeless invalid. Then a letter from Nancy herself followed, telling about celebrating her 80th birthday on December 20. The letter was written in smooth, even penmanship and it confirmed what her daughter had said about her activities. Young Nancy is just now arranging an anthology of the poetry of Robert Frost aimed at the average high school pupil, and this is something I wish to look into. Christine Dulaney Solet '07, our Nancy says, is a frequent and welcome visitor.
Spring 1960 Alumnae Quarterly:
Nancy Nulton Larrick sent the newspaper clippings about her husband's death, which came after a long illness, during which round-the-clock nursing was necessary. There was a beautiful tribute to Mr. Larrick's many years of wonderful service in the fields of banking and of industry. Our sympathy foes out, not only to Nancy and her daughter, but to the community in its loss.
Fall 1960 Alumnae Quarterly:
Nancy Nulton Larrick has made an almost incredible recovery from her long sickness. When she wrote she was just about to leave her daughter's lovely home in Buck's County, Pa., to return to Winchester, THey were very happy over the publication and favorable reception given Nancy's last book, "A Teacher's Guide to Children's Books" which is reviewed in this Quarterly.
Summer 1961 Alumnae Quarterly:
Nancy Nulton Larrick sends greetings and her blessings to all 1903's. "I am at home enjoying the big trees, the flowers that need more care than I can give them, and the birds who greet me with song each morning. Christine Dulaney Solter will visit me in July and in August we shall drive to Buck's Falls in Pennsylvania where my Nancy and her husband have a home near Quakerstown. Nancy is to give a three weeks course as visiting professor at Indiana University. Last October she published "Rain Ice and Snow" which fitted right into the winter that followed. So, while I haven't my 1903 push, I have many things to make the present enjoyable, with promise of pleasant times ahead."
Summer 1962 Alumnae Quarterly:
Nancy Nulton Larrick had not said a word about coming to Baltimore this June, but that did not keep me from expecting that she would. SHe says she is not going anyplace now without someone with her and did not wish to ask such a favor just now. She manages her work with her community projects from her desk at home, where friends drop in to enjoy the hospitality of her quiet house.
Summer 1964 Alumnae Quarterly:
Nancy Nulton Larrick writes that in April she, her daughter Nancy, and Nancy's husband took a leisurely motor trip down the central part of Florida and stayed awhile at Captiva Island on the Gulf. Nancy said, "It was lovely there. On our return we took the eastern coast route and stopped in Savannah, Beaufort, and Charleston. All are such rare, beautiful, historical places. We reached home just before the Apple Blossom Festival - more beautiful than ever this year.
I still walk with difficulty and use a cane, but I surely get around. Do you remember the old lady of 101 who was asked by reporters what she did to look so well and live so long? She gently replied, 'I just keep breathing, that's all.' So you 1903 gals just keep breathing, and we may have a 65th reunion."
Spring 1967 Alumnae Quarterly:
I introduce you to 3 shut-ins who might like to get letters occasionally: Claire Ackerman Vliet, Martha Land, and Nancy Nulton Larrick, 3 gallant arm-chair observers and philosophers.
Summer 1969 Alumnae Quarterly:
Nancy Nulton Larrick does write, but with difficulty; her last letter tells of the pride and comfort she has in her busy and gifted daughter, Nancy Crosby, whose On City Streets merits the attention it receives.
Winter 1971 Alumnae Quarterly:
Our third loss is in the death of Nancy Nulton Larrick last August. It is hard to think of Nancy apart from the big house where for many years she entertained so hospitably, presided over civic groups, and women's clubs, and enjoyed a happy family life. But the time came when the big house was too burdensome; fortunately she found a home where she was well cared for and could still enjoy some luxuries. Her work with women's groups was notable in the Women's Civic League. She founded the Winchester chapter of the American Association of University Women, held office in the Daughters of the Confederacy, and worked with the Fredericktown Garden Club. Her dearest projects were with the Episcopal Church which she served faithfully; her most notable service was as a lay delegate to the triennial meeting of the church in Kansas City.
Of course we were grateful when she established the Lecture Fund in International Affairs at Goucher, which was part of her continuing generosity to our school. She will be long remembered for her very fine and discriminating interest in civic educational work.
We send our deepest sympathy to her daughter, Mrs. Nancy Crosby, '30, and her many friends.
