Goucher College - Donnybrook Fair Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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To the Editors of Donnybrook Fair: A proper way to end my observance of VVashingtonis Birthday would seem to be in getting oil a response to your request for a letter! Without any prior thought of its coincidence with the twenty-second of February, I have had a beautiful visit today in the company of an English friend to the tiny hamlet of Jordans, some twenty-five miles out of London. Near here VJilliam Penn lies buried, and here Friends still hold their mmeeting in a beautifully propor- tioned brick house some three centuries old. Close by stands a huge barn made, so an ancient land shakyl tradition goes, out of the timbers of the good ship Mayflower. You see, your Dean is not wholly out of touch with things Ameri- can, nor is she exactly Anglicised, it must be admitted, despite these six months of London life. Only last Friday, as I paid a sixpense for some tea, I heard my- self remark, UHere is my dime ! XVhat are some of my impressions at this mid-point of my year abroad? That the London winter climate has to be experienced to be properly appreci- atedv-cspecially indoors. tYou may have heard that the English do not care for ucentrally heated housesJ That London is amazingly quiet for so great a city; and that it allows its inhabitants a notable degree of independence in action and costume. Mohammedans With bright colored turbans, women with strawe hats of the Victorian era, a horseback rider in blue on a beautiful white horse With forelegs bandaged in redaall these, and many more, have I seen in the crowded streetseyet people Will hardly give them a second glance. That time flies even faster here than in Baltimore tpartly because distances are so much greater that it takes much longer to get to one's destinationl. That the world of scholars and scholarly interests is remarkably Widespread With not only ex- cellent talk resulting even on casual occasions, but also With friendly and helpful interests in whatever bit of scholarship is under discussion. Furthermore, that one of the most satisfying occupations in the world is the using of ones mind, Whether in puzzling out a scrap of seventeenth century handwriting, in trans- lating a Latin phrase, or in digging through a pile of seventeenth century ser- mons in search for reference to contemporary scientific discoveries. At a tea many weeks ago a retired admiral, Who is also an authority on naval history, after asking about my work and my obvious enjoyment of it, remarked that he himself could not honestly say Whether he more enjoyed coming upon a set of facts that confirmed the work he had already done, or turning up some that com-v pletely overthrew his previous position and necessitated his making a new start. And I cannot decide either. iiThe moral of all this is -t0 be true to my Deanaish self and send you a miniature iichapel talky'edevelop your intellectual interests, adopt a hobby or two; but above all. iind out for yourselves, if you have not already done so, what fun it is and What satisfaction it gives you to use your minds as hard as ever you can. And may the good fairies give you plenty of opportunity not only to make this discovery worthwhile, but in the future to realize it all over again in the equivalent for you of my happy leave of absence spent chiefly in that true university, the Reading-Room of the British Museum! My best Wishes to one and all Faithfully yours. DOROTHY STIMSON. Twenty-seven

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FACULTY CLARA LATIMER BACON, A,B., A1M1, Pl-L D .. V..V...Professor of Mathematics 2316 N. Ca1vert Street WILFRED A. BEARDSLEY, A.B., PHD ..................................... Professor of Romance Languagps 105 Longwood Road, Roland Park ETHEL BOWMAN, A.B., A.M1, PH. D ..................................................... Professor of Psychology 704 Cathedral Street GERTRUDE CARMAN BUSSEY, A131, A.M., PH. D ................................. Professor of Philosophy 203 W. Lanvale Street JANE F. GOODLOE, A.B., A1M., PHD ....................................... Associate Professor of German 23 23 N. Charles Street EUGENE NEWTON CURTIS, A.B., B.D., A.M., PH. D ................................. Professor of History 31 York Court, Guilford HERMAN LOUIS EBELING, A.B., PHD ........................................................... Professor of Greek 329 Hawthorne Road, Roland Park MARY ASHMUN HODGE, A,B., M.D ................................... Professor of Physiology and Hygiene 319 Gittings Avenue ANNETTE B. HOPKINS, A.B., PHD ........................................................... Professor of English 203 W. Lanvale Street JESSIE L. KING, B.S., PHD ................................................................... Professor of Physiology Guilford Manor Apartments, 3 W. Bishop Road FLORENCE PARTHENIA LEWIS, A.B., A.M., PHD ............................ Professor of Mafhematics 2435 N. Charles St. HOWARD HUNTLEY LLOYD, A.B., PH.D ............................................... Professor of Chemistry 2821 Oak Street WILLIAM H. LONGLEY, A.B., A.M., PHD ................................................. Professor of Biology 511 E. 42nd Street STELLA MCCARTY, A113,, A.M., PHD ................................................... Professor of Education 3620 Fairview Avenue, Forest Park SELBY VERNON MCCASLAND, A1B., TH.B., AM, PHD ............. Professor of Biblical Literature 3621 Kimble Road SAMUEL N. TAYLOR, PHBH PHD ......................................................... Professor of Physics 2514- Maryland Avenue THADDEUS P. THOMAS, 1311.13,, PHD ............................... Professor of Economics and Sociology Cecil Apartments. 1117 N. Eutaw Street MARY WILHELMINE WILLIAMS, A.B., A.M., PHD ..................................... Professor of History 2435 N. Charles Street T wenty-nine