Wellesley College - Legenda Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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A Question of Science 13 scrupulously neat; and she had time to think of violets. It was several weeks later. The campus was still bright with sunshine, but the leaves were turning rapidly. Fan came up from the playstead where she had been indulging in the joys of basket-ball. She stopped at the post-office on her way to her room ; for she expected a note from Nell Blakey concerning an engagement that they had to do some dissecting to- gether. Five minutes later she burst in upon Ruth, whose forehead was wrinkled with the effort to evolve a comparison of the drama of the sixteenth century with that of the nineteenth. Ruth Bachelder, listen to this : ' My Dear Ellis :— ' You asked me to write about the things that interest me. The course in geology disappoints me. I ' m afraid I don ' t share your enthusiasm. Miss Thur- ston has charge of the class and so much is fortunate. Otherwise I should hate it

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12 At Wellesley the Nortons for the sake of those two last weeks with us. He invited the Ely boys, and I asked a couple of friends. Sorry you could n ' t come. ' ' But did n ' t Elhs make any further im- pression upon her ? Is it quite hopeless ? ' Oh, no ! I heard her promise to write this fall. I don ' t despair, Fan. There is a whole year ahead and Ellis will make the most of it. Sh-sh-sh ! Here comes Nell, herself. There was an odd step in the corridor and then Nell entered, bringing a dozen bundles and an unmistakable odor of violets. She tossed the flowers to Ruth. ' Flower-man, First Floor Centre, she explained. ' ' Ah, Fan, glad to see you. When did you come? She dropped her bundles in a heap in order to wring Fan ' s hands. The latter studied her a minute as she moved about. She thought she could detect a slight change in this odd friend of hers. Nell had lost her habitual scowl ; she was

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14 At Wellesley utterly. However, I am determined to know as much as I can about geology, so that our next argument shall be more in- telligent on my part. Chemistry this year is no snap. Professor Marlowe is anxious to introduce a course of lectures by some non-resident, on biological sub- jects. We shall probably not have such a course this year. I was wrong about the ichthyopterygium, but you were also wrong. I inclose a drawing of it, — also the cheiropterygium. ' Thank you for the flowers. It was very thoughtful of you. My birthday was particularly pleasant, for the girls came over at Ruth ' s invitation to cele- brate. ' They had my cat-skeleton beauti- fully articulated. ' ' I ' m reading poetry and the other things you suggested for ballast. I was struck with what you said about one- sidedness. ' You must be enjoying these visits with your friends. I should think you would like spending the winter in Boston.