When I was sent away to school, I expected to learn
something of life. But I was disapointed. I do not desire to
criticize this Institution of Learning. It is an excellent one,
as is shown by the fact that the best Families send their
daughters here. But to learn life one must know something of
both sides of it, Male and Female. It was, therefore, a matter
of deep regret to me to find that, with the exception of the
Dancing Master, who has three children, and the Gardner, there
were no members of the sterner sex to be seen.
The Athletic Coach was a girl! As she has left now to be
married, I venture to say that she was not what Lord
Chesterfield so uphoniously termed "_Suaviter in modo, fortater
in re_."
When we go out to walk we are taken to the country, and the
three matinees a year we see in the city are mostly Shakspeare,
aranged for the young. We are allowed only certain magazines,
the Atlantic Monthly and one or two others, and Barbara
Armstrong was penalized for having a framed photograph of her
brother in running clothes.
At the school dances we are compeled to dance with each
other, and the result is that when at home at Holaday parties I
always try to lead, which annoys the boys I dance with.
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