Letters, Junior Year, Semester II , 1920 February-May

The content of this file are from the second semester of Henrietta’s junior year. She discusses her engagement with her studies, big college events she attends, and her relationship with some boys from Haverford.

Henrietta discusses how much she enjoys her studies, especially psychology and politics. As she has studied politics for two years, she considers herself as qualified as her male peers and wants to vote in the next presidential election.

Several large events occur during this semester. Henrietta goes to the “Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Gymnasts of America” meet at Haverford. Henrietta also describes the Valentines dance hosted by her friends. She also becomes heavily involved in May Day, and prepares for months for her performance in a Masque written by Ben Johnson. Outings that Henrietta attended includes the combined Swarthmore and Haverford Glee Club performance at the Asher in Philadelphia and a trip to Valley Forge with friends. Henrietta also attends “Crimson Alibi”, “Poldekin”, and “Huckleberry Finn”

Henrietta becomes involved with some boys from Haverford, and begins to develop a crush on one of them. She states that her cold heart is “thawing out in [her] old age.”