Mary Ann letters to parents in Westtown , 1951

Mary Ann started classes at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, fall of 1950. In the spring, Mary Ann settled into Alaska and the Ag School,and she was interested in finding a Quaker meeting, a job as a farm hand to remain in Alaska for the summer. If that didn't work out, she would work during vacations at Hedgerow Theater in Rose Valley. She applied to the Japan Mission Board for summer, but turned down. By November of her sophomore year she was unhappy with her Ag major and wanted to become a Special Student, taking courses in various departments. In December, she wrote her mother that she had been expelled but allowed to live off campus to finish the semester. She decided to stay in the town of College and find a job.