College Women

Gookin writes to her mother about spending time in New York for vacation.

Gookin writes about spending time in New York City.

Gookin writes of having a bit of cabin fever after having been stuck inside at the Inn for several days straight.

Gookin writes to her father after arriving back at Bryn Mawr, thanking him and her family for gifts received. She also writes of the grades that she received on her midyear exams, and of how she spent the rest of her time in New York.

Mary Whitall Worthington's diary from around the time of her senior year at Bryn Mawr College, 1909-1910. The diary begins with a description of Miss Worthington's summer vacation in which she goes first to Baltimore to visit with family and friends, and then to New York before sailing to Europe on board the RMS Lusitania. In England, she attends a number of parties and social engagements and makes new friends. She goes to the World's Student Christian Federation Meeting in Oxford and is moved by the religious devotion she witnesses. Worthington is particularly interested in the suffrage movement, and while in England she has tea with Inez and Vida Milholland. They attend a "suffragette raid" on the House of Commons together, and Miss Worthington gives a detailed description of the demonstration and includes newspaper clippings with her own thoughts. Later in the year, when Emmeline Pankhurst gives a lecture at the Merion Cricket Club and tours Bryn Mawr, Worthington is able to speak with her about the movement and privately marvel that she dressed in purple, white, and green -- suffragette colors. This diary is filled with Miss Worthington's high praise of her friends, descriptions of hockey games, club lectures, play and glee club rehearsals, and traditions such as rush night, Lantern Night, May Day (for which she was elected the May Queen), and bonfire night. Throughout her diary, Miss Worthington talks about her relatives, in particular her aunt, M. Carey Thomas. She also includes programs from events, exam questions, drawings and photographs, and letters from family members. Miss Worthington also includes an index of topics she discusses at the back of the diary.

Mr. Gookin writes of how he and Nathalie are spending their last days at Longs Peak Inn. He also writes of how another vacationer is heading to France to do reconstruction work.

Frederick Gookin writes of traveling by train.

Gookin writes of her activities during the end of her stay at Longs Peak Inn.

Gookin writes about schoolwork, travel plans, and of the possibility of having to do schoolwork while home during Easter break. She also writes of her friend's illness, and of things she wants to do while on vacation.

Mr. Gookin writes of his activities at Longs Peak Inn, and of tentative plans to return home.