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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.

Marie writes about Spring on campus, playing hockey and tennis, and drawing for the dorm rooms for next year.

Image of a tennis match in a court. Three players are visible. All are engaged in the game.

Marie writes about her math and English classes, the upcoming hockey championship, and little parties in the dormitories.

Student exercises in the gym. She hangs on the rings.

Image of a tennis match in a court. Three players are visible. All are engaged in the game.

Photograph of three students practicing archery. Targets mounted on haystacks are visible.

Group photograph of the tennis team of 1924. The girls, wearing their uniforms, sit on steps. Two rackets are placed before the girl sitting on the |Front.

Image of students taking measurement of standing board jump. Other students watch from the sidelines.

Image of three students who are about to run. Their coach looks at the camera. The photograph has the label: "Sara @ the start, w/ Annie Davis, Liz (semi-officially)."