“We had an Elocution recital last night, which was exceedingly stupid.”
Some refreshing Victorian honesty from a teenage girl attending the prestigious Ogontz School outside of Philadelphia.
The school had it’s own post office so that teachers could monitor the mail to make sure the girls were not carrying on correspondence with any unapproved young gentlemen.
This letter was sent to a cousin who was pre-law at Yale on February 11, 1897.
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