[Big Six]

112 Meade Hall
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Massachusetts

Mr. Patrick O'Farrell
12 Lowell Road
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts

November 14, 1934

Dear Daddy,

Greetings from snowy Mount Holyoke! We awoke to three inches of snow, and your daughter who is (as I'm sure you remember) about to celebrate her twenty-second birthday threw snowballs with several other young ladies of her dormitory on our way to our first class. You will be pleased to know that said daughter inherited something of your talent for throwing balls; I clearly possess the best throwing arm of the group. Several of the other gals can testify to that fact!

On a more serious note, I'm even more glad to report that my classes are going very well. I received an A for the paper I wrote for Miss D'Evelyn's English literature class. The warm feeling I gained from that news helped take the chill of Miss D'Evelyn's classroom; as is her custom, she left the window open despite the wintry chill.

Thank you, Daddy, for agreeing to let me bring my Mr. Parker to visit at Christmas! I am sure you will like him just fine, as I can't think of anyone with whom he doesn't get along well. And, in answer to your question, he and I are very much in love. Don't be surprised, therefore, if he wishes to speak to you concerning matters of a serious nature!

John's prospects after his graduation from Amherst are quite good, I'll assure you in advance. He has worked during the past two summers at a brokerage in Philadelphia, where his family resides, and he has been offered a position there after he completes his degree.

I have been following Mike's gridiron exploits too, and I only hope he has been performing as well in the classroom! I can't help worry that he is enjoying too much the notoriety that comes with being a member of the varsity on a football-crazy campus like Notre Dame's. At the very least, I hope and pray he is making better decisions concerning his actions at parties and mixers, that sort of thing.

To close on a more positive note, I believe Mary Kate is more and more interested in following in the footsteps of her mother and older sister here at Mount Holyoke! When we talked on the telephone the other night, she couldn't stop asking me questions about good old MHC, and she seemed very excited about making a trip to visit me as soon as she could! Mom might get another MHC woman yet!

I should close my letter now, as I have more reading to do for Miss D'Evelyn's class. I love you, Mom, and my darling sibs more than you'll know, and I can't wait to see all of you next weekend!

Love, always,
Beth

P.S. If you want to trade someone this winter, trade Buster Ross. I know he pitches lefthanded, but you can find another lefty somewhere. Please don't trade Moose Solters, and please give Tom Oliver another chance to make the squad! I would be ever so grateful.