{"id":759,"date":"2012-07-19T11:16:28","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T15:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-lowcoburn\/?page_id=759"},"modified":"2022-01-30T00:05:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T05:05:24","slug":"transcription-smith-to-coburn-1171900","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/transcription-smith-to-coburn-1171900\/","title":{"rendered":"Transcription of letter from Jennie Smith to Louise Coburn, 11\/7\/1900"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>92 College Ave.<br \/>\nWaterville, Me.<\/p>\n<p>My dear Louise &#8211;<br \/>\nPerhaps you<br \/>\nhave heard the rumor that<br \/>\nthere is an idea of limiting<br \/>\nthe number of women who<br \/>\nshould be allowed to pursue<br \/>\nthesis studies in Colby at<br \/>\nonce. I fear such a plan<br \/>\nis under serious consideration<br \/>\nby the authorities. It seems<br \/>\nto me hardly just and fair.<br \/>\nI should like very much to<br \/>\nknow your opinion and also<\/p>\n<p>Grace\u2019s on the subject. I<br \/>\ndon\u2019t see why a distinction<br \/>\nshould be made between the<br \/>\ngirls and the boys. And I also<br \/>\nthink that the matter should<br \/>\nbe referred to the conference<br \/>\ncommittee of the Alumnae<br \/>\nAssociation for their opinion,<br \/>\nthat is, that they should be<br \/>\nconsulted. if you will please<br \/>\nwrite me as soon as you<br \/>\nfind it convenient what you<br \/>\nand Grace think, I will be<br \/>\nvery much obliged.<\/p>\n<p>We are all about as usual<br \/>\nhere. Minnie has moved into<br \/>\nthe Philbrick house, but is<br \/>\nnot wholly settled by any<\/p>\n<p>means yet.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you are all well<br \/>\nand should be glad to see<br \/>\nyou down here whenever you<br \/>\ncan come.<\/p>\n<p>With love to all _<\/p>\n<p>Yours very sincerely &#8211;<br \/>\nJennie M. Smith.<br \/>\nNov. 7, 1900.<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-759\" data-postid=\"759\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-759 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>92 College Ave. Waterville, Me. My dear Louise &#8211; Perhaps you have heard the rumor that there is an idea of limiting the number of women who should be allowed to pursue thesis studies in Colby at once. I fear such a plan is under serious consideration by the authorities. It seems to me hardly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7698,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/759"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7698"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14692,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/759\/revisions\/14692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}