The Washington times., 1920-11-25
and America.

and America.
Miss Scott. who is described by
those who knew her at George wash
ington as "quite docile and most
tractable," has written letters back
to friends in the States in which she
tells OF the peculiar customs obseTv-
ed at the school. where the young
ladies'" are treated like mere children.
being forced TO wear 'pinafores ana
to go TO bed at 8 o'clock.
To the collective voice OF the TWEEN
ty-eight girls, who are enjoying" the
privileges of scholarships at the
French university. is added the more
or less stentorian voice Of Miss VIZ
ginia c. Gildersleeve. dean OF Bar
nard College.
CLAIMS DIsCOURTEsY.
"The young women are very dis
courteous" Miss Gildersleeve said
"They should remember that they are
in a foreign country where customs
different from ours obtain.
They should realize that the
French government cannot abrogate
it's rules for French institutions to mt
the exceptional cases of themselves
Their complaint may lead to n serious
international MISUNDERSTANDING They
were all told before they left OF the
strict disciplinary character OF the
French administration"
Three Washington friends OF Miss
Scott-Miss Agnes Belson, Dean G.. n,
Henning, and Dean w. A. Wilbur, at
George Washington University--re-
Gently received cards from her tell
ing OF being treated like a very
small child"
DESCRIBES LIFE IN DETAIL.
In letter written to Gustav David
son. OF sos West Sevcnty-sixth street,
New York, a chum OF Miss Scott
while both attended Greek classes at
Columbia University, In New York,
she goes more into detail.
1--WE have no library in the school
or in the town." writes Miss Scott.
That is only one example of the vast
difference of the place from what we
expected. We like it immensely. but
it is awfully funny. There are three
other American girls here and an
English girl, so what one OF us
doesn't get of the French another
does and passes it along. We usually
catch the general drift.
"The classes range from first grade
through second-year college--kids OF
all sizes; and we have classes with
almost every grade In school The
American girls here last year made a
bad 'rep--insisted on college work.
couldn't keep up with the French and
fused about everything: so the di-
rectorate thought we had better take
classes with the younger girls until
we could understand the language.
"They like us much better than last
years girls, because we are more do
cile, I reckon. We are awfully pop
ular with the little girls, who hang
on us at every recess and jabber
away-and we nod as If we knew
what 1t was all about. We have
taught them to say Hello, and they
think it's great sport.
But the place is different from
anything you could imagine. We
sleep in a huge room-all OF us--like
a hospital ward partitioned off and
curtained along the middle aisle. The
partitions do not reach the floor and
go about foot above ones head
Our little stalls are just big enough
for a bed, a wash bowl and three lit
tie shelves. We keep all our shoes
and clothes downstairs in another big
room.
EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE.
"When we leave the "dortoir'
(dormitory) at $50 IN the morning
we are not allowed in it Tin fact, il
Is locked) until $50 at night. when
we go to get ready for bed at 8. We
rise at $50, leave the "dortoir" at :
go to the study until 1850, when we
have breakfast, which consists OF
coffee and brown bread only. We
never have any kind Of bread but
brown bread. We furnish all our
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coarse, as is the bread. but we are
always hungry and eat like pigs.
I'VE stay in the study hall all the
time that we don't have classes.
Every day after lunch we all go for
walk. in long line. The school
has sixty children boarders and 300
day students. We wear aprons that
reach from our necks to the hens OF
our skirts and uniform hats"