Evening star., 1922-11-26
Letters Are Received
From Rumanian Girls

MISS DOROTHEA CAMPBELL OF
WI the Junior Red Cross has re-
"efved group of very interesting
letters from the girls. normal school
III Iasi. Rumania. These girls all
write to the American girls thank ing
them for gifts sent last year and for
practical help in the way of cloth
ing. Owing TO the large amount Of
translating necessary to interpret all
foreign correspondence. the letters
have been delayed for some time in
reaching Miss Campbell to be for
warded to the children in local schools
who sent the presents abroad.
Little Veorica Lazareson is one of
these girls in the seventh year of
school at this institution. She says:
Il am one of the hundreds of chill
,iren you have helped and l will Keep
YOU an everlasting gratitude. You
have helped many unfortuHates dur
ing the war and many poor little or
phans have felt the loss of their pa
rents or of their father less through
your Kindness.
Elena DImitrai. another of these
grls. says: r
Your kind gifts are not only help
for US but a dear comfort to our
mind
There are many others who write in
similar vein of their gratitude and
best wishes to the American children
Some of the letters, however, also
give detailed descriptions OF the
school life that ii Rumanian girl
leads. Maria Avasiloe Is one VINO
says:
The girls who write to You in this
letter and want to make Il lends vita
you are in the IVA grade N the nor
NAL school in P.atr;t NeamtZ. one OF
the most beautiful mountain towns in
our country. The river BiStrltZa HoWS
thrown the town. This river is often
quoted in poetry because it is so
beautiful. Not very far from Peatra
ia the Cheahlan mountain, ABOUT
which there are SO many lesenos aha
which is so beautiful that she could
easily rival the Olympus IL it had
been known during ancient days.
.If you would like to get better
idea of our daily life as boarders
will write and tell you about II ana
the wav we love each other like sis
ters. We have lessons from 10 in the
morning to s in the evening. and we
get our break from IL to 2. Our sub
iects are geography (Rumania 81
we learn about the beauties and prod
1,cts of the country and the people,
mathematics, our country's eventful
history, the beautiful Rumanlan IAN
cuage, French. logic. philosophy.
chemistry. drawing-well. in SNORT.
We learn everything that Will be use
full to us later when we shall teach
the children of so many villages.
ION holidays we go for excursions
IN the fields of the ncighborhood, and
every Sunday evening We have llt-
erary meeting. which is presided over
nv our teacher of Rumanian. Some
iris who have written little poems
read them to us. Others have writ
fen little speeches or essays. The
ultimate aim of the meeting Is to get
rs used to speaking in public. and is a
njeasant pastime after weeks hard
work. and il also tests our genera
knowledge on things.
"During the school year We give
dance, and money which we collect
is given to our poorer comrades VINO
need some help and whom you have
thought of helping. Now that we
are near the end of our school year
we are organizing festival. IT is
really an exhibition of our handicraft
which we have done during the year.
A prize is awarded for the best work.
Then we return to our homes: We
shall be going for long walks in the
country, and we are looking forward
TO seeing the peasant cottages sur
rounded by orchards. acaclas ana
linden trees with their lovely scented
blossoms Little birds will be singing
sleepily in the thick foliage and hop
ping from branch to branch. And we
shall meet the peasants wearing the
beautiful national costume which has
been handed down to them from our
ancestors"
This selection from a Rumanian
school girls letter is a striking ex-
ample Of the similarity of the tastes
and ambitions of girls all over the
world. In every country the girls
have the serious side to their school
life and other work. but they also have
everywhere their dances, their ex-
hibitions, their pet embroidery
stitches and their beaus. Tie Ru-
manian variety of fapper must be
very jolly. judging from the things
she does.