Ordway, Katherine Gretta. Diary, 1913-1914

Vassar College

This volume covers the end of Ordway's senior year at Vassar and her first year after graduation. She describes the Senior Excursion to Mohonk and bicycling trips. She includes accounts of her graduation events, specifically Commencement, Class Day, "Strong Steps," Tree Ceremonies, and the Daisy Chain. She also writes about the opening of the new Students' Building (June 4). After Vassar, Ordway joins a teacher's agency and interviews for teaching positions. She attends the WCTU World's Convention in the Academy of Music, Brooklyn (October 24) and her mother attends the National WCTU convention (November 4). Ordway visits Ellis Island with the Ladies' Missionary Society (July 17) and returns to Vassar for a class dinner (November 8). She includes frequent discussions about suffrage and immigration. While interviewing for other positions, Ordway teaches Sunday School and mission study classes in her hometown. Eventually, she is hired to teach high school in Sharon, Connecticut, and writes about her daily life and experiences teaching there.

Student Diaries

Vassar College. Class of 1913

Women college students--New York (State)--Poughkeepsie

Women--Diaries

Vassar College--Students

Political and Social Activism

Student Life

Academics

Religion and Spirituality

Faculty, Staff, Administrators

Ordway, Katherine Gretta

1913-1914

Diaries

Bound volume; approx 167p; 9.75 x 8 inches; Iron gall ink on aged paper

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