217  Roberts  Road. 
Bryn  Mawr,  Pa. 
12  April  1916 
Dear  Mr  Deane:- 
I  wonder  if  you  will  be  kind  enough  to  give  me  the 
full  name  and  address  of  our  friend  Rand  of  Jamaica  Plain.  I 
want  to  find  out  whether  he  still  goes  to  Southwest  Harbor  or  is 
inclined  to  rent  the  little  cottage  where  he  and  Quincy  were  so 
happy. 
Summer  begins  to  loom  ahead  now  that  the  April  snow  has 
melted  and  the  early  flowers  are  blooming.  I  look  out  of  my  win¬ 
dow  upon  a  shrub  that  is  already  green  and  across  the  road  to  a 
field  where  the  ploughing  has  begun.  The  Spring  is  probably  more 
advanced  here  than  it  is  in  Cambridge,  and  I  fancy  that  it  will  be 
some  weeks  yet  before  the  ploughs  are  rigged  at  Shelburne.  You 
must  think  with  pleasant  anticipation  of  your  cottage  on  the  cliff 
and  the  new  gardens. 
The  little  college  community  here  is  greatly  excited 
over  a  revolt  of  the  faculty  against  the  autocratic  rule  of  the 
president.  The  struggle  has  been  going  on  all  winter,  but  has 
just  reached  the  stage  where  it  is  no  longer  possible  to  confine 
it  to  the  campus.  It  is  likely  to  end  in  another  advance  of  some 
sort  in  academic  freedom. 
Will  you  kindly  thank  Miss  Brown  for  her  very  kind  letter 
to  Mildred  some  little  time  ago.  We  both  send  our  love  to  Mrs 
Deane  and  hope  that  she  is  feeling  much  stronger. 
Sincerely  yours 
