(1980 memoirs)
At Ripon all was new and different. The Frosh Party was early in the fall. The idea was the Freshmen tried to steal a march on the Sophomores and sneak out of town and have a party. I think some of them took some food along, tho I am hazy on that. Anyway, whether the news leaked out or the Sophs suddenly noticed the Frosh had disappeared -- whatever -- they tried to stop the cars from leaving town, bust up the party, and probably take the girls home. We tried to have our party too, but news leaked out somehow, and suddenly we were attacked by crowds of kids.
Polly Kay (1904-1997) vividly and with humor describes her life in Richland Center, Wisconsin, in excerpts from letters to her son Skip written after 1949, including her 5 last years in an old folks' home.
About Me
- Polly
- A lifelong Wisconsinite, Carolyn Parsons (1904-1997)got a B.A. in English at Ripon College, taught high school, and in 1930 married Lorin L. Kay, a lawyer first in Milwaukee and from 1938 on in Richland Center (he died in 1970). Their children: Mary Margaret and Richard/Skip, editor of this blog.
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