Papers of the Benjamin Franklin Yancey Family

Donald Taylor to May Elizabeth Yancey, March 16, 1928

Education--teaching | General keeping in touch | Place--New Jersey

Donald Taylor writes May Yancey a note of greetings. He compliments her on her ability to control her classrooms.

To: Miss May Yancey.
Esmont Virginia.
c/o Mrs Fannie Ford.
Postmark: New York 4, N.Y.
MAR 16, 1928
11 30 AM
Postmark: Esmont, VA
MAR 17, 1928
12 M The word "vocabulary" is handwritten on the envelope.

My dear May

No doubt you will ask yourself this question, before going into details or consulting the conclusion: Who in the world can this letter be from? As I know you will be greatly surprised to rec'd it from me. Nevertheless we all are subject to surprises some times during life whether good or bad. Of course it has been my intention to write you some time ago, but due to negligent predominating over me I failed to do so. I can imagine you realize what an important part negligent plays over a person, especially when that person is lazy (smile) O'well lets forget about by gones.

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May I suppose you are still making fine in your school work. I can say with a pleasure during my visit to the school while being down there for the holidays. I must say in preference to the other rooms I visited, I enjoyed being in your room the best. Your scholars showed culture and refinement which proved that they had had the proper training to have self control and how to govern themselves. Of course Mrs Nelson's room was alright, but May the good Lord look down upon Prof. Lewis's room ha! ha!

I have not been to Plainfield yet. I suppose I had just as well wait now until you return.

Love to Aunt Fannie, Vaughn John and ?askers?. I heard Bee and Willie were in Plainfield

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again.

Love to Miss Ella when you see her.

I must discontinue here answer real soon.

From Yours,
Donald Taylor.

P.S. Excuse this paper. I have been so accustomed of writing on this kind of paper until it is hard to break myself out of habit.

Published by: Virginia Center for Digital History

Source copy consulted: Papers of the Benjamin Franklin Yancey Family (MSS 11599), Alderman Library, University of Virginia

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