Transcribe Fenn, S. P. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1852)

ybg Rochester 1852 Dear Ward

    I have taken my seat to discharge a pleasant

duty, one which I have felt a desire to discharge a long time. There is hardly anything, in my opinion,which will do a person more good in going through college than letter writing, and I appreciate it accordingly. It is </u glorious > to think that though separated by distance we may communicate our thoughts to one another, so readily. You do not know what pleasure it affords me to receive letters. I can hardly wait till I get home. I hope you will not be so long ^in^ answering this as you were in answer- ing my other. Bill has been expecting to hear from you for some time, his sister Mary has gone to New Haven to finish her education. We are all well and in fine </u order > here. We do not have to study very hard this term and therefore can find time to write now and then. The course through </s colled > college is not so hard after all and when we are through we will look back with pleasure upon the time when our feet echoed through those halls. </s Klls >Although there are some hard and trying times (</u writing essays and orations especially )> nevertheless "hair olim meminiose juvabie". That is my consolation, I have another way of consoling myself if anything goes wrong, that is, to think it is better than if it was worse. This is leap year when you must be careful not to make any </u rash > promises if the fair damsels do trouble you some. They have not troubled me as yet but there is no knowing what they may do </s yet >. There is one very pretty girl that I cannot