Smith Alumnae Quarterly . eded. Some hesitancy about goingto our hospital for treatment was shown at first by the Turkish men and once convinced that it was the American hospital which would care forthem, they were all willing to go. We were able to send quinine to Mr. Nilson in Tarsus, however, through thecourtesy of the French who dropped it into that city from their aeroplane.[What a queer thrill it gives us to think of aeroplanes over the city of Saul, aman of Tarsus!] The present indications look toward an unsettled winterahead and we are running our industries largely with that
Smith Alumnae Quarterly . eded. Some hesitancy about goingto our hospital for treatment was shown at first by the Turkish men and once convinced that it was the American hospital which would care forthem, they were all willing to go. We were able to send quinine to Mr. Nilson in Tarsus, however, through thecourtesy of the French who dropped it into that city from their aeroplane.[What a queer thrill it gives us to think of aeroplanes over the city of Saul, aman of Tarsus!] The present indications look toward an unsettled winterahead and we are running our industries largely with that in mind. If political affairs would turn for the better—this land could easily get on itsfeet in a few months. You have little idea of how amusing the current maga-zines with their talk of mandate and internationalism and settlement of ques-tions pertaining to the Near-East seem to us! Nothing is settled and only astrong arm can make it so. And the letter closes with the word that Ruth Henry starts for home This is a very much reduced copy of the engraving on the Diplome which accompanied theMedaille de Reconnaissance Francaise. MORE GRANDDAUGHTERS OF SMITH In July 1919, thanks to a deal of research work by Jean Spahr 1921 and somecareful scrutiny of our records on our own part, we were able to send out intothe Smith world a list of mothers and daughters who claimed Smith as theircommon Alma Mater; and we accounted for 148 granddaughters of Smith inthis very first survey. It was a goodly number, but we were sure that theminute the list was published we should hear from the people who had beenquite unintentionally and in most cases quite unavoidably left out, and thatthe time would come when we could put out a supplementary list. Now thetime has come, and we here append the names of 13 brand new granddaughterswho have qualified by entering college since the 1919 list, and 14 who belongedall the time. We have had some delightful letters concerning the granddaugh-t
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