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Glover/A/A1/5/2/78
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- 25 Nov. 1915 (Creation)
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8 p. paper
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Biographical history
Pupil of T.R. Glover, came to Girton College in 1910. Married Thomas W. Pym in 1918.
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Details sources from which she has heard about Glover's time in India, including the family of Roy Whitehorn. Describes her visit to Glover's family in Cambridge. Mentions Miss Kennett, Jonah, J. R. Mott, and the Strachans. Quotes extensively from 'new war poems by Katharine Tynan'. Meditates on all the young people from Cambridge who have gone to fight in World War I. Refers to D.J. Day's funeral, which Hermes attended. Describes Dr Cairns' address at Westfield. Discusses her thesis on Church History. Writes about the new Y.M.C.A. post-graduate hostel run by Miss Sedgewick, and the Bursar, Miss Taylor. Lists the four other students there, C. Starkey, G. Johnston, M. Neve, and O. Law. Describes her family's attempts to stop her from going to China as a missionary. Tells an anecdote about the Jex-Blakes and the Student Christian Movement being united by Kit Jex-Blake and herself on a day out at the zoo. Details her teaching work. Mentions Miss Yanna, a Greek lady she met at Cambridge and Swanwick. Suggests that Glover visit Mrs J. R. Weller nee Alexina Caley in Lahore.