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Among others that were required courses was a course in chemistry, which was required of all sophomores. That was my first introduction to the exact sciences. I was fascinated with it, liked it very much, wanted to take more, so, of course, you had to make a minor in physics and a semi-minor in mathematics. I even went through conic sections and stuff like that in order to qualify for a major in chemistry and physics. Those were my subjects and I took supporting courses in biology and so forth.

It's a wonder that I got any liberal education. But I'd really gotten my liberal education before I came to Mt. Holyoke, where I got my degree in 1902. I came out of a private school and a college preparatory school, specializing on preparing for Harvard entrance, where I had had a very good liberal education before I ever went to college. I read Greek and so on. It wasn't an expensive school - it was just the place where people who were going to college went. Not many girls went to college in those days, but still quite a few girls went there because Boston was full of people who wanted their girls to learn to read Greek and Latin. At least they did in those days - I don't suppose anyone wants them to do that now.

Therefore I had a classical education before I went to college. My father taught me Greek when I was eight