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Show Idealism, Unrequited Love, and Glorious Understanding 99 This morning 1 was rather excited, and 1 arrived about five minutes early for faculty meeting. 1 had planned to keep everything a secret. 1 told Betty 1 was stopping, but with uncertain plans. 1 tried the same thing on Bess and Ora, but Bess guessed immediately, and then 1 sort of lost my poise. My first class found me with such a trembly feeling that 1 could hardly conduct class, for the beating of my heart. Thereafter was profound excitement; 1 told Margaret J aco bsen and she started to cry. 1 got her calmed, and Bess came in, all excited. She seemed as delighted as I. She wants give me a party. It rather overwhelms me,-her generosity and unselfishness, and a party for me. Somehow anything to like that seems utterly like a dream. Mrs. Pingree and Louise [Covey] have already asked me to plan on letting them give parties. Madelyn later wrote that she would always remember her last class when Joe Peery (later a famous economist at the University of Utah) pointed his accusing finger at her and shout ed everybody's question, "Are you going to get married?" Then followed class, then a long seance with yearbook artists trying to settle their quarrels, then a quick lunch-oh, why write it all? I've just finished telling it to the family and it is time to go to bed. But it has been a perfectly whirlwind day, giggling and get ting fussed, and occasionally down to work. It has seemed like a dream, with one sweet, sure reality-Harold's ring pressed against my breastbone (I am awfully thin right nowl)" Harold had given her the engagement ring on January 16-a ring she described as "the most beautiful ring 1 have ever seen as perfect in its design and delicacy, in its brilliance, as 1 should like our life to be, as 1 should like to make our home for him." They set the marriage date for February 20, asked Apostle George F. Richards, president of the Salt Lake Temple and uncle |
