Ruth May Day at Punahou

Today was my first day of school in this strange land. I was brought to this new school where father said we would get a first class education. The first thing I saw when I arrived was how all of the girls at this school would be called prostitutes according to father. He thinks any girls who wear make-up are trying to seduce people and those are devilish acts, which are sins. All of the kids at this school have plumb bad language. Father wouldn't have been proud of this and would have given them all a slap across the mouth and also made them do "the verse."
When I went into the big room with books and tables I saw people working on big bright briefcases. Later when I asked father about it he said that those things are gifts from God to the people on earth who haven’t sinned and are good. I didn’t believe this because I was watching them later and I saw them talk with plumb bad language and God never took them away.
I wore my best schools clothes to school and I was amazed about how differently I dressed from all of the other girls. I wore a big white dress that covered all of my skin except for my head. But the girls at school wore these tight pants that only went down to their knees and shirts that were skin tight around their upper body. If I was with father now he would have given these girls the verse and reprimanded them for dressing so devilish. If I ever wanted to wear something like that I think father might disown me and not talk to me again because he doesn’t associate himself with prostitutes and things to do with the devil.