Marjorie recounts her experience as a student commuting from Foxboro, MA.  She talks at length about her rigorous co-ed science courses,  her desire to become a doctor, and the guidance of Dean Morriss.

In Part 2, she speaks about religion as a driving force in her live and about her love of reading. She describes the volunteer activities she pursued after a long career as a teacher and administrator at public and private schools around the country.

In this interview, Beatrice discusses her career as a teacher in normal schools in North Carolina and Pennsylvania; the African American communities in Providence and at Brown and Pembroke in the early twentieth century; and her sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha. At the time of the interview she was 102 years old.