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  • November 1, 1936

    Dear Folks, Another week has ended and I am one week nearer next May. The time seems to have gone fast but when one counts the weeks to go it seems like it goes slowly.…

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  • October 27, 1936

    Dear Liz, Send me a money order for $20 immediately. It is for the Army Navy tickets. I have to pay for them so I want the money as soon as convenient. Archie and Charlie…

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  • October 24, 1936

    6 pm Dear Folks, You’ve probably heard the news too, by this time and what is more, you probably heard the game. I didn’t. I’m not greatly in love with my upperclassmen so I went…

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  • October 18, 1936

    Dear Folks, Here it is Sunday again and I am as blue as ever I have been. Navy lost yesterday as you no doubt know. Beside that, it is extremely cool here and the heat…

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  • October 15, 1936

    Dear Folks, There are just a few minutes that I have now before I have to shove off–not enough time to do anything on another lesson–so I will drop a line. I have a touch…

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  • October 10, 1936

    Dear Mother and All, All week I have been wondering how you all are. No letters have come, just the apples, and I trust the old adage “that no news is good news”. There is…

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  • October 3, 1936

    Saturday Evening Hello Folks, How are all the sick coming? I trust that Dad has used a sufficient remedy and that Liz has done the same. Don’t you get a cold too, Mother, because if…

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  • September 28, 1936

    Sunday P.M. Dear Folks, No letter came today but I will write just the same because I don’t know if there will be any time between now and next Sunday. My new room is 1016.…

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  • September 20, 1936

    Dear Folks, Our last of freedom will soon be over. Next Friday all the upperclassmen will have returned and the plebes will be in a hurry-scurry. Today is gloomy and it spits rain a little…

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