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HELLO POP,

T{ESTERN CAROL INES

SEPTEMBER

s. PRATRIE (AD-15)
t945
AND

REffiIVED YOIjR LETTER

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SEPI 16 THIS AFTERNOONOUR

tt'AS REALLY GAID TO HEAR FROM

YOU.

MAIL IS A LITTLE

MIXED

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up AcAtN, As tT
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Ar GOINC OR i\IOT.

wEn-r ' --:TO GODD

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THE FLAG NOtl ABOARD THE SHIP 18 SUPPOSED

SEOURE OPERATIOilS

AT I'LITHI

OCTORER

FIRST SO THERE IS A

CHANCE ITE MAY LEAVE HERE SO'.IET

IUE NIXT \{CNTH. FOR HOME

i{OPE.

BEFORE

FORGET.

SENT

A VONEY ORDER APOUT TPE TIME THE

CAAN I1ENT TO TEMAG AND HAVENIT HEARD WHETHER YOU RECEIVED IT

0R

NoT. tT tlAS FoR 75 DoLLARS, PLEASE LET ME KN0t{ lF YOU

GoT

tT.

ItM

SENDTNG S0ME MoRE H0ME VERY

S00N, BUT

ItD LIKE T0

KNOI1

SENT

TMT THE OTHER IS SAFE FIRST. SO FAR THIS YEAR you 750 DCLLARS. pRETTy c00D;HUH?
SO FALL

HAVE

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I GEI HOME IIM BUYING ME A

(F TTIE YEAR
A FAN BLOI{ITIG DOITN I!{Y

FOUR HUNDRED POUND CAKE

OF ICE ON THE COLDEST DAY

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IVE SWEATM INSIDE BACK IN A COLD STORAGE ROOM. . I 'LL BET I

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PRAIRIE
OF

HAVE

A LoT 0F TIME FoR TtllNKlNG oUT HERE, AM

GOOD DEAL

HAVE TI{OUGHT ABOUT COLLEGE

ONS
ll'l

ITa

ALONG llllITH
ABOUT

Dts8ussl

ITH SFll PMATES

ETC. lF I 'fi'ls EVER C0NFUSED

IS

ANYT!'ING, COLLEGE

IS

IT,

MY POSITION, THOUGH,

NC DIFFERENT

FROM ANY FODY ELSES I,{Y

.TC OVEREO!.'E

JS

GREATEST PROBLEM $lE ARE TRYING THE IHE. AgE F{CTOR, !{}+CH +RIJLY HAUNTS"US A}+D }$

AGE.

PARTLY RESPONSIFLE GO

FM A CREAT MANY FELLOIIS IN DECIDIIIG TO EOR-

CTILLEGE

EDUCATION.

tT IS HARD TO DISREGARD THE FACT THAT

BUNcH 0F
GOOD

.t|lHEN l,llE ENTER COLLECE lTE'LL BE FRESHMEN WHEN l|lE SHOULD BE SENIffiS.

hruo

rHnr

ouR cLASSi.tATEs

r{tLL BE A

GlccLtNc cIRLS

AND

SLAP-HAPPY FELLAS- !ilHO ARE AFTER

PERCENT
CRACK

TIME- AT LEAST NINETY

BUT

0F THEM, M|ST 0F US ARE REALLYAFTER AN EDUCATI0|I,

T"IJO

ING THE BOOKS AFTER

OR THREE YEARS OF CODE AND

MORE

coDE

(ron r,nr,nNyt4Ay)

AND NOT MUCH cHANcE FOR LEARNING

ls

GoING

TO BE TOUCH.

SPEND

A LOT OF SPARE TIME READING- MY O$JN BOOKS

OR THOSE OF I.IATES- iIANY LITERATURE BOOKS FROI,I! COLLEGES

I FIND
I

tN

THE LIBRARY 0P! IHE F0RtvlER SoURCE. BUT_RARELY CAUl/lE 0R

MANACE

TO

BENEFIT TO A GREAT EXTENT EECAUSE OF THE COf'ITIIIUTN

I \IPOSS IB

I NTERUPT

IONS, Nl\'N TI..|E

IL

IW OF BE I NG ABLE TO KEEP AT IT
IS
DONE FOR THE

DAY AFTER

DAY:

AND THEN I'OST OF THE READING

SOLE PURPOSE TO KEEP FROiI GOING HAYSIIRE II\'I THIS I'IONOTONY.

ITVE

TR D A HUNDRED TII'ES AT LEAsT, TO DEEIDE WHAT I

IIUANT

TO STI,DY AT OOLLEGE- rOR

IIUSIC? ALL

ITIS A OINOH IIl T't]INC- FIOOM OR CROOK. HAVE DOiJE IS DLAY. ANYTHINC ELSE I DONT KNOW

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oo.rks*
U. S.

S.

PRAIRIE

IN

THAT

LINE. IIM TOTALLY

ONLY AS

UNFAMILIAR rilITH SHTRDS, ENOCNTSSIONS DOESN|T ApPEAL TC ME AS

KNO|,l,
A

AND EVERYTI-|INC

ELSE, Ai\WAY MUSI?

LIFETIIIE

A LAST RESORT. IlVOU

ITM

NO

'O**EERMATFEI'ATICIAN l/l|HI4H l/{OIILD ELIVINATE ENCIIIEERING OR ANY

tryul0H 00'INTED TCC) qgg11 Qtrl

l,rATH,

I f VE ALIIAYS ApPRE4IATED E[!GLISH

ASID

'OURSE

LtTERATIjRE, rrsrOny AND SOtfETutNe !ilHtcH HAS FACKCR0UND AND Llf,E MEANiNG TO

IT. I CAN SIT FOR HOURS READING RIGHT FROM CHAUCER DOt|lN THE
I

LINE. IIM CRAZY ABOUT HISTORY IN ANY FORUI- OF ANY NATION.

PRIDE I4YSELF IN MY KNOWLEDGE OF AMERICAT'] HISTORY.

SPEND

LOT

OF TIME U'RITTilO LITTLE NOTES OR ESSAYS OR I1HAT HAVE YOU FOR

Otr{N

MY
rr!0ST

BENEFIT AND PLEASURE. MY L0CKER

0F tT

RE-READ AND

f fttsw AtrAy oNn FTELD DAY. BUT I

l+iRry*r
BY THIS
TIONOTONY.

lS

FULL 0F SUCH TRASH-

SAY AGAIN,

MOST OF THAT

IS

PROPOCATED

AS VOU SUCCTST,
YEAR

FEEL IT

WOTJLD

BE BETTER IF FOR THE FIRST

c0uRSE,

nr lensr, r r00K A pLAlN, crn,rnnl

IF

*ilcH

HAS N0

PARTICULAR VOCATION ATTACHED: BUT JUST BROAD EDUCATION PRINCIPLES,, AND DECIDE FROM THERE
STRA

POSSIBLE OR JUST GO ON AND MAKE

IGI{T 'CULTURAL'

CCURSE.

AS TO TqE COLLEGE ITSELF.

FOR NORTHWESTERN,

I DID t4tORK UP NUITE AN ATTACHMENT NN'N 4HI4ATO, WUCNI I t{AS ARCIJND THERE ANl] OOI'LD
LIKE. I
THINK YOIJ KNOlll| AS WELL
AS

SEE FOR',IYSELF WI-JAT THEY'IIIEPE

THAT ANY AITASHI,IENT FO.? INDIANA llvAs I'OSTLY PqOAIJSE INDIANA '|IAS ALL EVER HEARD FROM THE FAiIILY. llllAs ONLY AT I.U. ONCE. SO

MANY YEARS AGO

I CAN HARDLY REMEIAER. - I

SAlfl

A NICE

COLLEGE-

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PAGE FOUR

U. S.

S. PRAIRIE

r' FERK' Ey
FAR rnOM

CLEVELAffi. AS T0 sorlEplAcE LtKE pRlt\cET0N- rrlELL, frnf

'AL-

THE

rJ-'F

c-

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rr rs s0
COULD

I{OULD BE I\IICE- S"'ITT-I.

IT I I0

?OI-ILD MAKE

IT: BUI I

DOUBT

IF

urrr

rHEtR RE0U|REMENTS, O* THERE. AND AS

tF THAT ONCE GA|NED, XErp UP lll|TH THE

GENIUSES

THE SCHOOLS AROUND HOtvlE- t{lELL,

JUST

T}ONT KNOfI.-

YOUID THINK THAT AFTER TlilO YEARS

MADE

IID

HAVE MY MIND DEFINATELY

UP- BUT ALL

THOSE YEARS HAVE DONE I S

TO

I NCREASE

THE DOUBT

lND suRRouND My MIND rN A HAZE. rT HAS ctvEN ME oNE ruiNc, THoucH,

THAT CONTINIUING
tu.fY

EDUCATI0N

lS 0F ilXnX[nnffifnXf

PRllvlE IMPORTANCE-

T0 BE HANDLED FIRST. lrlvl S0 ANXIOUS T0 D0 THIS RIGHT AND NOT

RUSH BLINDLY INTO SOMEMHING THAT

CANI CONTEND

WITH. ALL MY

BUDDIES AGREE- ALL I'IE CAI\I DO

IS

SII

TIGHT- tlt|AIT FOR THE TIVE

TO CCME AND TAKB

IT

FRCi/ THERE. WHAI ELSE CAN IlE DO?

LOIS OF LOVE;

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