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March 14, 1947

Dear Mother and Daddy,

I just recieved your letter, and I am trying to follow orders. I really don't mean to have my letters arrive so late, but sometimes I don't get quite finished when I start them because of having to run off somewhere to do something, and sometimes when I leave them on the bannister to be mailed they don't get mailed right away. Anyway I'll try to see that they get off more promptly.

I got my law test back and I was tickeled pink. The boy was right when he said I had gotten a terrific grade. I got twenty-eight out of thirty points right. Two of the questions I got perfectly correct. Even some of the best people in the class didn't do nearly that well. I have no idea what the class average was, but in any case my grade should be at least a [B] or maybe an A, but I know it couldn't be any lower than that, and I think that that is pretty good for me in a law test. Now all I have to do is do alright in my finals and I will be set. The lowest grade I have gotten this quarter was a [C] and even that may have been a B-. All the rest of the grades have been in the B's. I'd certainly love to get wonderful grades, but the weather has turned out to be just beautiful, very sunny and hot, and every one is setting out for the beach, and I'm awfully afraid that I'll never get through finals without being tempted to go one day. I have already refused to go three days, and it's getting harder every time to refuse and go to the library instead.

I have not been able to find out from Anne what her silver and china are because she has already gone home. However I will send you her telephone number so that you can phone and ask what it is. Its Cr. 15336. I don't know whether I am supposed to give her a present by myself or not, seeing that I got a separate invitation.

March 14, 1947

Dear Mother and Daddy,

I just recieved your letter, and I am trying to follow orders. I really don't mean to have my letters arrive so late, but sometimes I don't get quite finished when I start them because of having to run off somewhere to do something, and sometimes when I leave them on the bannister to be mailed they don't get mailed right away. Anyway I'll try to see that they get off more promptly.

I got my law test back and I was tickeled pink. The boy was right when he said I had gotten a terrific grade. I got twenty-eight out of thirty points right. Two of the questions I got perfectly correct. Even some of the best people in the class didn't do nearly that well. I have no idea what the class average was, but in any case my grade should be at least a [B] or maybe an A, but I know it couldn't be any lower than that, and I think that that is pretty good for me in a law test. Now all I have to do is do alright in my finals and I will be set. The lowest grade I have gotten this quarter was a [C] and even that may have been a B-. All the rest of the grades have been in the B's. I'd certainly love to get wonderful grades, but the weather has turned out to be just beautiful, very sunny and hot, and every one is setting out for the beach, and I'm awfully afraid that I'll never get through finals without being tempted to go one day. I have already refused to go three days, and it's getting harder every time to refuse and go to the library instead.

I have not been able to find out from Anne what her silver and china are because she has already gone home. However I will send you her telephone number so that you can phone and ask what it is. Its Cr. 15336. I don't know whether I am supposed to give her a present by myself or not, seeing that I got a separate invitation.