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July 16, 1944
You will be glad to know that I am studying very hard. I studied most of yesterday and I had planned to go swimming this afternoon, but I fear that I will not have the time. I like the studying though, because it is so interesting. The teachers are all very amusing in one way or another. One reminds me of Edgar Allen Poe, and another reminds me of a W. Somerset Maugham character. I had been feeling a little self conscious in class because I hadn't been to school with boys in
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so long; but I found that all the other girls from Marlborough feel the same way; and when I talked to an old girl from Marlborough she said that she and all of her friends were that way too, but they soon got over it, so I guess that it is only natural.
I have arranged a beautiful schedule for myself. I clean my room on Friday afternoon, write my English Composition on Saturday morning before I seen anyone, and do my washing on Saturday afternoon. They have the most ingenious place here to do washing. I can't explain it to you, but I will show it to you when you come here. It is certainly interesting.
I think that you had better call the Broadway Hollywood about my blanket which has as yet not arrived. Neither have I received any of the packages that you may have sent. I did get a package, and I was all excited, but instead I was presented with a postcard with 2 cents due from Maggie and Merle. I am still laughing about that.
I wish that you would send me Bobbie's address so that I could write him.
Give my love to all, Mary
