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July 19, 1944
I am sorry that I didn't mention the things which you said you wished to know about, but I just wasn't as enthusiastic about them as I was about the campus and the success of my room. About my roommates; you can't exactly call them room-mates because I never see them except when I use their room for a [hall?]. One of them is named Beatrice Bowman. She comes from San Francisco. She is awfully nice and quiet and her parents seem very nice too, but I have my suspicions about her being [gentle?]. The other girl is Marilyn [Dey?]. She is also from San
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Francisco. She went to a school there which would correspond with Marlborough. She is nice too; she has a very pretty face, but is a little fat. I really don't know them awfully well because I am never in my room except when studying or sleeping and there isn't anytime then for conversation.
About my teachers. My Geology teacher is a Mr. Kirbley who is entirely devoid of personality, but he is very efficient. He is fairly young and is doing some research on something; consequently, he is not too awfully interested in the class. I am really glad of this because now I can get out of the class what I can without getting too awful grades. My English teacher's name is Mr. Conley. He is the one that reminds me of Edgar Allen Poe; he has a rather dry sense of humor and is very intellectual. All the girls are in love with my Western Civilization teacher Mr. Grinnell.
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He looks like a combination of Frank Sinatra and George Murphy with a Bob Hope nose. He is a bachelor and only twenty-four, but he has developed his own ideas about things which, I guess is sort of unusual for a man so young. He is also very thorough. My French teacher looks like a W. Somerset Maugham character. He is very jovial and everyone likes him. His name is Mr. Naughton.
The meals here are simply wonderful. They have three huge meals a day and a great variety of food. My clothes are fine and are perfectly suited, but I am afraid that I will need - later on - some more skirts and sweaters. I got the blanket yesterday. It seems very nice but does not have
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much weight.
I had my medical physical yesterday and I'm OK except that I am a little anemic, but I was given some iron pills to take. I had lost a few pounds just after I came up here because of the great amount of walking (incidentally, when you send the bike, please also send a basket for it). The doctor said I was exactly the right weight but that I was not evenly distributed.
No doubt you have been hearing about the explosion near Martinez. I felt it even way down here. At the time it happened I was studying about earthquake waves and i was sure that I had felt an earthquake and was attempting to analyze it.
I must close now to go an practice. I am learning two new pieces and expect to know them by the end of the quarter.
Love to all, Mary
