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2 revisions | rdobson at Oct 25, 2017 11:44 PM | |
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3a college degree with as little effort as possible. Judged by standards of the post-war period from the 1920's on, later students have had much more "spoon-feeding" than we had, and in too many cases do not seem to know how think for themselves. That group seems to be too much in the majority - at least that was the case back east. Perhaps these war years have made a difference, for the better. This letter began as a few lines of greeting, but seems to have outgrown the idea. Though I have lost touch with Stanford since "Daddy" MacDowell retired, I often think of my happy year there studying for my M.A. and enjoying all that Stanford had to offer, including the Thursday evenings at Dr. Jordan's home. It has been a real pleasure to chat with you - and I hope this may give you some idea of our life and work out here so far from civilization. As yet I have met no other Stanford grads, but there are several of us at this post from U.C. (which I left for my fifth year at Stanford). Sincerely, | 3 |
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