June 6, 1932 - Monday

So much studying today. I went downtown with George early then study ‘til lunch. Went down again after lunch with him then studied at the library ‘til 5. After supper went for a ride then at seven thirty back to the library. I’m tired, studied late.

George's letter home:

Dear Dad,

I received your letter this morning; and needless to say, I enjoyed it thoroughly. I like the watch you and mother sent me very much. From now on I will know what time it is and there will be no excuse for lateness.

Anne took me to dinner at the Eugene Hotel. We had a great big plain steak dinner, and we both felt like two stuffed peppers. After that we went back to the Alpha Phi house where she gave me two lovely books. One is an autobiography of Napoleon by Emil Ludwig and the other is an autobiography of Rasputin by Fulop-Miller.  This man, Rasputin, was very prominent in the Russian Revolution. That wasn’t all, though. After that she took me to a show. All in all, I have had a wonderful birthday. You and mother, Aunt Lid and the Grandfolks, and Anne, have all been so nice to me.

Exams start this week, and I am just back from one now. It was not a hard one, however. It was just a gym exam that I finished in twenty minutes. That will not be the case with the rest, though; they will be hard as they make them, and I will have to bone real hard.

I don’t know if I will be home on the fourteenth or the fifteenth, but I shall let you know in plenty of time. I have so much stuff to take home with me, that I don’t quite know where I will pack all of it. If you can find it possible to drive down after me, it will help matters out considerably.

There doesn’t seem to be much hope for any kind of a visit with you two anymore. I stay down here all winter and then go to the lake all summer. I miss seeing you very much, but as long as there will be a time when I must depend on myself anyway, I might just as well ease into it gradually. Then the parting won’t be so hard.

I went to Roseburg yesterday with Bob Norton, and I was a little disappointed in the town. Ever since I can remember, I have been hearing about that town, and all it is, is a little group of shacks set in a hole. Well I have seen it now, and that adds one more chapter to my great and extensive travels. Some of these days, Dad, I am going to bust loose and see this old world. I am getting tired of being a native son, true and proper.

I am going to study a little Econ now; that is the only exam I am afraid of. Thank you again for the watch, Dad, and I will see you in a few days.

Love, George

Jane's Notes: I have to laugh at the 2nd to the last paragraph. Dad always told the tale of my desire to "shake the dust of this hick town" when I graduated and wanted to leave Oregon City. I only wish I could read this paragraph back to him now.