August 25, 1933 - Friday

Postmarked Aug 26, 1933 Portland Oregon

To GLH, 5836 Race Ave, Chicago Ill

From AEP, Berkeley Calif

Friday night – August 25, 1933

George darling,

It is so hard to start this letter. I did so want it to be a cheerful newsy letter but I’m afraid I can’t handle it tonight. If I tried I’m afraid it would sound like one I had composed to amuse my grand uncle. Sweetheart, I miss you so much I can hardly bear the tho’t of our long separation. O, I wish you were here to comfort me. I love to have you comfort me.  If I were only rich and it didn’t matter how much money I spent I would fly back tomorrow morning, tonight if there were a plane. Then while you were in school I could come up all the time to see you. O, lover this winter is going to be unbearable if I can’t come up to see you! I shouldn’t be so blue because I have really had a wonderful day.

Dorothy Cunningham’s luncheon was a huge success as far as I am concerned. I had a wonderful time seeing all the girls together before we leave. There are going to be a whole lot of people down to the boat to see us off. There were fifteen of us there and we played cards afterwards. I enjoyed myself in spite of cards because they weren’t serious cards. Molly Lou told me to tell you hello, so hello, dear. Lois Floid, Betty Zeutner, Kate Alward, Kakie, Mike, Neargo, Mary Dixon, Karie, Doro, Tommy, the two Cunninghams, June and I were the other fourteen. It was certainly a swell looking bunch of girls, any rushee that might have looked in on that bunch would have been crazy to think of any other house in comparison. Of course I’m not patting ourselves on the back or anything but they certainly looked swell. June was much impressed.

Betty Zeutner is going to be down in San Francisco going to a private secretarial school so I can have her come up for week-ends when I go into get June. Did I tell you that June is going to stay with the Cresaps and go to Berkeley. Hi? I can imagine you are wondering why Betty wants to go to a private secretarial school in San Francisco for, now aren’t you? Well she never would have graduated from Oregon, her grades weren’t high enough and there is a good private secretarial school in San Francisco and her parents can afford to send her, so why not?

Tonight Ellen Jean and I went down to the Egyptian and saw “Reunion in Vienna” a darling movie!

June went out with Bill Sloath (and forgot her key incidentally). He got back about two days ago. They were going swimming, then to dinner, then to a show, and then dancing, if you please. That sounds like Manila if you ask me but then you didn’t.

That’s the best I can do, dear. If I wrote the way I feel I would fill this letter with how much I love you and how much I miss you, lover.

Ann

Aug 25, 1933

Dear Family,

Jim and I went through the Swift Packing Company today. It is the biggest thing I have ever been in. Everything goes on a chain, and as the meat passes each man, he just makes one certain cut with his knife. We saw everything; from the killing to the packing. Things move so rapidly that from the moment, the hogs for example, enter the killing room until they emerge ready for market, takes practically no time at all. Just think; they prepare 750 hogs an hour for market.

In the killing rooms, blood just flows in rivers; and the men are covered with it. We saw them make soap, cure meat, make oleo margarine and prepare all the fresh meats.

On the way home we passed the International Harvester co., and the Crane co. The Crane Co. covers blocks and blocks. I have never seen such a large group of buildings.

I just happened to think, Dad, that when we went through Newton, Iowa, we passed right by the Newton Manufacturing Co. It is a two story brick building, covering about a block and a half. The Maytag Washing Machine Co. is also located there.

Jim and I are beginning to get located here, now. We do’t get lost when we go out driving anymore. I would lots rather drive in this city than in Portland. There is no sluggish traffic here; it moves along about fifty and never slower than thirty. When a stop light lets you move ahead here, you move about fifteen blocks, not just one dinky block. It makes no difference which side you pass on or park on; so you see things can move along real swiftly. Another thing is that you cannot turn left except on a red light. You work into the outside lane and just stop there. When the red light shows, the cars going your original direction have to stop and you can go left. There are surprisingly few accidents for such a huge place.

Last evening we went to the Oriental Theatre and saw Marie Dressler and Wallace Berry playing in Tugboat Annie. It was very fine, and the show house is beautiful. After the feature we walked around town, window shopping. Marshall Fields has beautiful displays.

Tomorrow we are going through Marshall Fields and the Shedd Aquarium. There are so many thing for us to see, that we don’t know where to begin.

We have seen lots already. A couple of days ago we went over to the University of Chicago and looked up Doctor Conklin. He is our Psychology Professor, and he is teaching at summer school here. He just dropped everything and spent the whole afternoon showing us around. The University covers about one hundred acres, and the buildings are too grand to describe. In the evening, he took us to dinner at the Quadrangle Club, of which he is a member. This is a very famous and exclusive club; I suppose its roster of members contains the names of more great scholars than any other club in the world. He pointed many of them out to us as they came in to dinner. 

You see, we are having a wonderful time. It is the finest education I could get anywhere in three weeks.

Lots of Love,

Brother.