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her mother to her marriage (long distance a few minutes ago) & breaking the news to her father, a very blind, conceited man, whom she's sure will disown her, whom her mother doesn't dare tell! She has a very unhappy family history, like Louise, & is hoping to get on solid ground, as she surely will with Dex. He has been accepted at Washington U. (state) & they will live in one of the best (climatically, sportsfully, animally, peoply) regions of the country, so she says. There she will get a Ph.D. (which her parents don't realize importance of; they want her to be a M.D.). So everything will be all right, so!

Nothing much of import, except that Jean, Nelson & I went to hear Norman Thomas lecture last night. He seems a reasonable, right-seeking man, if not brilliant. He kept an eye on the photographer, and when he saw the fellow raise the camera, he would clench his hands and came out with a jawy fortissimo of emphatic statement. The men have recently formed a socialist organization here, & most of the few ones I know (Dex, Koen & Nelson) are socialists - & Ina, Louise & Jean. [[strikethrough]] They [/strikethrough]] This & their atheism & our political discussions over orange juice when other girls are talking of waking up & window curtains has rather set them apart & induced hostility. Again & again some "unenlightened" girl will begin on the subject of religion; we four sit & glower at each other, having been through it so many times, & laugh at the disconcerted expression [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] on her face. -- always the same. [[strikethrough]] Well [[/strikethrough]] Tell me about the Science Talent you are at as I pen, & did you have agreeable women to gaze upon?

Love, 
Doris

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One word in last few lines I couldn't make out. Its marked as [[?]]