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Arlington, Va.
29 Apr 1947.

Dear Doris:

You sound awfully rushed. I hope those papers are off by now so you will have breathing time before cramming for your finals. Do they all come in a heap at the start or do you have them nicely spread out? Cheer up, in less than a month you can forget everything you ever learned in a jiffy and settle down to an unintellectual summer, doing as you please, that is, here in Wash D.C. We have just got to see you sometime.

Have you received the package of dried herb specimens? Dad sent them off some days ago. I hope you weren't broke? to be baby tending. We also sent a check Sunday. I wish you would get over to Boston Pops sometime this spring, some evening. I used to enjoy those concerts. If you ever have time. When does the spring formal come? Have you had your dress cleaned yet? I hope the young chap is a good dancer. Usually they are if they aren't worth much, it's my experience! The nicest man I ever danced with, or rather the nicest dancer, was a fat Irishman, Frank O'Brien. I noticed not long ago an account of him as being of the finest leaders of boys in some low down section of NY City. He was noted for being a "Bing Crosby" character there, but you'd never have suspected it back in Psychopathic Hosp. days.

Rosealvina is preparing her tour of the U.S museums. She leaves early in May to go to N.Y. Yale, Harvard, then to Chicago. But she won't reach Cambridge till around June 1st when you will be gone. She said, "I will see her again here in Wash. before I fly back to Peru the last of June". She is counting on a day at the beach with us all. Every