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April 8, 1949

Dear Folks,

Your letter grieved me most severely. It is certainly true that I was unwise to tell Dol. [[strikethrough]] How [[/strikethrough]] That is one of the things it is hardest to help. I was unable to find anyone to tell and was having to do something. [[strikethrough]] Howe [[/strikethrough]] A moral judgement however is not in place by you. In the first place, his affairs are truly not known, and if you have even heard about the Kinsey Report you will realize how common such attachments are: so much for the reputation. The medical school is a highly immoral place to say the least; if the city of Boston knew what I know of it there would be investigations unending. The term philanderer is hardly to be applied so carelessly. Bill [[strikethrough]] is hav [[/strikethrough]] has always had a hell of a time; I think he should go to a psychologist; but he is coming out of it and I think may become capable of single attachments. At any rate you know I shall stand by him & try to help him overcome despairs etc [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] as well as I can. Lately I have not helped enough, but tonight I shall try again to be good & sympathetic. He was [[strikethrough]] so [[/strikethrough]] miserable last night, having missed a big question on an exam that day, that he shut himself off so I could not reach him. "Weak moral fibers" is hardly a good description for his state, is a most blind prejudicial one. I am sorry I must use such language but I must get this out of my system before Horbé comes to pick me up; I must be balanced when I see him. Of course I have known all he has done for a year. He has had 1 other attachment, thrown over soon, with an uneducated woman, a nurse. This girl is a grad student. Is is surely