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that she had a good time but not with her own folks; that she would go again but not to stay with them, but at a hotel. Last spring she was strong and could turn off a quantity of work. The other day she was laid up with pain and stiffness, something like lumbago I should think. It seems to me that she is so discouraged and disappointed that she is breaking down in health, but perhaps that isn't it. Hauchie is so generous he must seem a contrast to her beside her brothers in Germany. They have unconsciously imbibed the American spirit and become Americans, I think.

There were eleven of the ΑΔΠ [[Alpha Delta Pi]] girls, besides Jimmie and me, at the meeting. Mildred Metcalf was one of them. She inquired if we heard from Doris. They had 29 freshmen out to their first rushing party. There were 55 present, J. told me. It must have been a sumptuous affair I should judge from what she told me of it.

I hope that your knee is better and