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a little brown feathered object just outside beside her. Getting out a bird book, I and Joan Cederstrand decided that it could only be a Brown Creeper. How she caught it we'll never know. I believe I have seen small and inconspicuous birds creeping around tree-trunks near here. How common are they? We found out (Chapman) that the Brown Creeper is the sole species in the U.S. and only winters in our region, but little beyond that. I don't think she could catch any save the weakest or wounded birds, because of her poor tactics. When she stands up at the window and yammers at the robin, he just stands a few feet outside and looks at her without fear. We don't let her out much, but if we don't let her out at all she makes life unbearable with complaints.

I don't know why Ina should not want to see you folks. Glad to hear Barbara wrote. We haven't heard for a while from her, but she writes so voluminously that I wouldn't want her to write too often for fear of exhausting her.

We'll be interested in hearing about the meeting with the boys and their fathers.

Some friends gave a very nice party last Sat. night and invited about 15 people including us. They were married recently and have finally got a little settled. Jack knew the boy in undergraduate days. His brother is taking courses in my department and I see him often.

Jack took his [[strikethrough]] qualify [[/strikethrough]] proficiency exam in French last Friday evening and should hear the results this afternoon. I'm pretty sure he passed, for he left early and thought it extremely easy. He won't be able to take Russian as I will because of lack of time -- 3 years of i t needed, and only 1 - 2 semesters of German. He will try to pick it up later, for he wants very much to.

Well, must get back to work.
Love,
Doris