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1007 West Oregon Urbana, Illinois February 29, 1956 Dear folks, Interesting to hear of the big blow. We no sooner got rid of our snow last week end than it snowed again, and today we are getting rid of that. Washington's birthday is not a holiday here, for us at least. Nothing much going on but work and study for myself and Jack respectively. Again this semester we are members of the Film Society and take in an old movie almost every Tuesday night, and on week ends we usually go out visiting one night, but the rest is work. Penelope is on a rampage now, her usual daily one. Jack lets her bite but does not permit scratching, a regulation sometimes hard to enforce. She is playing tag with him, ambushing and all the rest. As the weather gets better she likes to go out several times a day; when I come home for lunch Jack generally lets us in together, his two women-folk I expect Jack will take an assistantship (teaching) this coming fall. He has sent in his application. He would about $1500 for the academic year and be able to take 3 courses. Teaching assistantships are generally essirer than research ones, taking less time and drawing about the same remuneration. During the summer he will work for the University full time. He had a French exam this morning in which he did quite well. I will let him say a few words from here on.