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with our conclusions
[[red underline]] J. E. Phillipi, [[/red underline]] commercial attaché to our American Embassy in Rio here for supper Very interesting evening 
took him to Station at about 10 P.M
[[strikethrough]] March [[/strikethrough]] ^[[May]] 29. Here all day.
[[strikethrough]] March [[/strikethrough]] ^[[May]] 30 (Sunday) Here all day. Beautiful day. Read my three first Conrad Stories also, "A woman of no importance" by. O. Wilde
[[black underline]] May 31 [[/black underline]] Decoration day 
Cool but beautiful weather Mrs. [[red underline]] Baskerville, her daughter [[/red underline]] and a young man here for lunch. I went to Ion when accompanying them home 
Ion looks raw and half finished and unhospitable
June 1. Here all day dictating etc. Feel [[red underline]] rather nervous [[/red underline]]
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Afternoon visit of Belgians 
Mr. [[red underline]] Edward Bogaert and ^[[Dr.]] Henri Dustin, [[/red underline]] professors of the [[red underline]] University of Brussels [[/red underline]] introduced by [[red underline]] Rene Sand [[/red underline]] who came here to study our methods of teaching engineering as they want to introduce methods in Brussels. [[strikethrough]] Both w [[/strikethrough]] Both made good impression. [[red underline]] Bogaert was prisoner of war in Germany [[/red underline]] till after armistice. Dustin was commander [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] in charge of [[red underline]] inundation of Yzer. [[/red underline]] 
Altho' both are modest and reserved in speech they are intensely bitter about the [[red underline]] Germans, [[/red underline]] altho' they express themselves in a dignified way. They remained here for supper.
June 2. Commencement in Columbia University, [[red underline]] Bogaert and Dustin [[/red underline]] there. Had