Dear Zoe,

I hope you will pardon the typing but I’m at Elaine’s tonight and my pen is out at the fraternity.

I pledged the Sigma Nu fraternity last night they have a swell bunch of fellows from all over the country. Sun. night is formal pledging and after that they start laying it on. This rush week has really been nice I’ve met so many fellows that I’ve just about forgot my own name.

I’ve got to bed before two just one night this week all the other they have taken us down to Chicago to all the night clubs Mon. night the Chicago thetre Tues. night the Bismark and the Panther Room at the hotel Sherman. I’m staying here at Elaine’s expecting to get a good nights sleep.^[1]Elaine and Stanley lived in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, just south of Evanston, where Northwestern University is located.

When you write me if you do, and I hope you do, send it to the Sigma Nu Frat. at Northwestern Univ., Evanston. I will be expecting to hear from you soon.

I have to take my placement exams Mon. morning at 8:00 o’clock. Then sometimes next week there is the freshmen dance.

I’ve seen alot of fellows that I’ve known from camp. Tuffy Chambers lives in the house and he’s capt. of this years football team and there’r going to beat the socks off of Illinois this year.

The way the house has things arranged each freshman rooms with an upper classmen and the sophomores live out of the house in apartments. The idea of having the freshmen with upperclassmen is that if they need their shoes shined or their faced washed there will be some one there to do it. The little green hats or to be issued next week, I’m afraid that I’m in for a pretty miserable year so wish me luck and hope the I get in with a fairly decent fellow.

I think I better be going to bed. I will sign this with Elaine’s pen, but I really shouldn’t after the way you insult my penmenship, which is of the highest degree and anyone would be proud to have the same ability. Don’t take this seriously because I think it stinks too.

With love,

Tom

I’ll be looking for a letter and don’t keep me looking to long.