11: o’clock Sun.

night.

Dearest,

Have been studying steady since 7:00 and am about wore out. I stayed down at Elaine’s last night and this morning Stan and I got up and played tennis. My game is improving.

About my dating when I was home last time. I saw Mary after the senior play and we went to the restraunt. I know what you are going to say now that you see why I was so understanding about the pin. Maybe I was understanding but I was also disgusted. I have told you many times that Mary doesn’t mean a thing to me and I still mean it. This might not sound very convincing in a letter but I do mean it.

Don’t you think “Bud” is alittle to much of a reduction for John Gerald Anthony Garity Jr? I guess its not any worse than Tom for Thomas E. Cartmell. I never put the Erastus anymore the E. enough.

Fri. night about six of us took the “L” down in Chicago to the show to the “Chicago” saw a pretty good stage show. Wish you could have been here. Honey when I think of how little I get to see you and how little the chance is for us being together for any length of time in the near future it makes me sick.

Have you been having a date every night?

Only two more weeks to go I hate to think of summer school. I doubt if I last through it.

With all my love,

Tom