{"id":2018,"date":"2018-04-19T17:01:39","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T17:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/?page_id=2018"},"modified":"2018-11-29T16:26:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T22:26:09","slug":"january-8-1942-evanston-illinois","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/letters\/chapter-3-northwestern-university-spring-of-1942\/january-8-1942-evanston-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"January 5, 1942, Evanston, Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='dropshadowboxes-container ' style='width:auto;'>\r\n                            <div class='dropshadowboxes-drop-shadow dropshadowboxes-rounded-corners dropshadowboxes-inside-and-outside-shadow dropshadowboxes-lifted-both dropshadowboxes-effect-default' style=' border: 1px solid #dddddd; height:; background-color:#edf2f9;    '>\r\n                            Tom has arrived back at Northwestern after the Christmas holidays and is missing being with Zoe. He has some competition for her affections from Jim Cearnal\u00a0and an unnamed Chemistry instructor. Tom and his friend, Steve Hempelman attend a basketball game between Northwestern and Minnesota.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2018_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2018_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_2018_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2018_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_2018_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_2018_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Northwestern won, 49-38<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_2018_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_2018_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\n<p>Mon. afternoon<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2007\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2007\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/January-5-1942-Evanston-Illinois-Page-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2007\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/January-5-1942-Evanston-Illinois-Page-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"January 5, 1942, Evanston, Illinois, Page 1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">January 5, 1942, Evanston, Illinois, Page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dearest,<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t wait any longer to write you. Already it seems like yesterday was ages ago.<\/p>\n<p>I arrived in Chicago at 10:00 the train was an hour late. I hope you made it back O.K. and be sure and take care of your cold, you know, stay in on weekends and the such, but all kidding aside do take care of it. The temperate here is 6 degrees below and believe me its really cold I just about froze coming out on the &#8220;L&#8221; last night. I stopped off and saw Elaine and Stanley they were up and had been expecting me.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2008\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2008\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/January-5-1942-Evanston-Illinois-Page-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2008\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/January-5-1942-Evanston-Illinois-Page-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"January 5, 1942, Evanston, Illinois, Page 3\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">January 5, 1942, Evanston, Illinois, Page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I think I was more homesick this morning than I had yet been, but it really wasn&#8217;t homesickness for home. Zoe, I really never felt so let down in all my life as I did when I got on the train last night. It hasn&#8217;t left me yet either. You do believe me when I tell you that I love you, don&#8217;t you, Zoe? I hope you meant what you said in your letter at home, and I really wouldn&#8217;t have let anybody read it if I had seen it first.<\/p>\n<p>I think I will go down to Elaine&#8217;s Wed. afternoon I still have all her presents to take. Our house formal is Feb. 7 but I told the boys and had other and better dates for that weekend, and by the way I hadn&#8217;t asked you for a date for then yet. May I have a few? (R.S.V.P.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p>I hope my competition isn&#8217;t to great down there between Jim and the Chem instructor because I am at a little disadvantage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/people\/steve-hempelman\/\">Steve<\/a> and I are going to the basket-ball game tonight N.U. and Minnesota play it should be a good game.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2019\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2019\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NU_Patten_Gymnasium.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2019\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NU_Patten_Gymnasium-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Northwestern&#039;s Patten Gymnasium, opened in 1940. This is where Tom and Steve attended basketball games. Their fraternity house (Sigma Nu) is at the far right of the picture, just across a narrow road next to the gymnnasium.\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NU_Patten_Gymnasium-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NU_Patten_Gymnasium-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NU_Patten_Gymnasium-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/NU_Patten_Gymnasium.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Northwestern&#8217;s Patten Gymnasium, opened in 1940. This is where Tom and Steve attended basketball games. Their fraternity house (Sigma Nu) is at the far right of the picture, just across a narrow road next to the gymnnasium.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t like this letter let me know and I won&#8217;t write any more like it, but its the way you have me feeling. I had to tell somebody how much I love you, I guess I could tell <a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/people\/steve-hempelman\/\">Steve<\/a> but I doubt if that would give much satisfaction.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2008\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2008\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/January-5-1942-Evanston-Illinois-Page-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2008\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/January-5-1942-Evanston-Illinois-Page-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"January 5, 1942, Evanston, Illinois, Page 3\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">January 5, 1942, Evanston, Illinois, Page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I had better close now and try to study alittle. Remember you you can&#8217;t write often enough to suit me. I am always expecting a letter.<\/p>\n<p>Pardon the different colors between the envelopes and paper, but some xxx xxxx so an so took all my white envelopes. See you the 7th.<\/p>\n<p>With love,<\/p>\n<p>Tom<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2006\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2006\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/January-5-1942-Evanston-Illinois.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2006 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/January-5-1942-Evanston-Illinois-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"January 5, 1942, Evanston, Illinois\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/January-5-1942-Evanston-Illinois-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/January-5-1942-Evanston-Illinois.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">January 5, 1942, Evanston, Illinois<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_2018_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_2018_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_2018_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_2018_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_2018_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_2018_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_2018_1_1');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">Northwestern won, 49-38<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function footnote_expand_reference_container_2018_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_2018_1').show(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_2018_1').text('\u2212'); } function footnote_collapse_reference_container_2018_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_2018_1').hide(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_2018_1').text('+'); } function footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_2018_1() { if (jQuery('#footnote_references_container_2018_1').is(':hidden')) { footnote_expand_reference_container_2018_1(); } else { footnote_collapse_reference_container_2018_1(); } } function footnote_moveToReference_2018_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_2018_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } } function footnote_moveToAnchor_2018_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_2018_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } }<\/script> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mon. afternoon Dearest, I couldn&#8217;t wait any longer to write you. 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