{"id":2084,"date":"2018-04-26T22:10:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T22:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/?page_id=2084"},"modified":"2018-11-29T16:13:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T22:13:40","slug":"february-26-1942-evanston-illinois","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/letters\/chapter-3-northwestern-university-spring-of-1942\/february-26-1942-evanston-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"February 26, 1942, Evanston, Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><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 is delighted that Zoe is coming up to Evanston to visit him. It is bitterly cold and Lake Michigan is iced-in as far as Tom can see. His Chemistry course has added an additional 3-hour lab (total of 9 hours of lab per week.)\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>Thurs. noon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2107\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/February-26-1942-Evanston-Illinois-Page-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2107\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/February-26-1942-Evanston-Illinois-Page-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"February 26, 1942, Evanston, Illinois, Page 1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">February 26, 1942, Evanston, Illinois, Page 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dearest,<\/p>\n<p>I had to write as soon as I received your letter you don&#8217;t know how happy I was to hear that you had decided to come up. You don&#8217;t have the least idea how slow this next week will go. Let me know if your train arrives at the same time and I will be there. I will also fix the bed on the way down.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to warn me about going out to much with the same girl, but you seem to be doing O.K. with the S.A.E.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2084_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2084_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_2084_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2084_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_2084_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_2084_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Sigma Alpha Epsilon men&#8217;s fraternity at the University of Illinois<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_2084_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_2084_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2085\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2085\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sigma_Alpha_Epsilon_uiuc.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2085 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sigma_Alpha_Epsilon_uiuc-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity House, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois in 1990\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sigma_Alpha_Epsilon_uiuc-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sigma_Alpha_Epsilon_uiuc-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sigma_Alpha_Epsilon_uiuc-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sigma_Alpha_Epsilon_uiuc.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity House, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois in 1990<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2086\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2086\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0002440.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2086 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0002440-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0002440-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/0002440.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity House, University of Illinois, Champaign, in 1904<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I received a letter from you dad the same time I received yours. They must really be about snowed in at home. Its a good thing we aren&#8217;t there.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2108\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2108\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/February-26-1942-Evanston-Illinois-Page-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2108\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/February-26-1942-Evanston-Illinois-Page-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"February 26, 1942, Evanston, Illinois, Page 2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">February 26, 1942, Evanston, Illinois, Page 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I finally got my afternoon nap in yesterday afternoon, but then I was up till 2:00 last night working on a Statistic report for Psychology. They have added an other Chem lab on our course it comes Fri. afternoon. That make 9 hours of lab a week. It certainly is a good thing I am not taking any other lab subjects.<\/p>\n<p>A bunch of we fellows are going to the ballet this Fri. night. Can&#8217;t you see me at on of those.<\/p>\n<p>The lakes frozen out as far as you can see I have been tempted to walk out on it, but it doesn&#8217;t look any too strong.<\/p>\n<p>Its almost time for lunch so I will mail this on the way to class.<\/p>\n<p>Write soon and keep away from the S.A.E. for awhile<\/p>\n<p>With all my love,<\/p>\n<p>Tom<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2109\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2109\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/February-26-1942-Evanston-Illinois.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2109 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/February-26-1942-Evanston-Illinois-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"February 26, 1942, Evanston, Illinois\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/February-26-1942-Evanston-Illinois-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/February-26-1942-Evanston-Illinois.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">February 26, 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_2084_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_2084_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_2084_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_2084_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_2084_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_2084_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_2084_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\">Sigma Alpha Epsilon men&#8217;s fraternity at the University of Illinois<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function footnote_expand_reference_container_2084_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_2084_1').show(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_2084_1').text('\u2212'); } function footnote_collapse_reference_container_2084_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_2084_1').hide(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_2084_1').text('+'); } function footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_2084_1() { if (jQuery('#footnote_references_container_2084_1').is(':hidden')) { footnote_expand_reference_container_2084_1(); } else { footnote_collapse_reference_container_2084_1(); } } function footnote_moveToReference_2084_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_2084_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_2084_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_2084_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>Thurs. noon. Dearest, I had to write as soon as I received your letter you don&#8217;t know how happy I was to hear that you had decided to come up. You don&#8217;t have the least idea how slow this next week will go. 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