Ottawa High School, and I believe she will make a very capable secretary.
My strategy in choosing a younger girl is that I believe it will take
them at least two years to get lined up. These other girls were older.
I wouldn't say on the anxious margin, but at the same time these younger
ones have more years to go.

You mention Ruth Pyle. Did I tell you that I offered
her the dance job and I talked to her physician and found out that her
heart was not affected nearly as much as represented. One of my good
friends on the faculty at Rosedale talked to this doctor and he stated
it would have been a good thing for her to have taken this job. ‘So I
believe that you have been wasting some )

injured her here. The dostor who had been caring for her said that this
was something that came to her long before her school days at the Univer

sity. I felt moh better after having that information, especially after
what you hed told me previously. .

regarding —— She was going splendidly at
‘Wyundotte wad Mise 8, Barnett was hor eading guide and counsel, She dated
with Mise Barnett regularly, then something happened, whether Miss :
Barnett got jealous of her, or whether Maxyne slipped a cog, I do not
know, But Mexyne ceme to see mo and asked my help. I went to Super-
intendent Schlagle and to Principal Wellemeyer end had the cooperation
of Tom Van Cleave, Sra, who is a momber of the boards They told me
that she was just impossible and that they would have to demote her
which they did some time after Christmas, and then they let her out in
June. I remember your telling me how good she was one day and how
poor the next. Well, that caught up with her end it happened in such
@ way that I could not help her» I do mot know what she is doing at
‘the present time, but 1t would be hagardous, I am efraid, to recommend
her for another trial, She had been in a small sehool and then had
catapulted to Vyendotte. She had the opportunity of her career, but
she didn't see it.

You asked about Mrs. Hulteen and I mst tell you that
she has two fine children and she is only helping me out because things
were in such a mess after tro nervous pre-brides got through shuffling
the correspondence that a sleight of hand dealer could not have worked
—— out. So we called on Mra. Bulteen. George is a postal clerk

and doing splendidly, but the fact that Sam Moyer, the supervisor of
mails, was called into the National Guard, upset things a
down there at the postoffice. Moyor's substitute is endeavoring to
do on less help end in that way hes out down om the hours for all,
This naturally works a hardship on all the boys, but since he is the
None 7 Gunes Whey Wil) Just have to wale wnets fim omens or Tihs
fellow gets siok.

 

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old today, end she is a dendy. I saw her a number of times during our —
eight weeks recreation course, end she is just es spry and chipper as