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My basketball practice will come at night. In fact, it is going on
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10 coaching basketball. This is rather a strenuous program, when I com-
bine it with two or three academic classes and the administrative load
which during war times is especially heavy. But why elaborate on that?
That is just what everybody has to do during the war - more work, and
we are tickled to death to do it because if we can lend any effort in
any way toward whipping those squareheads, those spaghetti benders and
those slit-eyes, then 7 want to do ali that I can to get the job over
with &S soon as possible.

5 haven fusulty mneting 0% 4180 Sn the College of ldleval deta,
so I am trying to write a letter to you and Hoot, one to Bobby, one to
_ Bleanor, and one to Mary. I haven't written any of them before, so you
see I am treating all you children alike. I wouldn't write one wmtil I
could write all of you. Do not have a stroke of apoplexy or cardiac
ee ee en eee @ letter from me. I read each one
ee eee a am very proud of both of you. I
like the fight that yo en ee ee
attitude Hoot will fee very proud of you. Mother and I are very proud -
at Wk san tad Mack nak know that when you are called on for service
you will as you have before respond one hundred per cent. You did a
swell job as Nurses Aide and in your other work in Chicago, and Hoot
did the fine thing of going to Pensacola rather than to serve in less
active lines.

With love to you both, I am

 Affectionately,

PCA:AH

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P.S. Congratulations to you on your birthday tomorrow. It is mine, also,
so we will both celebrate and be happy in oe ce a en Shak oe
many blessings to be thankful for. Would it be proper to suggest that you

kiss Stormy once for me?