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Show King^Bruwsiert House,Hinsdale, I l l s . Juno a6l ,t9^7. •x My B®ar Friend® *-• • ? w A general i®tt©r to you a l l , a n d f i r s t the weatherIffeat* 1© in ©rd®rrI. beli®v®rJun® i s nearly gon® and only th® *ia»t f®w .days have we had'Summer heat', but much" r a in and the humidity that goes with i t . I n f a c t . y e s t e r d a y we had one of our oldest residents fall in the corridor,on the* sweating* lin®ltm_._*p r e p a r a t i o n of the fioor.At on©* means were taken to put down temporary.covering to absorb the aoistur®. Today i t is b e t t e r , b u t YQTJ damp s t i l l . B a d , i n c i d e n t a l l y for s t i f f joixri^. ** At present in the' Rous£,we have two woa®n the twin ®ii~ t o r s f spending" .three months* in C a l i f . , a n d having ®uch a" good time in andt around Hollywood.41 so one lady" has been in the Ia®% six K#f|ftt l-BtttrgP a t h@r old horae several weeks,and on* called to a s i s t e r in Germany,has b##n gone sine® 0hristmas4tinutual i t . i s to b^s gone so- £ons«3h®'l®'very loyal to (*®t>te&ny and Russia.Oth®r residents are ooming and going for a day or more at W time. ; - • " • { " • • '' ' S i s t e r Mary and- I ' p u t in ajrery full three" days in our' eollege eit^Ctalssburg,which was o®lebrittng t&_jbvitfaad fCno* Oolloge 0®at®nnary . I t wan a groat t h r i l l for us,and i n l r e t r o s p « e t , I would not •have missed-it*0ur parents graduated in *^6 and f57;tw® brothers,Grade and I in *&bt&n& Mary in '£$•*# had a eomfortabl® rid© of two hour© fro A Aurora in a chair car.With time to @l9an up,ws hastened to our class r a u n i o n s , a n d l a t e r in the afternoon,watched th© Glass parados thru the p®.rkd£d to th®-iov@ly shaded campus with Inox* ®|fir®t bui;iding,Old Main renovated but as Natural as in the days of old.Her© on th® Ea®t ®id®, la the spot where Liacoifn and Douglas gave the 5" of their debate®.On TuoB«aftornoe&>w® sat-aa'd-hoard t h e ' o l d boll,accompanied by a Hammond organ In the open,ring on to the platform th®. procession of' spoakor® ' and faculty*?!*© to^es of th® bell were as of old.A groat audioao® w©r® seated on th® oitpus &n& heard Carl Sandburg,Gov. Winant of Na? Ma&p® «* o m r l l l ® . Gov Horn®r(#ho' wit® out of p o l i t i c s th©n and spoi© very w®ll) and foraor Pras. of Kno3& in th© *fo^s John Finioy^and the"' newly-eloofcod *?.«B#Carter David*®*,of 'Carlton College.Old -'«ain ha® not been r e b u i ld but renewed,and all th i n t e r i o r aad© into rooM® for e x h i b i t , o f f i c e s f®r work' of the .Alumni Ass'on. - • : ' ' * * * 4 I must go back and t e l l 'you of the sbox iunch®on" on the Oampus in th© fO , «v««794% pounds--of chicken had been fried,and 250$ bexoe 4\\ «o nie®ly pr®p&*®& w-ira d i s t r i b u t e d to groups in 5 #©ction®.Ohick®n"in one pi®oo, eandwiche® brown' and 'whit® in another,® container with £©i&to salad,on© a l so of «atta.s* ohe®s©,akd ana withf pA3kl«toiiv®3 and a radish.A paper , fork and ©poonfajid ioa eVeaa ,with Old Haiti in purpi® a n d r o i d dosiga followed the lunch.Bid # h&y® >a good fimeffoit you can g^ess.But th® opportunity to meet ©Id friends, wa® the b®st Qt a l l . I think I counted up 3Q or ^or®,Three *om®n *»or® daughters of ay mother1 $ elats®mat®®,andt th® nan*® of daies'burg "^id-timor®*- w«s»re r®minis©ent* Th«.r® Trfts a- f i n » pa-gaaat* of th® h i s t o r i e k l ' pioneer day® in fa ®pi®dd®s, ?h© wo-«o«ld aot so® very well in the great crowd oui®td®Iw« h®ard and i V v a a - r a r y goo<d.*?h®y Broke iha: P r k l r i o i " . / «£»#' Ekrastti'Oalkin®,an -®*rly. grtduato-of'ZabKigfcv®'® ta®Xtory in full detail.My parents wer® cttftder th© pro*£d*noy of did John a whan Blanohard, One' episode i i / t h© pag®-#" ®aat wa* h i s trying to stop th® f i r s t run of the Burlington train.Th* engineer *&id X half,® uy I orders^and wont onfa.r„d Pr®*m Dl&noh^ra m0 on J V r ^ ' r "' ' ^ h e ^^th©r those two days were p«rf*ot,bi_. V«d«Oouiimo®ii«ti-t.d«y wae^rory r-iiny,'si" the exercises had to be held in « J 2 *? S e h ° o 1 °y»n«i8iu»vH®r© w® fead ^ood seats and saw s i l the ®p®n&- ing|of th® program., t h e |0^*/graduat->fc and those who w®r© %i receif© ^ i r d®gr®®s^,but w© had to leave after''.the address ttf accept the kind off®* * f ^ t?wt l 9 l i l S f f f i a t e t 0 fc*'*n« ^*te h?it®# r i g h t to our door and thus w® w©r® saved th© waarisoa® and round-afeout return by r a l l . I o u can hardly know what a rell®f and comfort t h i s was#ln a nice Buic and good company.So good and «arly,we were once more in our own quiet and ©oafortabl® room® |