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know exactly what I really want to do, and since the fact remains
that one must have a college diploma to get a decent job, I guess I
may as well continue with my liberal arts education. I also guess that
I may as well finish up here. After all, I started here, and now that
I know everybody, it's not too bad.
It has been snowing up here and the campus looks pretty good,
for a change. All "the gang" got together last night and we went out
and built snow men, and rolled in the snow, and all in all acted like
a bunch of absolute infants.
Since I've used all my Christmas money on absolute essentials,
I need some more cash to tide me over until mid-semester vacation.
I miss everybody, and your cooking.
Please send me some flannel pajamas, it's as cold as anything up
here.
Love,
Charlotte
Dear Mom, May 2, 1957
You should see this campus. It is just fabulous! "Spring has
sprung," and all that sort of thing. No joke, though, it is really neat
up here.
These last couple of months have really gone too fast. It seems
as though everything waits until the last minute to come piling on us.
All the profs, are giving tests and frankly the only thing which will
carry me through is the ability to bluff. Absolutely everyone is behind.
Last weekend was really something. We all decided that we
had to get out, so we went to Atlantic City. We took all day and
packed a lunch. We were planning on cooking over a roaring fire
but when we got there we found out that no fires are to be built with-
in sight of the boardwalk. Well, in Atlantic City it's practically im-
possible to get out of sight of the boardwalk. So, we ended up eating
in a SOrt of dump heap for boats. We built a fireplace and everything.
It was really colorful. One cloud within the silver lining: my wallet
was stolen. Of course there wasn't much money in it (HINT) but
all my identification cards were, so I just hope that I don't get lost
between now and summer vacation. It happened in the wash room
where we were changing into our bathing suits. We had to kind of
hide while we were changing due to a sign that said "ABSOLUTELY
NO CHANGING OF BATHING SUITS AND NO DOGS IN THIS
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