p.

Then too who do you think
appeared before our class to
drill us for our Commencement
music? A la Professor [Herdustein ?] !
He was a most excellent master
of the occasion, throwing
kisses to the boys on the
porch and drilling the
singers in the front rows
all within the same time.
I stepped into the arena
and shook hands with
him before the siege began,
and we had a real
pleasant chat, - he was
greatly interested to know
if you took the "date" with
the Indiana State Music
teachers, - all I knew was

you had received my message
and had written them
yourself! I promised to
let him know when I
heard, - he said he had
procured the copy of the
Musical Age for you
which you wished.
He treated me fine and
I bid him a cheerful
goodnight after all was
over.
Now a sad event, oh so
sad, our good neighbor
A Wilber Wood is today
violently insane. He has
recently lost his buisness [sic]
position and this seems
to result. Dear Mrs. Wood is