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I hope you are well dear – I feel
better when I can look you over
& judge for myself – but mind [underlined]
if you are not well – better to
avoid the effort of xams [exams] &
take out leave of absence than
to hurt yourself permanantly [permanently]
by puting [putting] on too great a strain –
Norman thinks as we all
do [underlined] that it is wrong for you to
be at college at all at the present
time.

Jocelyn is expected any time as
he is to drive a Dodge machine
down to S.F. – He also expects
to get back here for Easter too – I
believe – so we hope to see a