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2615 St Margarets Court.,
Alameda, California.
June 13, 1924.

My dear Sneddy and Betty:

Congratulations and best wishes
upon your graduation. We rejoice so much
as you do over this feat as we realize just
what it means to you. I know what it
means to me i.e. "I shall have medical
attention free of charge." All joshing aside —
you have accomplished something that very
few men would have attempted under the
same conditions which you have so
eagerly, persistently and untiringly struggled.
It has proven that you are a man of ideals
and integrity. That you have an unfailing
spirit to move ahead against obstacles
which would flounder most men. Perhaps
the great battles of the Great World War
have taught and experienced you to
proceed against such odds. No doubt it
has helped. But more than that it is
the man himself. It is he who must
fight with the innate and covate powers
of the mind and decide as to whether he