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Thursday 7.1.60

Hi again sweetheart,

Another good day today - 2 letter from my darling! It sure gives
a nice warm and excited feeling in my heart to see letters in the box.
And one was postmarked 8AM Jan. 4, - only 3 days! We really aren't so
far apart at that rate. the grades sounded good - all A's and B's. Glad
about Psych but I wish Harmony had been an A. I guess no plus points for
French either, huh? Maybe I'm a good influence afterall! And even if
I'm not you can't get rid of me! So there. Yes classes are about as you said
(tho anthro reading not really required - no tests!) More about that when
I have more time and space. And I do enjoy your "philosophizing." You don;t
have to be embarassed about it - as you can see from my letters it's hard
for me to express such feelings accurately too. But worth it, nicht wahr?
Now back to Stuttgart. But say, didn't you get a letter from N.Y. before you
left for school? It should have had 3 - 4 days to reach you. Well, anyway,
by now you've had mail from over here.

After a look at the city from the heights, we walked down town again to
the Stuttgarter Bahnhof Hofbräu and had a beer and listened to a silly little
4 piece band play German songs which people sany. Then we left to
walk a few blocks to the Liederhalle. This is the city concerthall - 3
years old and absolutely beautiful. It is very large, having on the
grounds 3 auditoriums (2000, 900 and a smaller one, maybe 500) and
a restaurant (I had some fine pictures and literature on it which will better
elaborate than a letter can.) And the program - The Stuttgart Kammerorchester
(chamber orch.) with a whole program of Mozart (Symph. in A major, Violin Concerto
in A major, Divertamento Nr. 17 in D major.). And the best part of all - out seats.
The concert was almost all filled up by subscripion guests, only 200
seats for public sale. So strings were pulled and seats were set on the rear
of the stage (4 rows, right behind the orchestra of which Stanford had about 2/3
of the seats). So I was about 30 ft. from the conductor (Karl Munchingen),
like in the percussion section of a large orchestra! The balance of sound
was of course a little off (loud French horns blowing back at us, soft violas)
but this was more than offset by being about to watch him conduct (hands,
face and eyebrows were very expressive and he got just what he wanted)
Very suave and gay performance especially the Divertimento. A beautiful
evening, and I had you in my heart for all of it. And I'm saving programs
for such things too!