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You don't get them. Last
night I dropt with the
funniest lecture by a
railroad official I fancy
in the Canadian Paige
Railway. The lantern
slides were beautiful
& recalled [illegible] the
trip home. But the
lecture was ludicrous,
nearly all dialect poetry
The past week has gone
quickly. have been writing
my Danton paper for Dr.
Howard. I am sick and

tired of it. Last week was
Rose Carnival in San Jose
Stanford day was the
great day & of course we
carried off the honors, beat
Berkeley etc. To-day there
is a fraternity initiation,
and the boys are going
around with white cotton
gloves on, fishing on the
middle of the dry quad-
rangle, patroling an arcade
with mock uniforms & brooms
and doing all imaginable
nonsense. I think I have
told Miss Hardy all your
news but I mustn't