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for the least of you unto the greatest.
Your railroad fare round trip to Palo Alto for Saturday will be $1.50. You & Aunt Ruby will have to purchase round trip tickets to Redwood good from Saturday to Sunday (inclus.) & from Redwood purchase single trip tickets to Palo Alto. The roundtrip ticket to Palo Alto does not permit a stop-over at Redwood.
The cost of the buses for a two hour ride about the University & environment will be $5.00. There will be two buses each accomodating five persons and a driver. They are three seated surreys. One of the boys & myself will probably drive you about. If you intend to visit the Museum it will cost each of you $.25. Students are admitted free. (Do you care to visit the museum?)
(postscript)
As for luncheon - Bringing a basket lunch in
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the first place is out of the question. With a good restaurant on the Campus you cannot go without a first class meal at $.25 per. You would unspeak ably "queer" yourselves if you attempted to spread a cold lunch underneath the classic oaks & amid the delightful lawns of the University grounds.
Our Fraternity can accommodate ten visitors on a pinch by some of the boys remaining away from
[right side of document] Stanford, March 15 '00
My dear Mother:
I nearly fell asunder when your cheerful letter announced that a bevy of Amity-ites would visit me on Sat March 24th.
Well, I've put on the breastplate of righteousness & girded myself with guidebooks, maps & [?] schedules and I'm ready for all of you
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The cost of the buses for a two hour ride about the university & environment will be $5.00. There will be two buses each accommodating five persons and a driver. They are thru seated surreys. One of the boys & myself will probably drive you about. If you intend to visit the Museum it will cost each of you $.25. Students are admitted free. Do you care to visit the museum? (postscript) As for luncheon. Bringing a basket lunch in from the least of you unto the greatest.
Your railroad fare round trip to Palo Alto for Saturday will be $150. You and Aunt Ruby will have to purchase round trip tickets to Redwood good from Saturday to Sunday (inclus.) & from Redwood purchase single trip tickets to Palo Alto. The round trip ticket to Palo Alto does not permit a stop-over at Redwood.
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Write without delay -
Your loving son -
Fred.
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Stanford Univ.
March 18, 1900.
My dear Mother:
If you should enter my room any of these sunny afternoons you would find a lot of books opened out on my couch and my desk covered with a lot of papers and books and in the midst of it all you would find a long lanky form bent almost out of shape, tussling
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with a pen and some paper and these countless & confused mass of books. The object of your pity is myself and I am busily engaged on my thesis - the only nemesis of a senior economics student.
Well, what have you decided about your trip? If you intend to come let me know definitely as soon as possible, for I shall have to engage the vehicles ahead of time.
I neglected to send you the schedule in my letter of last week, and inclose it now.
When you write tell me positively how many will be present. You may be sure of a very pleasant visit. You will see all of the University and will be entertained at "my" house (meals $.25 per.)
Has Claude secured employment yet?
