March 27, 1924, Austin to Boston to Brookline, Massachusetts

Dearest Old Sweetheart, I guess you're all packed up and ready to go now. I just heard from some of my exams, and some of my term grades. I got a B in Zo (my only one) [parabola drawn between B and my] and a D in Chem. and from the exam grades of my other subjects, I haven't a chance of getting more than D in any of them. Now, will you accept my bet and save me, or will you let me go onward down the path? I'm afraid Ralph Johnson is going to have to go home. He's going to try to bluff the dean into letting him stay, but I don't know whether it will work or not. Well, I think it's been about a week since I got your last letter, and it seems like a year. I expect I'll begin getting about one a day now,-- am I right? I've been in class all day today. I had two labs-- Chem and Zo and that took up quite a bit of my time, and I haven't done anything else. I learned all about a starfish in ZO. – Phylum Echinodermata, Class Asteroidea, name Asterias, his outsides and insides and everything – It's delightful work. Well, my dear, be sure and write to me as often as you can, and tell me everything you do, and every man you meet, and tell me once in a while that you still love me if you happen to feel that way. Love, Henry Continued – Mar. 22 Here I've been writing so faithfully every day to 10 Hen. Ave., etc. to my poor lonesome little sweetheart, and here she has been in Norwich, Conn. having the time of her life, and didn't even tell me where she was going. Would it bump you. Now, listen here, young lady, I want to start getting those letters you owe me, Savez? I just got your letter in time to get this letter (already addressed to 10 Hensh) addressed to your Hotel Vic. I've got a Fr. Class now, so I've got to beat it. I'll be expecting those letters you owe me, letter for letter. Love, Henry