21 October 1918

Dear Don

Still sitting at the Assembly! This year I subscribed to the Alumnus and if anything ought to keep me in touch with A.M.C.S. this ought to. I have the most terrible feeling though when I read about May Chase's death on page 37. I have never heard you say whether or not you take the Alumnus and perchance you don't I'll mail you my copy. Read it over carefully and you’ll see all kinds of interesting news about your fraternity brothers and classmates. Seems like a thousand years since I've ever seen any of the old time friends. So any Pi Phi’s are having babies. My isn’t Jack Dodds prolific?

Sat. it rained all day nearly. I came up to the school house with the girls and got lunch and in the p.m. we sewed and got clothes ready for the fire refugees. I sleaved (?) out few of my old pieces of clothing but what I have left looks like stuff for refugees.

Saturday night my roommate was gone so Edythe staid all night with me. Sunday morning she got up and got breakfast and I did the dishes and then I came to the school to see about some work for dinner. In the p.m. I cleaned up my desk and then while Edythe wrote letters I cleaned up my closet, which surely needed it.

Mrs. Dawes [sic] took us out to the Esquagamah Country Club. It was the grandest nite, a great big moon and the air was so sharp. The keeper had a grand big fire in the fireplace and we sat around a while and talked and listened to the player piano and then drove back. Pinkie and I were dying to dance but Dawes are kind of religious like and being their guests I kept my feet still.

The school board have leased the dining room and kitchen of the hotel for our club so I expect we'll start over there soon. The girls have been satisfied with what I'm feeding them. According to our contract we are not supposed to do anything to earn money outside of school so it had to be brought up before the board whether or not I could receive compensation for my services. They were willing but old JE is afraid I'll be getting more than what's coming to me so he told me we should put in new girls often. I'm willing, more than willing but the girls have a fit when I mention changing.

I certainly will never teach under that mutt another year. I went to the office the other day to see about having certain class changed. He was so darn orner and I decided I'd sit tight and not give in to his henny (?) ideas and after an afternoon’s “thinking over” he gave in to me but it nearly left a cramp in him.

Must close and get ready for a grade class. They are what make gray hairs in my head. Edythe and I are simply inseparable. She insists on me going to Fargo with her Xmas time, her mother even wrote, but me for Betty [little niece in Mason City?] if everything is favourable.

Much love,
Leone

Oct. 21 1918.