Sigma Nu House
November 16, 1940Dear Bessie,
I am so glad this past week of mid-semester exams is over because now I have lots of time, finally, to write you a letter. We have been busy "grinding." Another word we have now for studying hard is "pulverizing."
This is Saturday afternoon and I've been getting things picked up around the room. This is going to be a comparatively quiet week-end. We have had several week-ends that have been lots of fun. We had four home football games with perfect weather for all of them. Last week we played our big rivals, Rhode Island State and lost to them 12-13. I felt a little sad to think it was my last college football game. I can't believe that the next commencement coming up is my own. I seem to be holding on to every minute. My freshman year was something like that, too, because I was doubtful about getting back to college.
Do you want to hear a couple of jokes that are going around campus?
(1) Do you know what babies are called today? They are called "weather-stripping" because they keep their fathers out of the draft.
(2) Do you know how a sheet of theme paper is like a lazy dog? Well, a sheet of paper is an ink-lined plane, an inclined plane is a slope-up, and a slow pup is a lazy dog.
Hope you are laughing!
This week at convocation we heard the Siberian Singers. They were wonderful! They had big solid chests and were they Russian! and the one in the blue satin was especially cute!
Back somewhere in the beginning I started to tell you about some lively week ends we have had. One Saturday we had a Fall Dance here at the house. We had fun decorating with fall leaves. On the next Saturday was the formal Ball of the fall. I enjoyed it more than anything else this fall. My date was a fellow I've had several good times with. (I wonder where he is today???) He is one of our top track men and tall and healthy. Oh, my!
Dad's Day was another Saturday. My dad and an uncle came up and enjoyed themselves very much.
Last week-end was Alumni Homecoming and the campus was overrun with alums. They were sleeping double in our double-deckers. All the sororities and fraternities had flags and welcome signs out. We constructed a Husky dog, our mascot, out of wood and cloth. A motor made his tail wag "welcome" all day. I'm afraid he looked more like a horse than a dog. Anyway we didn't get the prize.
I can do with a vacation about now, can't you? I'll be looking forward to seeing you in just about two weeks from now.
So long,
Dorothy [Calvert]