Lansing Central High School - Oracle Yearbook (Lansing, MI)

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tjust the kind that I adniirel he is tall and well built, and with a wonderful s111ile and a good set of teeth. Uh yes, and he never' looks at a. girl except Virginia, and she knows he's in love with her, any- way she asked hini if he wasn't and he said, Of course . Also he hated auburn hair ta good hint for niej and kissed l1e1' hand when they parted at the end of the niost perfect day she had ever witness- ed. She asked nie what I thought of that and seemed offended when I asked her how she got that way I? Daddy they look at ine horror stricken when I use this expression-I can't see that it is bad Eng- lish.l Hut I quickly added that I thought it was awfully roinatic even. though it was a trifle se11ti1nental. He is probably talking to sonie sweet looking yoeinanette at this tinie. Anyway he ought to be if lie isn't. Poor Jinnly doesn't seein to know boys as well as I do and be- sides she is rather silly. I've got to have iny subjects put i11to schedule order to-nlorrow niorning and I suppose ineet iny beloved instructors. XVill tell you about theni later Daddy dear. .lust now I'ni awfully tired so will say good-niglit for this tiine. IVrite. Love to you tand I suppose Aunt Sanianthaj. ccljeggy. 77 Briar Rose, Get. 20th. ' Dear Dad: Uh Iive been siniply rushed to death and have neglected you just awfully. I never can niake you believe how dreadfully sorry I ain. IVe have, during the past nionth given two benefit parties for the Red Cross, inade a trip to Los Angeles to go aboard the II. S. S. Georgia, and given a class reception. We have been kept pretty busy along with our usual routine of work and I have scarcely had tinie to write to you, to say nothing of niy friends back in- Kentucky. Tell theni I said Hello, and that as soon as I have a niinute's tinie I ani going to write. WVe had a wonderful tinie on our trip to Los Angeles and on the battleship Georgia. Too bad for Jinny's sake it wasn't the North Dakota we visited. As yet I have had 'tnaryl' a gliinp-se of Ensign Graves. My curiosity knows no bounds, and if I don't ineet the dear inan soon I ani afraid I will be over-eoine from the above. However I niight just as well content myself, for I guess I'1n never to have that privilege. Goodness. lslere eoines Jinny now with a letter from hiin I'll bet. I'll have to finish this later, for I won't be able to write any more right now. 33 Hours later Dear Daddy: Here I ani again and it wa.s just as .I expected. Seenis to ine the letter was pretty taine, for a nian that has been so overwhehningly swept off his feet. I ana beginning to think that Page 102

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She ran up the stairs and went into her room. She Closed the door quietly-very quietly for Peggy-and went over by the window and sat down. The war1nJune breeze blew softly in, fanning her faee and bring'- ing' with it the sweet odor of June roses. Soon she would be leaving her honie town in, Kentueky to go to the far west. She wondered what she would do among' so many stnange people and how she would like it. She thought of all the friends she was leaving-friends that she had gone to sehool with all her life. Finally she undressed, climbed' into bed and soon fell asleep. The next three weeks were busy ones in the Mellonald houses hold. Peggy was getting- ready to go away to sehool. There was la. trip to t'hieag'o for elothes and a few short trips to visit her friends before she left for school. The time flew swiftly an-d soon Peggy was speeding' on her way. Her father had sent her off with the same sunny smile and she head promised to act like a. heroine. not to ery or feel lonely, and to write as often as she eould. lt was a long' journey for Peggy, and although she enjoyeid every bit of it and made ma11y friends, she was glad to reaeh her destina- tion, five days later. She was greeted at the station by a sweet faeed middle-ag'ed lady who introduced herself as Miss Mareey, the prineipal of Briar Rose. She was taken to a pleasant room in the front of the house and had as room-mate a girl from Tennessee. She thought as she took off her traveling' eostume that she would try to make the best of everytliiiig, whether she liked it or not, and that it wouldn't be long' before she linished her edueation' and would be able to g'o baek to t'umberland. Then she sat down at the little writing' desk and began a letter to her father. Briar Hose, September -L. Dearest Daddy: Here I ani at last, in this beautiful plaee. lt is the loveliest spot in the world exeept home. The San Berniardino Mountains make me think of the f'umberlands at home, only these are perhaps a trifle higher. I have a. lovely room and a girl from Southern Tennessee for a room-mate. She has black eyes and hair and I iniaginie is somewhat of a flirt. l've been wondering whether or not we're going to get along, but I guess we are. She's awfully eontidential. She has been telling' me what a perfeetly 'tripping time she had eoining there on the t1'ain. Her friend, who, by-the-way is an Ensign in the Navy, eanie with her as far as San Diego, where as she relates, they parted with inueh love but terrible grieff, He wa.s due to report on duty on the U. S. S. North Dakota and it pretty nearly killed her. Sad but thrilling. Oh yes, Ilforgot to add, that he has dark eyes and hair Page 101

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J inny was exaggerating things to me. She is terribly romantic and has quite an, imagination for a girl of her tender years. Please fwrite -often and thanks for the check you sent me. Love, ccpeggyn Briar Rose Oct. 31 Dearest Daddy: Again I have been rushed to death. But it hasn't been quite so long since you last heard from me, this time., We had a marvelous party the other night. It was the nicest dance I've ever attended. The girls all looked so Wonderful in their even- ing gowns, and I must add that the men in blue uniforms completed the effect. Oh don't get excited! Jinny Was there but not with an Ensign. He had something to keep him from coming the last minute, and right then and there I decided I might just as well make up 1ny mind to the fact that I probably would never as much as see him. As for myself, I donft think his excuse was very good but Why should I be bothered. Jinny seemed to think it was perfect. He belongs to her, not me, thank goodness! I Wonder if he is any diiferent than other boys I used to know back home, We don't see many of the op- posite sex here and When, We do We nearly always turn a.nd run before We find ourselves rushing up to shake hands with them. The teachers here are all very lovely-sometimes. But if it was not for Miss Marcey, things Would get rather monotonous. Dad! You should see our chaperone. She's a perfect thirty-six lackin.g about thirty inches. Such an old maid I never saw. And she dresses the way they did when Louis the I-lth was alive. I had to go to the city the other day for some things I needed and of course she had to go along. I thought I would die with laughter when we got on a street car and the thing started with a jerk. I turned around to seei if she had gotten on Without trailing over thirty yards of dress, when down she sat on a l1lEI11,S lap. Of course it was the fault of the car, but just to be real good and mean I couldn't see it that way. She has never invited herseH to go with me since and I hope it lasts. Here comes Jinny with a.nother letter from that dear Ensign of hers and I must close While she pours the contents into my ears. I wonder what he has to say this time. Write to your loving Peggy . P. S. His letter stated tha.t he Would be here next Friday. Hur-ray! at last! Briar Rose Nov. 15th. Dear Dad: Well at last it has happened. And so have other things. I met J inny's Ensign and he is really quite wonderful looking. But J inny is broken, hearted for he told her that he was sorry but he could love her nlot. Poor Jinny! She Was stunned-speechless-and gave way to tears of rea.l grief. And can you imagine it? I took him for a Page 103