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#134 Will continue our trip thru the snapshot album tonight Navy #3247 (Mil. Govt) FPO San Francisco Monday 2/12/45 7:15 am at the office Darling, Got a stinker of a week coming up - the pay line today and tomorrow, and every night except Thursday (when there's a party with Navy nurse similar to that of last week). I don't look forward to it, but I guess I'll survive. It's not that I mind the work so much, tho it is tiresome - but that it interferes with other things that are more important to me, both work and letter writing. (The colonel has made a concession, tho - the 3 of us on the pay line don't have to be at work at 7 the day after. Tomorrow morning I am going to sleep) #142 Honey, why not get one of those “luscious nighties” (either the yellow or the white one “trimmed with lots and lots of lace”)? It'll give you something to feel special about - you can put it away and sneak a look at it once in awhile. Try it on first and tell me how it looks in the mirror. Matching dresses this summer? It is hard to believe! I’d love to see Wendy in the soft green seersucker overalls and yellow and white skivvy shirt. How is Marge coming along with her expanding middle? Give her my best wishes. So she's expecting a girl, huh? Will be awfully glad to get those books, hon. Maybe after this week is over I'll be able to write the librarian to tell her your needs and ask for advice. Gosh, do you know, I could really use that collection of achievement tests, etc. that I threw away. We need [pg 2] standards for comparing the work of children here with that of kids in American school (in such comparable subjects as arithmetic and science). And I didn't realize until yesterday just how impoverished the school's text book library is. There are a total of 3 or 4 books and several dozen small collection of loose pages from which 60 Japanese and 12 Korean teachers must make up their lessons. The only arithmetic book they have is a primer with pictures to aid in counting, and elementary addition. In addition to these there are now a whole set of Hawaiian readers that Tel brought and my [Vaganuma?] from which they can take reading selections. No elementary English material. The Korean school is, conveniently, two weeks behind the Japanese. Certain Japanese teachers write the lesson for each of four subjects and each of the eight grades, have copies mimeographed in quantity sufficient for the teachers. The Koreans then take the same lessons and translate them. Nine-tenths of what is taught is written by the teachers themselves, all of it read and censored by us. So you see this is a hell of a lot of work to be done apart from the many administrative problems that arise, and a standard curriculum is far from being achieved. Incidentally (or did I mention) I may not be stuck in that sanitation job. At least nothing has [pg 3] been said about it for several days, a fact which is to be interpreted here as meaning that the colonel has not made up his mind about it. So I'm holding my breath. Tel's wife and others have written about seeing a news reel that was taken here about two months ago. It hasn't any military personnel in it. I believe, but has several scenes of the school and school children in it. I hope you can find it. Well, sweetie, I'm making slow headway (4 more letters to answer, and should surely get 2 or 3 today) but I'll catch up with you one of these days! Your letters do mean such a lot to me and you mustn't ever feel otherwise when my answers are slim - I do, actually, spend the greater part of my spare time writing to you (Haven't read anything in two or three weeks). I'll be home the first moment I can, darling. Wait for me pretty! I love you Warren
