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#91 Tell Gladys J. I rec'd the clippings from you and congratulations on the story Tuesday 2 January 8:30 pm Dearly Beloved, English class tonight and as usual it ran to more than two hours, though originally proposed an hour each Tues. and Thurs. It's still so elementary, there's so much to cover and keep repeating, and the class is so large (theoretically 50, actually double that if you count the kids who duck in under the tent to listen in) that it's hard to cut the time to any less. I figure that it takes up a whole evening anyhow and I might as well make the most of it. It's fairly hard work but as we begin to make headway it becomes more satisfying. I'm teaching - tho as simply as possible - from a grammatical standpoint, with copious and oft-repeated illustrations. I'm not sure that's the best way, but it's the one that comes most naturally to me when I don't make any preparations for the class (as I usually don't). Ideally I’d like to have Thorndike's list of most frequently used English words plus a simple English grammar, and use the two in conjunction. I may send for copies to some bookstore that is certain to have them. Wed. 6 am Last night Yama and Hataya, Reif and Davis came in and that was the end of my letter writing. Have been up since four this morning (don't think I like it!) chasing around camp again. Just now I'm waiting in the mess hall for chow to be ready. [pg 2] Slightly later How much more human one feels after breakfast! I've discovered that I wake up and come to my senses in the middle of night whenever necessary, but I'm not very happy about it. Still, it should be good practice for when we have our next child - or even for Wendy as a little girl. Darling, you did me proud yesterday - the mail bag was slim pickin's for nearly everybody - but I got seven letters: 3 from you, 1 from Wendy, 2 big envelopes from you and 1 letter from M and F. It was lots of fun reading about Christmas. Your letter of Christmas Eve, tho, didn't arrive and its absence leaves me in suspense as to what you did choose on Christmas Eve! Here's the count to date: all thru 97; 99-101; 104-5; 107 and one of the same date from Wendy. The last number was mailed on the 26th and received yesterday, the 2nd. Thank you for various enclosures, including the pansy and for sending Amerasia airmail. I'm beginning to have time to catch up on all your reading material and am glad to have it. This last group of letters pleased me particularly and I look forward to writing you tonight. I love you Warren
