Dart’s writing this letter just six hours before he needs to get up and drive to Kent to pick up Dot for the weekend.

He went to both Case and Western Reserve University today to collect his academic records and other information. He seems a bit forlorn that he saw no students and only a few teachers that he’d known in his days at Case. He now understands what Dot was feeling when she saw no familiar faces at Andrews last week. (That gives us a clue about one of the things they did during her week in Cleveland before moving into her off-campus housing in Kent.)

Dart reports that many of his former teachers expressed surprise that he wasn’t going to return to Case to complete his degree, but his mind is made up.

I wish I’d talked more to Dad when I had the chance to learn about his Case experience. I know he was drummed out of the Navy’s elite V-12 unit because of low math scores in a couple of his classes. Maybe Case was known primarily as an engineering or technical college and he’s decided that’s not the right path for him.

The rest of his day was spent “batting the breeze” with his folks, finding out where the Cleveland model railroad club meets, and getting the car gassed up in preparation for his drive to Kent.

The next paragraph is lacking in details, but he says it’s great news that Gordon will be home so soon and “wearing his civvies for good.” In fact, any day now! Maybe that bodes well for Dart getting out of the Navy sooner than he’s expecting.

Need he tell Dot how eager he is to see her? Probably not, but he tells her anyway, then signs off.

By the way, all the letters between these two since they’ve been separated by Kent State have included the phrase “Let’s go!” written in small print at the bottom of the last page. I’m sure there’s a story there, and I’ll ask Mom if she remembers what it is.