Dart seems disappointed that his buddy Bevins has just learned that his liberty section was changed so these two guys won’t be going out on their congenial liberties any more. As if Dart weren’t quite lonely enough already.

He says it’s a beautiful day except for one thing – no letter from Dot.

There’s a lot of conversation going on around him and he’s too distracted to write much. It still looks like he’ll be “in” until June. If he can get out by June 1, he could take some summer classes to make up some of his failures at Case, and then start school in the fall as a true sophomore.

He asks Dot for the addresses of all her relatives that he’s met so far. He’s creating his Christmas card list. Such a thoughtful guy.

Dot’s letter will have to be shorter than she’d hoped. She’s been studying science for hours, it’s 11:30 and she has a test at 8:00, so she must sleep.

She was happy to get a more upbeat letter from Dart today. She knows it must be hard for him to sound cheerful when he’s probably feeling the opposite. but she appreciates his efforts.

Wow! This is the third time he’s written about his “luck” in scoring the highest during an evening of bowling. “Hurry up and come home so I can challenge you to a game before you’re in the professional bracket.” She’s sorry to learn he doesn’t like to roller skate. She loves it, although in her youth, much of her skating was done on her knees or a much more padded portion of her anatomy.

She finds herself daydreaming a lot about him getting a 72-hour pass before he ships out. If there’s any way he can swing it, he has her permission to try!

She’s decided not to mention anything to her family about switching colleges until she’s sure what she wants to do. She’s afraid she’ll be at Kent until she rots or gets thrown out.

If it would make him more comfortable, she’d be happy to send him her mattress. At 2 feet wide, it would be plenty wide enough for him, but the 5-1/2 foot length wouldn’t do him much good, she fears.

On Saturday, she and Mary Francis met Mrs. Woodworth downtown for dinner and a movie. (Was that her housemother from Andrews?) They saw “Love Letters” after a fabulous feast at the hotel. How Dot wishes she could review films as well as Dart does, “but all I can say is see it if you can. It’s a tense drama that doesn’t allow you to use the back of your chair until the last 30 seconds of the movie. Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotton were both superb in their roles.”

Mrs. Woodworth asked about Dart and told Dot she was very lucky to have found such a fine young man. Dot is inclined to agree.