Dart says that Dot’s prettier than the other girls. At least, that’s what his Spanish textbook says. “Dorothea es mas’ linda que las otras muchachos.”
At her request, he looked through magazines until he found a Towle advertisement for the “Candlelight” pattern. He likes it very much, from the picture, but he’d like to reserve final opinion until he sees it “in person.” He has some errands downtown tomorrow so he’ll visit some jewelers until he finds one who carries that pattern.
He made two of his luckiest guesses in his career as a “stoogint” today when he took a couple of wild stabs in industry class on a quickie quiz for a chapter he hadn’t even read. He made a guess on the answer and then gave his reason for that answer, inadvertently paraphrasing the book so closely that Mr. Wood may think he copied it! If he can get enough As and Bs on the quizzes he may be able to pull his C- up to a solid C.
He got a higher grade than he imagined on the American lit class, earning a B. Apparently the class as a whole did so poorly that that Mr. Carter had to raise everyone’s grades.
He now knows why Miss Talmage seems like she might be deaf. She’s almost 70! “I certainly hope we’ll be as well-preserved as she, as we approach our threescore and ten, if the A-bomb doesn’t git us first.”
For several days his homework load has been quite light, allowing him to slip into a lazy attitude. How easy he finds it to become lazy when he doesn’t have much to do to keep himself busy.
When he spoke to Elmer Manley he learned that he and Norma plan to married in June. Elmer told Dart that he’ll take the first summer semester which ends on June 7. The second summer semester begins on June 16. Dart will need to sit down and see if he needs either, or both summer terms in order to graduate in June 1948 before they can cast their wedding date in stone.
Speaking of weddings, Dot wrote that she plans to have four bridesmaids. Is that four including the maid of honor, or is that four plus? He still hasn’t asked Hal or Tom to join the wedding party, but he wants to make sure he gets the right number of groomsmen lined up.
He feels about “written-out” this evening. Cool weather must agree with him because he hasn’t felt this energetic in months.
“Good night, Dot. I love you, but I guess I told you that once.”