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[Letter to Lyle's Mother, December 19, 1910]

Oxford, Ga.

Dec. 19, 1910
Dear Mother,

I will snatch a few minutes this morning and write you a few lines. Yesterday I was fagged out and rested in bed a good part of the day. Right now is the cruci [sic] time and I have to work like fury to keep from losing out.
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I have a Bible exam Wednesday, Chem quiz, Chem Exam Wednesday and Calculus exam Thursday

This is Tuesday now. I didn't get time to finish this letter yesterday but had to quit for a class. I was up last night till eleven and got up at four this morning I get where I consider sleep a nuisance. It seems as if in these last days I have more than mortal man can do.

Rev. Ta Brade announced last Sunday that Bishop Candler would give us two weeks of time for the carrying out of a revival in the spring. The boys will consider it a great blessing to be allowed to hear
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him. I have finished my book review. I think I shall have it typewritten hoping it will make a better impression. After I got over my disappointment at not getting to use my essay on Joseph I like the idea of writing a review as I have come
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to know the story of the book as I would never have known it otherwise.

Everything is beginning to assume a Christmas appearance. Every night we hear fire crackers popping all about and crowds of boys slip around out of sight of the phelgmatic marshall Last night Prof. Bryan had all the Hall boys
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lecturing to them and telling them that there had been entirely too much noise about the place that they must be more quiet when some fellow slipped up and turned a cannon cracker loose under his room.

School will be close [sic] Thursday night at four and I will not go to Atlanta till Friday morning I am going to see Miss Chambers Friday night and will get home Saturday morning I expect I will have back a few days early as I have some work that just must be done if I make what I have set out to do this fall.

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I thought I had better go to see Miss Chambers this time as I failed to show up on Thanksgiving

your loving son,

Lyle.

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