This appears to be from the start of the summer quarter at Antioch. In my notes on the previous letter, I thought that Marcy was going to spend the summer in Philadelphia, but I see now that I misinterpreted; she just had a couple of weeks between quarters.<\/p>\r\n
One of the things that surprises me in these letters (and makes me a little sad) is the supercilious scorn with which she describes some people; that\u2019s not something I remember her doing in real life. I don\u2019t know whether she got less likely to do that over time, or whether I\u2019m misinterpreting her tone, or whether I just wasn\u2019t aware of it. The only instance in this letter is her description of the music teacher, but I feel like it\u2019s a tone that shows up again in later letters.<\/p>\r\n
I\u2019m also surprised, and a little amused, at how much space she devotes to talking about meds of various sorts, I think mostly for allergies. [Edited to add: her uncle Iz was a pharmacist.]<\/p>\r\n
And I\u2019m amused at her mention of getting three Bs and being annoyed by grades; that bit reads a little defensive to me, but I may be reading too much into it.<\/p>\r\n
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\r\n\r\n thursday\r\n [pencil: 7\/8\/65]\r\n\r\nHi-oh.\r\n\r\nJust a note to tell you thanks for the check and all.\r\nHaven't cashed it yet, so don't worry if it doesn't show up\r\nright away; shall do so tomoro.\r\n\r\nHave to spend another $4. on a textbook: elementary music\r\ntest for elementary music course. Teaching fundamentals of\r\nhow to sight read, etc, which I sorely need--besides, its a\r\nprereq for the music for kiddies course I couldn't take last\r\nquarter, cos I didn't know the basics. Will learn to\r\nsight-sing, pick out tunes on piano, read music, etc. There\r\nare--of 15 in the class--nine of us who are 3rd-yr-&-up ed\r\nmajors who are forced to take it, and want to move a little\r\nfaster than the teacher, who has never taught before and\r\ngears the classes to first-grade level.\r\n\r\nHe's kind of xx upset with us; here we are, all grown up and\r\nadults and don't even know that music is the most important\r\nthing in the world, and insist on treating it like anything\r\nelse, rather than The Word, and then get upset xxx when he\r\nasks for three examples of rhythm that aren't musical. Only\r\nhe spells it rythm.\r\n\r\nLiving in a dorm name of Greywood, phone # of which I don't\r\nknow, as I'm in the library, (which is why I'm using Marti\r\nRaines's stationery, if you note the reverse) rooming with a\r\ngal named Sue Merrick who I've known for a long time but not\r\nvery well. She's okay; I guess. We kind of keep our distance\r\n& don't have too much in common. The dorm is situated about\r\nhalfway between campus and downtown, which keeps away noises\r\nand things and is pretty private. It's a converted old\r\nmansion, just about, with two aptments for married students\r\non the first floor and a girls dorm upstairs. Rather decent,\r\nfor a damn dormitory. Guess Daddy will be in the Hospital\r\nwhen this arrives. Hope ail goes smoothly--what exactly do\r\nthey do?\r\n\r\nBy the way, I was talking to a med student friend who's just\r\nhad a pharmacology course, and he says reserpine can have\r\ndepressant effects sometimes. do you (either or both) still\r\ntake it? I guess you build up a tolerance after a while.\r\n\r\nGrades from last quarter are out. (new system) I got 3 B's;\r\nbig deal. grades still annoy me.\r\n\r\nother courses are a level III general education\r\nseminar--which I'll explain at a later date, but for now\r\nit's too complex to go into, and an independent study on\r\nmodern methods of teaching math in elementary schools. with\r\na teacher from the Antioch school, the thing kind of run in\r\nconj. w\/ the x ed. dept. as a quasi-experimental and\r\nstudent-teachery school, and a damn fine one. mostly faculty\r\nkids, who are mostly brilliant. Anyway, this guy knows a lot\r\nabout New Math (as yet a meaningless phrase, x but with lots\r\nof ramifications) and will be the sort-of guide for the\r\nindep. study. but I have to plan it all myself.\r\n\r\nEnclosed is the tutition bill, which I just found in my\r\npurse, getting wrinkled.\r\n\r\nHave wracked my brains but have no association to remember\r\nthe cab fare you asked about. sorry.\r\n\r\ngetting sleepy, and have to go to a meeting pretty soon, so\r\nfor now I am going out on the lawn to take a nap.\r\n\r\nregards to Sachses--how is Alan?\r\n\r\n[handwritten: love Marcia]\r\n<\/pre>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Postmark: Jul 10, 1965, Yellow Springs, Ohio. Handwritten: “Rec\u2019d this 7\/12\/65” and “I ans. this 7\/17.”<\/p>\r\n
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