[stationery from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics]

Thursday, 9³⁰ PM

Dearest Ava Helen:

You are a darling. I'm all excited about coming home to you, and I hope that next Thursday comes soon. I wish I were getting on the Pasadena train instead of the Princeton one. I'm going to stop in New York on Sunday to see Darrow on the way back. My train leaves at 10⁴⁵. Joe Boyce is coming soon to take me to the station. I'll be in New York in the morning, and at Princeton by 9²⁷. I'll give two lectures there.

I got through my three lectures all right today. I have only two more to give next week. The two young bridesmaids came to my lecture this afternoon, adding considerably to the spirit of the affair. John and everyone seemed surprised. They sat with Joe Boyce and then took tea and stayed for the seminar, Bennett and Harrison speaking on cosmic rays and the 21 foot vacuum spectrograph, respectively. The talks were interesting. Joe Boyce brought me home at 6 o'clock and we had lunch dinner with Kohler. Now Joe is at a lecture. I've finished my packing, taking my blue suit & tuxedo. I'm wearing my light suit.

Joe said that Edwin seemed rather uncouth and egotistic, and the other graduate students had put him in his place.

I'm looking forward to seeing Princeton. Yale is surely a beautiful university- far grander than any other I have seen. The new library cost about $8000000, and is perhaps too grand. There is beautiful iron work and similar detailed work (leaded windows, etc) in the Gothic buildings. They have many student houses too.

I've offered Wheland a half-time job at $1000, and haven't heard yet from him. I'm thinking of offering Kirkwood (now in Munich as International Fellow) $2000 full time. He is a student of Keyes, and has worked with Slater. I haven't ever met him, however. He is young (23, I think) and married. His father is well-to-do.

I do hope Linus and Peter aren't keeping you awake. You must get a trained nurse if they do. I'll soon be home to help you, sweetheart. I love you more than anything else in the world. I've kept so busy that I haven't been very lonesome- not so bad as in Berkeley. Everyone liked my afternoon lecture today.

Your own Linus