Ithaca, New York
Sunday afternoon, Fall 1937
Dear Folks,
I received Katie’s and Pop’s letter and was glad to hear that Andy is coming along nicely. This has been a very busy week for me with my Plant Pathology taking up about six hours a day besides my Coop work, farm practice tests, and other subjects. There has been an epidemic of colds and grippe going around the University and almost every other person has a cold.
Irving was sick in bed Thursday. Friday he had to leave for Rochester on a field trip at 7 in the morning and got back last night. He is playing on the 150 pound football team again this year. He and another kid bought a car for nine dollars this summer (you can imagine what it looks like), but it runs ok and that’s the main thing.
Last Sunday we went for a ride out to the farm where we worked this summer. It is about five miles up the west side of the lake on top of a hill, and it commands a magnificent view of the lake and surrounding country. He is a graduate of Cornell and quite an interesting person to talk to.
On the way up we stopped at the Ithaca airport and looked over about a dozen different types of planes and sat in one a while. A fellow wanted to give us some lessons but we decided we better wait. However, flying does appeal to me and I think I would like to learn some time, but I guess there’s no rush right now.
Today I heard a very good sermon by a man who is pastor of one of the large churches in New York City. This afternoon I had a contract to go with a gang of fellows from the Coop out to Cayuga Heights to pick apples, as we got them very cheap out there. After we got back, Irving and his friend and I went out to East Ithaca. We got the Engineer of the train which was resting over there to show us how it is operated, and he also gave us a short ride.
I got 96 on my first Animal Husbandry report in animal nutrition and I only wish I could keep it up - anyway I’ll try. Tomorrow I go on a small trip in my Rural Education lab out to a central High School in Groton to observe how a vocational agriculture class is carried on. I have to do some studying now so remember me to everybody.
Lovingly, Hall
Gilbert Hall Flint was born August 14, 1918 and raised on Flint Hill Farm in Amenia, New York. His formal education began in a one-room schoolhouse in Smithfield. He graduated from Amenia High School in 1936 and from the Cornell University College of Agriculture in 1940. He taught high school agriculture from 1940 to 1944, served in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946, taught high school agriculture from 1946 to 1963, and finished his career as a school principal from 1963 to 1975.
Gilbert Hall Flint passed away on December 16, 2009. The letters are published in his memory. To view the letters in chronological order, please click a timeline label from the side bar menu, scroll to the bottom, and read up.
Gilbert Hall Flint passed away on December 16, 2009. The letters are published in his memory. To view the letters in chronological order, please click a timeline label from the side bar menu, scroll to the bottom, and read up.