Ithaca, New York
November 14, 1937
Dear Folks,
I received Aunt Dorothy’s card yesterday and was glad to hear that the Turkey Supper was such a success. I have had quite a bit of work to do this week even though I didn’t have any prelims. I received two of my three prelim marks back and passed both of them, but only got through Economics by the skin of my teeth. I don’t like the course too well as it deals almost entirely in abstract theory and the terminology is rather difficult. However I am not much below average, if any, in the class so am not worrying too much. I got 92 on my poultry prelim which was quite easy. It was mostly on poultry genetics and diseases.
This morning I had to attend a Coop board meeting as the other alternate member is in the Infirmary. I didn’t have time to get much done as I had to go up and work at 11. I didn’t get up too early this morning as I didn’t get to bed until about 2 a.m. Irving and I went up to a C.I. A. get acquainted party at Barnes Hall and studied some.
Friday morning I got up at a quarter to four to study for two quizzes and read a hundred pages of Sociology. I slept a couple of hours Friday afternoon after I got through work, and that night I had to attend a rather lengthy meeting of the help at the Coop. After I got home I worked on an Ag. Economics report until about 3 a.m. Saturday morning and then Irving came in, after having first arrived by bus from Pennsylvania – about 300 miles distant - where he had been playing football – so it was about 4 a.m. when we finally got to bed and I was up at 7:30 for my class. I got back at 10 and found Irving still sleeping so I went to bed for an hour until we had to go up to work. I got wet right through my rain coat just walking to and from class – that’s how hard it’s been raining lately around here.
Saturday afternoon I listened to part of the Cornell-Dartmouth game which was very exciting and ended in a moral victory for us even if the score was 6 all. I must stop now as I have to get the rest of my work done so that I can go to church tonight. I will write again next weekend and let you know if I change my plans or anything.
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.