3 Walt er Deane • 



and to plaint fcii^rvJ3-cii>*4- more ' extens ively than e have yet done. Other 

 buildings , ten in numl er, which are already provided for, and which are 

 about to be begun, .1 1 .1 reirove from before out front door a low rough 

 barrack*; which has been tern orarily occupied by. the gymnasium And library. 

 The new students' club house will also relieve vs of two temporary tenants^ 

 students' clubs, which occupy two of the good rooms on my fourth floor. 

 Bo we grow gradually and I think as rapidly as sound development pBrmits. 



I was delighted to get your letter this morning and to hear 

 how you are coming on. I only wish you had told me more about yourself 

 and Mrs . Deane . 



You ha e doubtless noticed that ^ur changed address means 

 new quarters. In April we moved from the three story house which we 

 occupied on Monroe Avenue to the sixth floor of a apartment building 

 where we have nine good rooms and two bath rooms. Mrs. Barnes's sister 

 had been with us for the past two years^but when we returned to town 

 in the autumn, she took apartments of her own 8 few blocks away, so that 

 we are now alone. We like our new quarters very much and find the 

 change a most agreeable one. The other quarters were a constant source 

 of irritation; while the present ones are a constant source of satis- 

 faction. 



Are you not coming out to Chicago to see your brother some 

 of these days? I wish you could. We should like to share in such a 

 visit. Remember that you have a cordial welcome waiting you whenever 

 you can come this way . Mrs. Barnes joins me in warmest regards both to 

 Mrs. Deane and yourself. Both of the wives seem to have so much better 

 health now that I think we may both congratulate ourselves. I hope we 

 can increase this correspondence to a semi -annual one! Let us start 

 out the new century aright. 



As ever, Sincerely yours, 



