2A5 
Hamilton College 
Clinton, New York 
November 2, 1972 
Dear Carleton, 
I am so very happy to have gotten your letter this morning. It is 
very nice to hear that your expedition is exciting and so far successful. 
School is demanding but I am thus far doing well and I have taken some 
of my mid-term exams and did well. We got back our Government exams last 
week. I got 85% which is good for first try in Government. The highest 
mark in the class of 40 kids was 90%. I am thus far doing B work in my 
Biology class. I am planning perhaps to continue taking Biology course 
even if I am not majoring in the subject for each semester. Thus far I do 
not think I'll ever be majoring in science and go on to medical school but 
it is still early. The science department here is one of the finest — out 
of 36 pre-med students last year 31 of them made it into med schools while 
at Colgate only half that many went to med school. Half of the freshman 
class have the pre-med ambition but only one-fourth of them remain pre-med 
in their senior year. But the students chances of going to med school from 
Hamilton, if they are still pre-med in their senior year, is very good. 
Thus the pre-med program here is probably one of the toughest in the 
country. The pre-law is also very demanding and only half of freshmen who 
are pre-law in their freshman year remain pre-law in their senior year. 
We will be in two weeks signing up for second semester courses and I 
am probably signing up for: Cultural Anthropology, Economics, English, and 
Biology. I think a taste of Anthro would be helpful and Economics is 
needed for the advanced courses in Government and International Relations 
for third, fourth and fifth semester. 
Not hearing from my wife and home has worked to depress me because I 
do not know what's happening and miss them a lot, but I hope to get a 
letter soon. Mathias was very vague in his explanation of my wife's 
pregnancy and that has given me a lot of anxiety and longed a great deal 
for more information. 
Mat is in Washington and I am not clear as to what he is doing and I 
will be with them for Thanksgiving and I will surely find out what he is up 
to. I join you in hoping that he has something fulfilling in mind. 
Please give my best to Don, Judy and crew. I hope to see you all 
soon! 
Much love, 
Jesse [Raglmar] 
P.S. Did Don get my letter, sent to Solomons! 
