19 April, 1955

Dear Mom and Daddy,

I am shocked to discover that there are less than five weeks of classes left, then project week and finals and school is out for the summer. This project week is sort of funny - until this year it was reading week, a week to be used in making up overdue work, studying for finals, etc., but now I guess that they feel the students do not deserve time to be spent thusly, so each student will be given a project to do. It will involve doing some library research, and then writing a paper on the material. I wish that this school would change their policy as to grades, because I feel that it is rather foolish not to tell the students their grades. An ambitious student can usually find out his grades anyway, and I feel that nothing constructive is accomplished by not telling the student how he is doing. I am pretty sure that Dr. Livermore agrees with me on this subject, although I have not talked with him directly. He tells his advisees so much that if they cannot determine their grades, something is wrong with them.

It certainly is a shame about Prof. Einstein. I was shocked when I heard the news of his death yesterday, as I am sure everyone else was.

I would like to remind you that you have neglected to send me my allowance for the months of April and May, and I would appreciate it very much, if you would attend to this matter sometime soon.

I have just finished the frog dissection in biology - it was fascinating. The longer that I take that course, the more I like it. Genetics was especially interesting; perhaps I will become a geneticist.

Well, I must get this off.

Love,

Crellin