[Letter from Felix Butte to Elizabeth Kirkpatrick - October 1, 1922]

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Letter from Dr. Butte to Elizabeth discussing interactions with upperclassmen and a ball after exams in the spring.

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[2] p. ; 17 x 26 cm., folded to 17 x 13 cm.

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Butte, Felix Latimore, Sr. October 1, 1922.

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Letter from Dr. Butte to Elizabeth discussing interactions with upperclassmen and a ball after exams in the spring.

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[2] p. ; 17 x 26 cm., folded to 17 x 13 cm.

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Text: "Saturday night. My Own Sweetheart -- Well, all this busy rush week is all over, and I'm glad, and I'm sure all the old men are glad. the Phi Chi's met me at the train Wednesday in a big Pierce Arrow with a chauffeur, then later took me out in a Lincoln; I rode in all kinds of cars till I pledged -- since then I've walked! More than I have all summer. This is the greatest walking town I ever saw - it's really not big enough to need a car for ordinary messing around, and yet it's large enough to have made me wear blisters on my feet these last two days. but Monday it will all be over, and well all scuttle down to work, real work. Charlie Williams butts in to say that he still loves you! What shall I do to him? these upperclassmen have surely been nice to us freshmen. Several off them went with us to buy our books this morning -- each one of us squandering about $25 on the same; and we're going to stag it to the regular Saturday night dance at the Joyland where they have promised to introduce us to all the been girls and show us a good time -- but I don't care so much about dancing with these old strange girls. These old medical students are said to be the wildest bunch of men anywhere in the state; but I am going to try to do my best to be a good friend to all of them without "losing my virtue" with any of them -- I'm sure I have a better reason that any of them for wanting to stay good and be nice to the one who loves me. They only have one big social event here, that is the final ball in the spring right after exams, all the school turns out, and I surely do want you to come down. They tell me they usually get four days Thanksgiving, Wed, Thurs, Fri & Sat. won't that be fine!! And A&M lost the first game on her own field! What do you think about having to shelak [sic] all these new books? All the boys do it, to keep them from going to pieces on account of the dampness all winter. I'll say I would help you if I were there. I love you so much. Tell them all hello, and give my regards to your folks. Love Felix."

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Butte, Felix Latimore, Sr. [Letter from Felix Butte to Elizabeth Kirkpatrick - October 1, 1922], letter, October 1, 1922; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1661128/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Moody Medical Library, UT.

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