Letter 24 12/2/1952 Spaghetti, Hockey, and Final Projects

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Show Notes:
December 2nd, 1952 — Joyce is relieved to find a letter from Earl waiting for her at home and dives into another busy day of rewrites and responsibilities. She’s nearly finished redoing her composition, booked an appointment with Piernaut for Monday, and cleaned the apartment herself (minus one room Sandy swept). This week is stacked: finish her composition, complete a dramatics project, see a play at Phipps Auditorium, and play for a Pops course program on Sunday.

Despite the workload, there are bright spots: her Ed Soche report has impressed Dr. Shiri, she’s memorizing more piano pages, and she’s looking forward to the first two hockey games against the University of Toronto. There’s also humor — she jokes about taking her “roll” of film (not “role”) to the drug store, Johnny’s blunders at work, and her own coffee-urn mishap.

She weighs holiday travel plans, train tickets versus rides, and the thought of returning early to the dorm after Christmas. Financial worries loom, but she ends the letter with warmth and anticipation, asking Earl to check the Dean of Women’s office hours and promising hugs and kisses on Friday.

Topics Include:

• Rewriting her composition project
• Cleaning the apartment and juggling responsibilities
• Upcoming dramatics project and play at Phipps Auditorium
• Pops course program performance
• Ed Soche report praise from Dr. Shiri
• Memorizing more piano pages
• First hockey games vs. University of Toronto
• Taking her roll of film to the drug store
• Johnny’s mistakes and coffee urn mishap
• Weighing train tickets vs. rides for Christmas
• Dorm vs. off-campus living plans
• Checking Dean of Women’s office hours for Earl

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