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Robert Morriss Browning correspondence to Mabel C. Williams, January-July 1919

1919-03-11 Robert M. Browning to Dr. Mabel C. Williams Page 2

one of the courses is due so that I can be absent in hospital, in line of duty, when the sad thing occurs. It would be humiliating to flunk after Uncle Sam going to the expense of railroad fare and my day or two here in Washington in order to educate me in the finer details of scientific slaughter.
Seriously, however, I am wondering how much good this course will do me. It will doubtless build me up and take off my fat and that will be helpful, but as I intend to resign if the League of Peace thing goes through nicely the rest of the course may be partly wasted. It will be food for me to have to dig in & study as I'm getting rust on my brain, so I suppose I should be thankful that Uncle Samuel is getting me in shape for civilian life again.
I promised to tell you my grade in the "nut test," didn't I? I just learned it recently and am not supposed to know, but it was 386-A.
Did Mother tell you I am seriously considering a year at Ames and then a little old Iowa Hereford & Duroc Jersey farm? What do you think of that? Do you think, as a practical psychologist, that my "special gifts" that Dr. Faris speaks of everybody having should find expression some other way? Seriously, now. I will give your answers full weight, as I am deliberating "at will" and am trying to figure myself out.
Bob
Add. Infantry School of Arms
Camp Benning, Columbus, Georgia

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one of the courses is due so that I can be absent in hospital, in line of duty, when the sad thing occurs. It would be humiliating to flunk after Uncle Sam going to the expense of railroad fare and my day or two here in Washington in order to educate me in the finer details of scientific slaughter. Seriously, however, I am wondering how much good this course will do me. It will doubtless build me up and take off my fat and that will be helpful, but as I intend to resign if the League of Peace thing goes through nicely the rest of the course may be partly wasted. It will be food for me to have to dig in & study as I'm getting rust on my brain, so I suppose I should be thankful that Uncle Samuel is getting me in shape for civilian life again. I promised to tell you my grade in the "nut test," didn't I? I just learned it recently and am not supposed to know, but it was 386-A. Did Mother tell you I am seriously considering a year at Ames and then a little old Iowa Hereford & Duroc Jersey farm? What do you think of that? Do you think, as a practical psychologist, that my "special gifts" that Dr. Faris speaks of everybody having should find expression some other way? Seriously, now. I will give your answers full weight, as I am deliberating "at will" and am trying to figure myself out. Bob Add. Infantry School of Arms Camp Benning, Columbus, Georgia