Arnold's Story: circa 1947

I was not going to include these scribblings with spellings as they add little of interest to this blog, but there is a list of names on one of them. I am not even sure of the date — these were in a parcel of letters dated 1947. The Vanderbilt Hall in the text of the card suggests it is the medical school residence of Harvard Medical School, as Arnold had started there in the autumn of 1947. 

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Arnold's Story: December 30, 1946

A Christmas card from Howie and Estelle Raiffa: 

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Arnold's Story: December 29, 1946

A Christmas card from "Mac" McElhany with some news about friends and classmates:

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Arnold's Story: December 25, 1946

I recognize these ceramic horses, but I do not know the story behind them. They may been purchased in Korea. And perhaps they were a Christmas gift. I remember them from our home in Gainesville, Florida, but I have no recollection of when I first saw them — from before my grandmother, Hazel Nevis, died in 1973, or after? My parents always kept them wrapped in tissue in a box and they were never on display in our house. I recall that a few were missing limbs after a while, and I lost track of them after we cleaned out the house when my mother moved to assisted living.

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Arnold's Story: December 24, 1946

A Christmas card from Bob Miller:

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Arnold's Story: December 20, 1946

A Christmas card from Rob Schmidt:

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Arnold's Story: December 19, 1945

A Christmas card from Bob River with news about Caltech classmates:

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Arnold's Story: December 18, 1946 Arnold, Mary and Little Mary

The Christmas card is likely from Arnold, his wife Mary and their infant daughter Little Mary.

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Arnold's Story: December 18, 1946 Bill Jarvis

I believe Footsie is a nickname for Bill Jarvis. 

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Arnold's Story: December 18, 1946 Harry Schmidt

Harry sends Arnold a Christmas card:

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Arnold's Story: December 18, 1946 Bill Dempler

Bill Dempler sends Arnold a Christmas card:

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Arnold's Story: December 17, 1946

Lou Egelson sends a Christmas card to Arnold:

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Arnold's Story: December 7, 1946

Bob and Pat Collins send Arnold a Christmas card from Michigan:

Landscape View after a Fall of Snow by Wang Wei
(T'and Dynasty Chinese Paintings — Yucheng Series)

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Arnold's Story: November 29, 1946

John Macarthur writes to Arnold from Elsinore, California, perhaps an hour's drive from Pasadena.  

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Arnold's Story: November 26, 1946

Here are Arnold's grades from 1940–1943 and 1946. He was a B–C student (Good–Satisfactory), with the occasional A (one or two per year) and even one D.

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