{Lutheran Theological Seminary and Waterloo College
Waterloo, Ontario}
May 13, 1923.
Dear Mother:
I have just got back from St. John’s where I preached to-night and will devote a few moments to writing my weekly letter to you. With the exception of Monday and Tuesday we have had steadily cold weather since I wrote you last week. Wednesday it snowed all day and the snow hung around for two or three days. And although now it has entirely disappeared the weather is exceptionally cold for the season and there are heavy frosts every night. I have had a steady fire in the furnace all week and have burned up all my coal except a few shovels full which will perhaps last out to-morrow yet. On Tuesday I began planting in the garden, put out some corn and a pound or two of onion sets. But the weather has been too cold to continue and I have done nothing since. This week will be another busy week with me and I will have little time for gardening even if the weather conditions should prove favourable. I have several Seminary Finals coming off this week. On Friday afternoon we will have the Alumni meeting in which I am to reply to the Toast the Faculty and on Friday evening the graduation exercises in St. John’s Church. On the 29th I am to attend the Canada Synod meeting in Conestogo as fraternal delegate from our Synod and the following week our own Synodical Convention at Hamilton. Fortunately I am not on the programme of the latter except for a short devotional sermon at the opening of the second session. Dr. Hoffmann preached in St. John’s this morning and will preach again next Sunday. They expected to have a second 'trial preacher' next Sunday, but he telegraphed them that he couldn’t come until the following Sunday. I don’t know how many they are going to hear before they call one, but I think such electioneering methods are disgraceful to all concerned. Here at the house we are in a sort of semi-quarantine just now. Robert developed the mumps on
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Monday and I had to take all of the children out of the public school and have had to keep them home since. However, I put Carolus over in the Seminary where I am rooming and board him in order that he may continue in school. I didn’t want him to miss as I am anxious for him to make his entrance this year so that he can enter the College in the fall. Robert is over the mumps, wasn’t very sick with them as the type that is going around is mild. The Willison children first got them and carried them around here. They didn’t have a doctor and continued sending their girls to school, except the two that had the mumps, although they did it at the risk of a fine. If none of the other of our children get them we may get them all back in school by next week. As the mumps are everywhere around here I don’t see much use in quarantining against them, but since it is the law one ought to obey it. Spring is unusually late this year. With the exception of a tree here and there no leaves have begun to put out at all yet. On Friday evening Prof. and Mrs. Zinck entertained the graduating class and the Seminary professors at supper. They had a very fine and fashionable spread. I guess we will omit that function at our place this year for obvious reasons. The children are having a great time at home and are enjoying their holidays. Arthur had an examination just before he stop and made 509 points out of a possible 600 and stood first in his room. He made 100 on arithmetic. House-cleaning is over again for another half year. I got a woman for 4 or 5 days this past week to help Bonnie and between them they put it [?] and the house looks a lot better, 100% Bonnie would say. Well, I will close again for this time as I have nothing particular interest or importance to say. With love and best wishes, I am
Most Sincerely yours,
[signed] Carroll H. Little.
