Charles Albert Noble letters, Berkeley, CA, to WIlliam L. Lassleben, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1946

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Charles Albert Noble letters, Berkeley, CA, to WIlliam L. Lassleben, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1946

Includes description of several fraternity houses' antics before the Stanford-Berkeley football game; the increase of the student population on campus from 21,500 to 30,000 students in the coming semester; post-war relations between Russia and the United States; post-war problems in the United States; and the Republican proposal to reduce federal taxes. Includes description of Noble's pleasure at Lassleben's upcoming return to campus as an undergraduate student, following his service as a Lieutenant in the United States Army in World War II; a description of the Faculty Club Christmas dinner, and cocktail hour at the Nobles' home beforehand; an account of James Kennedy Moffitt's Christmas luncheon, and Noble's appreciation of Moffitt's character; and brief mention of international and domestic affairs.

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