Dept of Materiel
Field Artillery School
F.T. Sill, Okla.
April 17, 1943
Dear Aunt Stella + Uncle Elmer -
having just finished my 1st real week. as an instructor, I feel like an veteran. It's not going to be bad at all. By the end of another two weeks, I shall have the work well enough in hand that I won't have to burn the midnight oil in preparation. So I shall have plenty of time for relaxation - movies, reading, and, I hope, some form of exercise.
Most of my classes follow this formula. I open the class with a 10 or 15 minute lecture, discussion, or question period, and then turn the men over to enlisted instructors for the remainder of the two hour period - while I just stand around and try to look intelligent. I do have several classes in which I teach for the full period - and later on I'll have two hour lectures to deliver. I think I could handle anyone of the classes now - but I suppose it will be some time before I'm actually entrusted with the lectures.
I see my friend Wells Henderson's father has been elected President of the American Bar Association, Wells, of course, is quite elated. Perhaps Mr. Henderson will be able to help me make a good contact when I finish law school. At least he should be able to give me some good advice.
But I guess I don’t have to worry about law school for awhile, for although things are moving along in N. Africa, we are still quite a distance from Berlin and Tokyo.
Yours,John