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Carroll Steinbeck letters to parents, January-February, 1944

Carroll Steinbeck to Alfred and Vira Steinbeck Page 1

Jan 10, 1943
Dear Folks, 
School again and my how things have changed since I left. Everything is all mixed up. The bunch I ran around with are scattered all over the place. I have three new room mates and I don't know any of them. I only know two fellows in my classes. Don't know how it will work out but I wish they would have left things alone so it wouldn't have been quite so bad. 
We got into Laramie about 7:00 Sunday evening. We caught a ride out to the barrack so we didn't have to walk much. We were still living in Knight hall but everything is switched around in here. I tried to get my stuff straightened out last night but didn't get finished. Guess I'll get finished today though. 
It was pretty cold here a few days ago. Got down to 27* below. How's that? There is also a few inches of snow on the ground. It isn't cold out now though. 
I had a class already today. It was a

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Jan 10, 1943 Dear Folks, School again and my how things have changed since I left. Everything is all mixed up. The bunch I ran around with are scattered all over the place. I have three new room mates and I don't know any of them. I only know two fellows in my classes. Don't know how it will work out but I wish they would have left things alone so it wouldn't have been quite so bad. We got into Laramie about 7:00 Sunday evening. We caught a ride out to the barrack so we didn't have to walk much. We were still living in Knight hall but everything is switched around in here. I tried to get my stuff straightened out last night but didn't get finished. Guess I'll get finished today though. It was pretty cold here a few days ago. Got down to 27* below. How's that? There is also a few inches of snow on the ground. It isn't cold out now though. I had a class already today. It was a