Went to 8 Mass again, but for the last 3 days I have gone to Mass I have been about 5 mins. late for school. I must say that the matric. fellows aren’t working at all, and I am sure at least half of them will fall through. After school I went down town, Fannie going with me, and I got a new shirt, and a larger-sized cap. I ran a few races in school for fun so I was pretty dead walking home. Did French and had my lesson. Fräulein Engelmann was just home from the Aran Islands and told Páp and I all about them. She said they are a wonderfully tall, proud people, still keeping their native costumes. Their poverty is terrible for the islands are stony, and a fierce wind is always raging from the Atlantic. There are 700 on the largest island. An old fort built 1000 B.C. by aboriginals still stands. – Put on my whites, and went up to Betty’s for tennis, where I had some fine games. Fr. Gay joined in too. After we played hide and seek, but I was concerned about my lovely clothes, because I fell twice, and dirtied them. Arthur and Bettie Bergin were there. Every evening Mám plays her new programme. I simply revel in Chopin’s Valse Op. 64 No. 3. It is delightful.
