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Would be glad of a visit from EAB at any time.

Apologises for being unable to attend the College Meeting, and also a Wordsworth Room lunch, due to illness.

Does not know how to thank the College adequately for the nearly 60 years he spent there.

Gives thanks for a letter, and will send the photographs once he has found them. Asks if he is to be mentioned on St John's Day and sends his thanks if he is. Also mentions the traditional speech mentioning the many differences from when he first was a Fellow to the present. Suggests that they forego the celebrations and send food parcels to Universities in the British Zone in Germany instead.

Is moved to write concerning H. F. Stewart, whose notice EAB has just written for The Eagle.

Discusses an article by Sir John Farmer (possibly an obituary of WB) and is relieved it has been done well. Gives thanks for some poetry. Discusses Gregory (Bateson, her son), his character and his future, and how she is to do all she can for him at this time.

Discusses a change to the College Statutes concerning the retirement of the Master.

Asks for information on an examination paper Sir Joseph Larmor set in 1924 as he is to give a talk of JL in Dublin.

Gives an account of his first few days in College, describing his room in third court, his first meal in Hall and a visit to Dr Sandys, his tutor, who, he says, 'is exceedingly stiff, and seemed hardly less nervous, or awkward . . . than myself.' Notes that he had his first examination in the Senate House. Describes making acquaintance with a number of fellow students and attending church services.

Discusses various expenses involved with his accommodation. Is unsure about joining the Chapel, thinks he may join a 'Nonconformist place in town'. Lists the various expenses he will incur, including costs of a gown and a boating outfit.