Jan 30 1911 5:30 PM Provo Utah

Provo Utah Jan. 30, 1911.

Dear Father:

I am out of money again and have to pay $18.00 for piano lessons for the last time and $3 for typewriting and on the 10^th of Feb. $16.00 for board. Can you send me about $45.00 now and then I won’t need any more only to pay board each month and a few side expenses. It is going to cost me (altogether) $400.00 to get home and all before I get done. This is the closest I can figure it. There are lots of expenses no one thinks about til he gets here.

Tomorrow I guess you finish with the stock taking.

Prof Petersen’s and the Two Prof Chamberlain’s are having a dispute with the rest of the school bishops and presidents of //stakes here about religion.

I don’t think they want it out, of course they don’t.

They are accused of teaching false doctrine, that is some scientific things that the Church members can’t understand.

They couldn’t settle it Saturday so next Saturday Prst. Smith is coming down.

I think they are right as far as I have heard. They just go deeper than many of the old men around here and then they kick.

They are about the only high teachers here who have A.M.’s. The two Petersens are the one’s Josie boarded with at Chicago.

I hope everything is alright at home and the store. I have to hurry now so will stop. From your Son,

Albert.

I practice more on the piano now and am getting my money’s worth on that.

Provo Utah Jan. 30, 1911.

Dear Mother:

I was very glad to get your’s and Carl’s letters and the credits. I will hand them in today. On Saturday night we went to a basketball game between B.Y.U. and the University of Utah. The B.Y.U. beat 47 to 27. After this Miss Edmunds and Jepperson gave a song and instrumental recital. It was very nice. Just the two did it all. Miss Jepperson is the best singer in Provo. We went to a lecture last night in the University. It is raining and has rained off and on for two or three days. All our examinations are over and this morning we start on a new semester. Gerald is going to take lessons on the piano now. He first thought of the violin but his folks discouraged him.//

I saw Soppia Ealison at Andersons alright. Aunt Tilda didn’t say anything about writing or having received any letter. I hope Alfie and Kippy are well now. It’s funny that Al—in still remembers you.

I will ask today which piano is best, and send it next time.

Maybe John Erickson would buy your lot. I wonder if the store is very hard up now.

We don’t go out much now but stay more steady at work.

I am always wishing when I go to a musical that you could be here. I think it would be cheaper almost about as cheap if you could come and stay a winter as you used to talk of, that is if two or three could come back. Of course Pa can’t afford many at a time now. I wonder if I can go more than//two years to school.

It seems just a start to what some of them are getting up here.

All the ambitions boys aim at a college degree in one line or another. I can easily graduate from high school next year and take all the music I want besides. They give a fine medical course in Pharmacy at Salt Lake City no at the University of Utah. I don’t like to give Pharmacy up yet.

The way I feel now I would like to take out a doctors degree in medicines and be more respected and be able to get along better. I am always planning and don’t know how they will turn out but I know if I want to bad enough I can as far as doing it as I think I can study as good as any common fellow//anyway.

I want to stay with the piano and cello and amo be able to play for people.

I am in a hurry so will stop. Write and tell about everybody.

Your son

Albert.

We can talk about my plans in the summer and ask pa about things, as I ought to help him more anyway.