File 1936 - Letters of 1936

31 letters paper

Letter of recommendation for Pars's pupil E.D. Mason. The usual letters involving networking-there are frequent letters from headmasters at boy's schools who ask Pars for help in getting some of their pupils into Jesus (many of these were either at Jesus or Latymer Upper School with Pars). Apology from a student who behaved badly whilst intoxicated.Thank you letters from students. Letter from Arthur Gray who mentions A.E. Green. Letters from the H.M. Nautical Almanac Office-Royal Naval College regarding calculating machines. Letters from David and Bertie(?) in the Leander Club who are trying to get Freddy Brittain into the club, but the committee will not let them. Letter from old friend George who offers sympathy for the death of Pars's father and for his mother's illness. Letter from Austrian climbing friend Franz Hinterecker. The letter is set in a very nationalistic tone, critical of the British and defensive. Franz wants to know what Pars thinks of "our new leader" Adolf Hitler. Letters from F.J.F. Jackson in New Jersey. He is very happy that A.E. Green was elected eventhough the Master was opposed to him. He also praises Robert Dodd as a first-rate man. A lengthy letter of recommendation for A.E. Green from Taylor for a fellowship at Cambridge. Letter from Harold Spencer Jones from the Greenwich Observatory.