(Q) When and to whom shall I go to find employment at this
time?
(A) First, we would consider all the conditions that
surround the body from the economic angle; from the
associations and relations that have existed, that do exist,
in the present; also that which we have given through these
channels as to what line of endeavor would offer for the body
the environ that would bring about the better or more apt
conditions, that would be in keeping with the abilities,
the intents, the purposes that are innate and manifested
in the experience of the entity.
Then, considering all these conditions, the environs, the
surroundings, the conditions, and the experiences that the
body has had to the present, we would advise that the present
environs and the surroundings in the home associations be
considered.
In the present it may appear that these would not justify the
body continuing, nor justify the desires and the conditions
for the body's outlook or the training of the body in its
mental attributes (considering the associations in those
activities of the body, and the body's parents' association).
Yet, these have been - and these are, in the main - those
sources from which the present supply of the material
necessities must arise.
Hence it would be well that the body accomplish what it may
in the present environs; and, during the period, take the
necessary training - through a correspondence course - FOR
the position that we have given should be, or would be, a
satisfactory environ, that would be the beginning of the
associations that would bring about satisfactory
relationships.
Then, by the beginning of the next season either in the early
portion of the year or, at least, by the spring or summer
seasons, there should be the opening through these same
channels, for the study and the preparations for a
satisfactory connection and association for the body.
And, in the present conditions, those surroundings, those
conditions that have been brought about by the activities of
the body, the better connections would be in the associations
at the present time; and these would offer for the body the
better preparations for that which may be brought to pass in
the experience of the body.
(Q) Is it advisable at this time, or any time in the future,
for [W...] and I to get married?
(A) We would advise it at once, if satisfactory with those
conditions that may be brought about for all concerned in the
present - and would make for the best in the new environs
that will develop. Be patient. Be persistent.
Because it is apparent, in the mind of the body, that the
body may be looked upon as having failed in accomplishing
or in conquering those associations and connections, should
inspire rather than make discouragements in the body's
experience.
Those individuals that are worth the name of being manly,
or godly manly, are those that use the discouraging moments
rather as the testing periods and make of them
stepping-stones for that which may be accomplished in
earnestness.
And remember, that which is to be constructive in the mental,
the material or the spiritual life, must have its inception,
its basis for its activities, in that which is true, pure,
honest, sincere. Or, the body-mind, the mental forces,
should feed more and more upon those things that are the
BUILDERS.
(Q) (Long pause - deep breath) You will please tell me if
you have finished with this reading.
(A) If that is all desired!
(Q) Was the last sentence finished?
(A) What more would you add!
(Q) Is there any special school of correspondence
recommended?
(A) There are several different ones. The Cincinnati school,
as we find, would be the most profitable - for the training
as a whole. Or, the Buffalo school. Either are well, and
both give - or prompt - the association and connections with
the United Hotel Associations, that may present - for the
interest and for the activities of the body - that which
would be in line with those suggestions we have given.
These may be found advertised in many different groups. The
LaSalle course is very good, from Chicago. But, as we find,
the Cincinnati or Buffalo school connections are the most
satisfactory for the hotel training.
(Q) Give me any advice or counsel that might help me find
a job and financial independence.
(A) We would advise beginning where we are; using that in
hand, making considerations for those about self, those
dependent upon self; taking on those responsibilities that
will not only aid but add to the respectability, the
affability, the conditions that make for building character.
And, most of all, do not lose faith in self nor self's
abilities, when trusting in the divine influences that are
the birthright of every soul.
We are through for the present.
Copy to Self
Copy to Ass'n File
BACKGROUND
5/23/25 See
78-1 and
5/26/33 see
78-6.
REPORTS
1/13/37 Letter: "I'm studying optometry here in Chicago.
The first of next month will mark two years I've had in the
three year course.
"I am now ready for my senior year which starts in February
and ends in February 1938... [He wrote of the need to
borrow money to finish school]... When I started this course
I had every reason to believe I could get through easily.
Since then my father has been sick quite a lot of the time
and it has been hard for all of us."
2/27/37 Letter: "Perhaps it will interest you to know that
at the 'last moment' I was able to obtain enough money to
remain in school and that I am now a senior with regular
clinic hours. Of course, there is almost another year yet,
but somehow I feel I may muddle through now that the course
is almost finished."
9/18/39 Letter from [
341] to [
78]: "I gathered from remarks
in your last letters that you were not entirely happy. How
is your marriage making out? and what are the chances of
seeing a picture of your boy? In many ways I cannot imagine
a child having a more interesting father, nor a more
difficult one. He must indeed have been a brave soul to come
into this universe under your benevolent supervision. His
life should be an interesting one, though, and that's more
than most people ask for or expect."
10/21/41 Letter: "My misalliance has ended in divorce,
as you may know, and it is only natural that I view the
institution [of marriage] with wary eyes - at least, for
a time. When I view marriage abstractly I feel it can be
compared to any other conventional undertaking. Those of
us who conform to custom and make good marks in school,
good social progress, and good incomes will find marriage
congenial - by and large. Those of us who, for any reason
whatever, cannot conform therein, will find marriage
insupportable."
GD's memo: "We heard in 1946 that [
78] was an optician in
Chicago."
3/31/49 GD's memo: "[
78] visited A.R.E. today, is Lt. Comdr.
in Navy and passing through. Has a wife, [M...] and 3 yr.
old son; had asked for a job on the West Coast if he had to
be sent from Chicago, where he has been all these years.
His wife was a Chicago girl. Seems very happily married and
proud of his family."
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