December 6, 1917 Dr. Everman took me out to lunch after showing me over the Academy. Afterward, I visited Harvey Hall in his herbarium, where I found him pouring over rubber culture in the U.S.A. He is trying to discover a plant which will grow in the U.S. and produce rubber. The ______ is the only one known thus far. In case of war, our rubber supply would be stopped if ocean transport was blocked. I took dinner with the Grinnell family. The 3 kids are of one size and age about Willard 10, Molly 9, Stewart 8. Their parents have given them freedom and they are natural in manners, unafraid, and filled with ______ and jokes.