Letters from William Key Howard to his sister Frances, from V.I.P. which express his dissatisfaction with the school. Feels he is wasting his time at the school, though he enjoys the athletics. His company won inter-company basketball and football championships, he took first place in shot put and second in javelin throwing. Mentions inspection of the school, which is labeled as 8th best in country, as well as a large fire near the school. Mentions letters of his gaurdian and financial advisor Mr. Young. Money from Mr. Young to buy Liberty Bond. He writes of going to see "The Birth of a Nation." He mentions the blacks in the theater all clapping when the character Lynch (a mulatto elected Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina in the film) was carried through the street on the black celebrants' shoulders. He writes that "they had K.Ks. up in the gallery to keep the colored people quite [sic]." William works on a ship as deck boy. Mentions going to see "The Birth of a Nation". Contains a letter from the Davey Tree Expert Company dated October 16, 1925 accepting William's acceptance into their tree surgeon program.