11.
HERMANN
EINSTEIN
TO
JOST WINTELER
Pavia,
29
October
95
Your Honor!
Permit
me,
esteemed
Herr
Professor,
to
express my
deepest
gratitude
to
you
and
your
family
for the
exceedingly kind
and
friendly
hospitality
extended to
my son
Albert.
He
writes with delight
about
his
stay there and already feels
as
comfortable
as
at home.
I also
have high
hopes
regarding
the
many
intellectual
benefits
his stay
there is
going
to
bring
him; the
stimulating conversations
in
your
house will also be of
special
benefit to his
knowledge.
Since Albert
still
lags
far
behind
in
the
modern
languages,
I
am
taking
the
liberty
of
asking
you
to
spur
him
to the utmost
diligence
in that direction and
to
arrange
help through private
lessons if
necessary.
Finally,
I would also like to ask
you
kindly
to let
me
know
your
boarding
terms
soon.
In the meantime
please
accept
the
most
respectful compliments,
Your Honor, from
your
most devoted
Hermann Einstein
Kindest
regards
to
your
whole
family
from
me,
my
wife,
and
my
daughter.
12. MINUTES
OF THE
TEACHERS'
CONFERENCE, AARGAU
KANTONSSCHULE
Conference
of
8 Nov.
1895
[...]
596
disp.
Einstein,
[grade]
3
Tr[ade School], required
to receive
private
lessons in
French,
Natural
History,
and
Chemistry,
has been
exempted
from
Singing
and
Gymnastics
upon
request,
as an
alien he
is
at this school
grade
also
exempted
from
military
instruction.
13. JOST WINTELER
TO GUSTAV
MAIER
Aarau, 21 Dec. 95
Dear
Friend!
[...]
Our
youngsters
were
recently
in
Zurich
and,
to
my
surprise,
for
all the
visiting
had
no
time for
you.
Otherwise everybody is
doing
fine,
I
think,
both of them have
come
to the
right
place. [...]
J. Winteler
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