Tuesday, January 24, 1922

Cold, bright, clear, breezy day. 6 below ZERO. Arose 7 A.M. To Amsterdam to make collections. Out to make deliveries in Dorp. Around house doing odds & end. Russell & Merlin left for Buffalo on 5:40 A.M. train. Dean Ripton class here. To Union-Colgate B.B. game. Score 13-16. To bed 10 P.M.

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Dorp is an affectionate name for Schenectady. Following is a bit of history about the name, taken from the Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co. Inc. Edition of The Old Mohawk-Turnpike Book, located on the Fulton County NY GenWeb site.

"Old Dorp"

Schenectady is notable as the place where Holland Dutch influence was dominant longer than in any other city of the Hudson valley (the Mohawk being part of the Hudson watershed). Holland Dutch was preached in the churches of the Dutch Reformed denomination until long after 1800 and it was spoken somewhat generally up to 1850 and even thereafter. Some years ago, two Schenectady men, who spoke the Dutch language of their fathers, paid a visit to Holland. They were surprised to find that the natives found difficulty in understanding their Schenectady Dutch because it was of an ancient form and much mixed with words of Indian origin. During its somewhat sleepy existence in the mid-nineteenth century, Schenectady was affectionately known as "Old Dorp" (Dutch for "old town"), a name frequently applied to it even today by the people of the Mohawk valley. 

The old Colonial Holland Dutch section of the town still largely exists in the streets of the river section, formerly enclosed by the ancient stockade. Here still stand many houses, in the Schenectady Dutch style, built before or shortly after the Revolution. It is a section of Dutch Colonial Schenectady well worth careful preservation.

The Union-Colgate game was previewed in the January 24th newspaper. Below is an excerpt from the report. Too bad they lost!