Saturday, March 11, 1922

Overcast, mild day. Little snow & rain. Arose 7:45 A.M. Breakfast. Out after eggs cases etc. Home. Took short nap. Dinner. Read. Wrote in diary etc. Down street. Took shower at Y etc. Home. Supper. To basketball game at College with Ellen Nielsen. Union 24-Brown 26. Very exciting. Stayed to dancing. Ate at PELOPS. TO BED 2 A.M.

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The Schenectady Gazette covered the basketball game that Stanford and Ellen attended. At right is an excerpt from the article.

I wonder where he and Ellen went dancing? I guess those dancing lessons came in handy!

In an effort to dig up information about the Pelops Restaurant, I ran across a curious article in a hotel and restaurant workers' union journal, The Mixer and Server.

In the September issue, in the report from the union's organizers, there is mention of a meeting with the First Methodist's pastor, Dr. Frick, to ask if he would recommend that his members not patronize Pelops, since it refuses to allow union employees. Pastor Frick agreed, according to the report.

I'm guessing that Pelops was a Greek restaurant, a type that was resistant to unions, according to A. Martel, International Organizer.

I think it's interesting to see how unions fought to gain ground in the 1920s. Organizers were up against some tough odds in the workplace those days, especially with immigrant and other workers fearing the loss of their jobs. But working conditions were not ideal--note the long hours for restaurant workers detailed by A. Martel.