Tuesday, June 20, 1922

Overcast cool day but no rain. Arose 7 A.M. Breakfast. Mother, Father, H.H. and I to Uncle John's. Mixed concrete for foundation of porch. Good dinner. To Park Site. Picked half bushel strawberries, mowed lawn etc. Home. Talked etc. To bed 9:30 P.M.

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Monday, June 19, 1922

Overcast, cool. Arose 7:30 A.M. Breakfast. Out on business 9-12 and 1-2. Wrote in diary. Shower at Y, got dress suits etc. Nap. Supper. In evening with Eldyth Proper to State College Senior Ball at Ten Eyck Albany 9-2. H.H. & M.M.B. also. Fine time. To bed 3:30 A.M.

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Well, the Senior Ball is part of the Commencement Exercises for the State Teachers College at Albany. Below is an excerpt from the publication giving the schedule for those exercises, including the Senior Ball.

Eldyth Proper is a girl Stanford knew. She evidently graduated from Teachers College that year, as she later became a teacher, as I note in a 1921 diary entry annotation: Eldyth Proper.

Sunday, June 18, 1922

Overcast, mild, and close. Arose 9:50 A.M. Made toilet. To Church & S.S. Children's Day. In P.M. State College Baccalaureate Service. To Epworth League and Church. Ran stereopticon lantern for slides on China. To Scotia with R.E.P. To be 12 P.M.

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China was in the news this week; I wonder what the slide show was about?

Saturday, June 17, 1922

Rainy, cool, dismal day. Arose 7:30 A.M. Breakfast. Read paper etc. Out on business. Dinner. Mother, father, H.H. & I to Delanson to look over H.H.'s church. Supper. In evening to Rexford to H.H.-M.M.B. announcement party. Fine occasion. To bed 12;30 P.M.

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Delanson must be where Hanford will be working that summer as an intern preacher.  Hanford and Marion are having their engagement party that evening. They will not be married for two more years, however. I wonder if long engagements were common in those days?

When Stanford read the paper at breakfast, I wonder what he thought of the below item?

Friday, June 16, 1922

Fair, bright, cool with little rain at night. Arose 6:30 A.M. Breakfast etc. Out on business. Dinner. H.H., M.M.B., E.M.P. and I to Albany a la Kissell to State College Class Day. Exercises. Very Good. Supper at Sirkers. To Proctors. Home. Talked. To bed 11:15 P.M. FATHER'S 69TH BIRTHDAY.

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Stanford doesn't say if he stayed for the whole show, but here are the various entertainments offered on June 16th at Proctor's in Schenectady:

The movie sounds kind of interesting; here is the TCM summary of the film: The Sleepwalker

Thursday, June 15, 1922

Overcast, mild, damp day. Arose 6:45 A.M. Breakfast etc. To Uncle John's A.M. to 4 P.M. Cut logs in woods, drew to mill, drew sand etc. in preparation for porch. Home. Washed Kissell. To Eldyth Proper's for call. Home. Talked. To bed 11:30 P.M.

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Wednesday, June 14, 1922

Overcast, mild day. Arose 9:15 A.M. Breakfast etc. H.H. & I down town. Got dress suits etc. Dinner. In P.M. father & I pointed up cellar wall at 144 P.P. Supper. In evening to call on D.W.S. To bed 12 P.M.

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