Datebook 1922

Tuesday, October 31, 1922

Beautiful, bright and warm. Arose 7 A.M. Out to breakfast. Studied. To Classes 9:30 to 11:30 A.M. Studied. To dinner with Alex Stewart. Pictures taken in front of building. Classes 2:15 - 4:45 P.M. Wrote letter to M.L.S. Supper. Volley ball. Studied. To bed 11 P.M.

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Well, Stanford certainly has a lot of girl friends to write to! Where does he find the time?

Monday, October 30, 1922

Fair, clear, cool and breezy. Arose 7 A.M. Out to breakfast. Studied, read etc. Dinner. Short nap. To classes 2:15 to 4:45 P.M. Out to supper etc. Back to "72." Studied. Out for walk with H.H. To bed 10:30 P.M. Thankful for education.

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Sunday, October 29, 1922

Beautiful, bright and cool. Arose 8:30 A.M. Shave, shower, toe & finger nail cut etc. To First M.E. Church. Dr. Hartman spoke. Dinner. Talked with fellows. Letter home. To Brookline with Maxwell Stewart to social hour and E.L. meeting. Called on his friends. Studied, talked. To bed 11:45 P.M.

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Saturday, October 28, 1922

Ideal, bright, autumn day. Arose 7:45 A.M. Breakfast. Cleaned room. Studied. To dinner with H.H. at California Cafeteria. Bought collars. Took nap. Letter home. To supper, P.O., market etc. Cocoa with Count. Studied. To bed 1:30 A.M. Praise God.

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The California Cafeteria was at 3 Bromfield Street back then, but for some reason, there is no photo of that address, not even in Google Maps.

I'm not sure who Count was, but it might be a friend . . . ?

Friday, October 27, 1922

Beautiful, bright, clear, cool. Arose 7 A.M. Breakfast at Myrtle lunch. Classes 9:30-11:30 A.M. Dinner. Fooled around with Alex Stewart and H.H. Annual University Fall Convocation. Big occasion. Wally, H.H. & I to Brookline to E.L. social. Home with G.M. TO BED 12:30 P.M.

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I wonder who G.M. is? Is this a new female acquaintance?

Thursday, October 26, 1922

Fair and cool. Arose 6:30 A.M. Studied. Breakfast. Classes 9:30-11:30 A.M. Dinner with Alexander Stewart. Back to "72." Studied. Classes 2:15-4:45 P.M. Out to supper. Studied. To Stag social of Theologues. Games, eats etc. Talked. To BED 1 P.M. [A.M.?]

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Hmmm . . . a party of all male future ministers. Boggles the mind.

Wednesday, October 25, 1922

Bright, cool, breezy day. Arose 6 A.M. Washed. Studied. To breakfast. Classes 9:30-11:30. To dinner. Studied. Classes 2:15-4:45 P.M. Supper. Played volley ball with Williams and Wallschlaeger. Studied. To bed 9:30 P.M. Thankful for health, friends, and opportunity of education.

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Not sure who Williams and Wallschlaeger are yet. Maybe I'll learn their first names soon so I can take a guess.

About this blog . . .

I've created this blog to make a record of the hand-written journals of Stanford Stillman Closson (1900-1982), who was in his life a Methodist Minister, grandfather, father, brother, husband, son and friend. This is the fourth installment of Date Book, covering 1922 (the first three cover 1919-1921). For as long as seems practical, I will record subsequent years (they continue into the 1970s). I'm matching the days--January 1, 1922 to January 1, 2016, for instance--with one entry per day.

The daily entries are pretty short, though, so in addition to recording the diaries, I'm also annotating them, giving additional information about the people, places and events mentioned by Stanford.

And this year, because Stanford moves to Boston when he starts his graduate program at Boston University, I will be adding information about early 1920s Boston as well as Schenectady.

Through these annotations, I hope to convey a sense of Stanford's life and times. And of course, I'm also hoping to give his descendants a fuller picture of who he was as a young man.