Monday, May 24, 1920

Overcast mild day. Arose 7:15 A.M. to College 8-9 A.M. Hanford home 9 A.M. Wrote in diary. Talked. Studied etc. Final exam in Chem. Lab at 1:30 P.M. Downtown. Shot pool at Morse Association with H.H. Played Vocalion in evening. Read etc. To bed 10:30 P.M.

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I'd never heard of a vocalion, but I learned that it is a brand of organ. I wonder if the Clossons acquired one to keep in their home. Stanford doesn't indicate where he went to play the Vocalion, so we must assume it was at home, since it was evening.

Here is some information about the instrument from a website for collectors, Vocalion History. And a picture of one from an advertisement:



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