Saturday, April 17, 1920

Beautiful bright mild Spring day. Arose 7 A.M. To College 7:45 to 11:15 A.M. Out with Father. Chored around. Bowled with Finch, Norris and H.H. Out on hike at end of Campbell Ave. Fine time. Good eats. Talked, put shot etc sang, slept etc. To bed 10:45 P.M. Thankful for health, friends, etc.

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Friday, April 16, 1920

Cloudy mild day. Arose 7:15 A.M. To College 8-9 A.M. Home. Studied, played etc. To college 1:30 to 2:30 P.M. Out to Uncle John's in P.M. to supper. Fine grub and visit. Home 7:15 P.M. To Proctor's with D.S.R. XX. Good time. Out with H. Super Six. To bed 12:45 P.M.

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Lest we forget, the H. Super Six is the Hudson Super Six, their fancy car. And Stanford's "kiss" symbols are starting to look more like the modern version, "X."

Thursday, April 15, 1920

Cloudy by spells, bright by times with little rain at night. Arose 7:45 A.M. To college 9-12 M. Played piano, studied, sorted eggs etc. Down street etc. To Glenville Center to Mr. Bard's farewell reception. Took Rev. Goewey along. Fine time. To bed 1 A.M.

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Reverend Hobart Goewey was the pastor of Glenville Center M.E. Church. 

Wednesday, April 14, 1920

Overcast cool day. Arose 7:15 A.M. To College 8-9 A.M. Studied. Wrote in diary. Helped father etc. To college 11-12 M. Studied. Took condition exam in Psychology at 2:30 P.M. Home. Studied. To Phi Nu Theta meeting. Shot pool at Clinton parlors with H.H. and Owen Chamberlain. To bed 1 A.M. To Owens room in P.M. also.

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Owens St. Clair Chamberlayn (as it is spelled in the 1920 census) lived with his sister in a rooming house at 201 Linwood Place in Schenectady. He was a student at the time, presumably at Union College. Born in 1899 at Glenville, Owens may have known Stanford in that town as well. Owens was a WWI veteran, but he never left the states, serving his time in Portland, OR. He enlisted again, in 1942, for WWII. He died in 1959 in Massachusetts. He was divorced by then with no dependents, although any children may have been grown by then since he was 43.

Tuesday, April 13, 1920

Rufa's Birthday.  Rainy cold windy wet April day. Arose 7:15 A.M. To college 9-12 M. Home. Studied for Psychology stick exam. To College 2:30 to 5 P.M. Prof March didn't show up. Shot pool at College Union. Walked around. To College to psychology lecture. To bed 10 P.M.

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Rufa must be Stanford's nickname for Ruth, whose birthday was April 13!

In 1910 John Lewis March was an adjunct professor of Modern Languages at Union College. He lived in a room in the South College Dorm on campus. That must have been a common thing, to have college teachers living in the dorms on campus. He was a single man then.  By 1920 he was still single but by then he was an Associate Professor of Psychology. In 1940 he was living with his younger sister Mildred, also unmarried, in a nice house at 1086 Gillespie Street. Born in 1873 in Pennsylvania, Dr. March was 67 by 1940 and still teaching at Union. John L. March was one of 8 children--6 boys and 2 girls--born to a Language professor at Lafayette College in Easton, PA. John March went on to attend Lafayette College, eventually getting his PhD from there in 1903. He died in 1952.

Here's what his house looks like today (image taken from Google Maps):

Monday, April 12, 1920

Overcast mild day. Arose 7:15 A.M. To college 8-9 A.M. Studied, wrote in diary etc. To " [college] 11 to 12:45. To Chem Lab 1:30 to 3 P.M. Shot pool at Morse. Home. Studied etc. Took condition exam in Soph B.E. Chemistry. Home. Studied. Wrote letter etc. To bed 2 A.M. Thankful for health, friends etc.

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Not sure what B.E. Chemistry is. Tried to find out but failed. I'm starting to talk like Stanford, leaving off all my articles, writing in short sentences. Yikes!

Sunday, April 11, 1920

Fair cool Spring day. Arose 7:15 A.M. To Saratoga to Conference Love feast and service. Home 2 P.M. H.H. & I to Albany to call on Stella and Agnes Sanborn. Stayed to supper. Nice visit. Walked around Albany. Home 10 P.M. Talked with Merlin & Ruth. To bed 11 P.M. thankful for health, friends, education, opportunities etc.

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Couldn't find out who Stella and Agnes Sanborn were. Not sure what the Conference is either. Ah, well.