Sunday, March 6, 1921

Very dark, wet warm day. Some rain. Arose 9 A.M. Breakfast. Fooled around. With Ford car after harp but too wet. To S.S. Dinner. To E.B. Church to hear Harry Haines. Walked about. To E.L. and Church & fireside social. Russ & I took Mary Clute & Ruth Pelott home. TO BED 12 P.M.

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Looking up information about Harry Haines, I discovered that he was a motivational speaker who gave talks at churches in the Schenectady area and presumably other places. Here is an article about him that came out in the Schenectady Gazette, August 12, 1921. It makes mention of Mr. Haines' two previous appearances in the city, one of which must have been the talk Stanford attended.

Mr. Haines had quite a checkered past, which is detailed more extensively in an interesting article about him in the CCNY newspaper from December of 1922: "Former Criminal Addresses YMCA." Here is the link if you're interested: Harry Haines.

Saturday, March 5, 1921

Cloudy, damp, mild, dull day. Arose 6:30 A.M. Studied. Breakfast. Around to college 8 A.M. -12:15 M. Uncle John to dinner. Played euchre. Took nap. Played piano. Studied. Pressed suit etc. Supper. To Union Williams B.B. game 26-21. Talked at Lodge. To bed 1:45 P.M.

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Friday, March 4, 1921

Beautiful, bright, brisk, breezy day. Arose 7:10 A.M. Read paper. Breakfast. To College 8 A.M. - 12:15 Noon. Dinner. Delivered eggs. To Rhetoric 2:30 P.M. To Library to read. Home. Studied. Played piano etc. Supper. Home in evening. Studied. Played games etc. To BED 9 P.M. Gratias.

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Thursday, March 3, 1921

Fair, bright, cool. Damp in A.M. Arose 6 A.M. Studied. Read paper. Breakfast. To College 8 A.M. to 12:15 M. Home in P.M. Studied etc. Supper. To Phi Nu Theta meeting. Talked. To Barcli with H.H. and Art Bussy. "PASSION." To bed 12 P.M.

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Arthur (Art) Cortez Bussy Jr. was from the town of Arena, NY, a part of Middletown, NY. His father, Arthur C. Bussy Sr, was a salesman in a feed store, according to the NY Census of 1925. Art Jr. was listed as being a college student. As we know from the Garnet of 1922 (found on ancestry.com), he attended Union College, class of 1924, and was a member of the college band. By 1930 he was married to Elizabeth and had a 14-month old son, Richard.

Art is an interesting person because he went on to become a pilot, and was known for air racing in the 1930s. Below is a picture of Art Bussy in the December 1939 edition of Popular Science, sporting the oxygen mask he invented for himself.  Following that is the story of the plane he flew in the Bendix race. (I know John will enjoy reading about that).

The movie Stanford, Hanford and Art saw, Passion, was a foreign film that came out that year in theaters. Below is a review by Carl Sandburg, noted poet, published in May of 1921, taken from the book, The Movies Are, a collection of movie reviews by Carl Sandburg:

Wednesday, March 2, 1921

Fair, mild, wet, dark, damp day. Arose 7:15 A.M. Breakfast. Read paper etc. To College 8 A.M.-12:15 M. Dinner. Read. Last dancing lesson 2-3 P.M. Bowled at Morse. Home. Supper. Studied. To bed 11 P.M. Thankful for health, friends, etc.

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I wonder what all the dancing lessons are for?

Tuesday, March 1, 1921

Dark. Very mild and wet. Thawing FAST. Arose 6:15 A.M. Studied. Breakfast. To Classes 8-11 A.M. To Lodge. To Chapel. Dinner. Talked. Played piano etc. Studied on third floor. Short nap. Wrote in diary. Supper. Studied. To College to psychology lecture. Walked around. To bed 10:15 P.M.

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I didn't know there was a third floor to that house! I wonder why he chose to study there?