Sunday, February 6, 1921

Overcast damp mild April day. Arose 9 A.M. Breakfast, shaved etc. To Church & S.S. Took Russel up after tickets. Dinner. To Hospital to see Dot Gallup with Ruth, D.S.R., M.M.B. and Clif B. in B's car. Rode around. Lunch home. To E.L. & Church. Talked with Russ. To BED 12:30.

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I don't know who B's are, but they provided the car. I wonder why Dot was in the hospital?

Saturday, February 5, 1921

Dark, dull, wet rainy disagreeable day. Arose 9:15 A.M. Breakfast. Fooled around. Got hair cut. Uncle John & John & Anna Myers to dinner. Played euchre. Down town. Bought goods. Supper. To College Frosh 15 - Albany High 16; Union 31 - Albany law 16. Home. Pressed suit took bath etc. TO BED 12 P.M.

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Good thing those lawyers can't play basketball! It's very unusual, by the way, for Stanford to complain about the weather or anything else for that matter.

Friday, February 4, 1921

Beautiful bright mild clear day. Arose 9:15 A.M. Dressed. Breakfast. Read. Played piano etc. Dinner. Did odd jobs. Took short nap. To College. Supper. Bowled with Church League 126 - 154 -126. Took 2 games from Grace M.E. H.H. to Sacandega. TO BED 11 P.M.

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Thursday, February 3, 1921

Overcast mild damp day. Little snow. Arose 10 A.M. Breakfast. Dressed. Played piano, Read, talked etc. Dinner. Took nap. Wrote in diary. Up to College. Bowled at Morse 159-203-202. Supper. To B.B. game S.S. F.M.E. won. Talked. Bowled 153-179-215. To bed 12:15 P.M.

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Wow! Good bowling scores!

Wednesday, February 2, 1921

Overcast cool damp day. Candlemas day. No sun at noon. Arose 9 A.M. Breakfast. Around house. Read paper. Played piano etc. Dinner. Took nap. Did odd jobs around house. Supper. To Library. Home. Read etc. To bed 10:15 P.M. Thankful for health, friends, education etc.

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Candlemas is a Christian holiday that commemorates Jesus' presentation at the temple marking the end of the traditional period of 40 days of the mother's purification following a child's birth.

It is also the date half-way between winter solstice and vernal equinox, and for that reason has been a special day on which people make predictions about the remaining winter's weather.

Groundhog Day is one of the versions of that seasonal holiday. Here is a website where both Candlemas and Groundhog Day are explained and compared: February 2.

Tuesday, February 1, 1921

Beautiful bright clear cold day. Arose 9 A.M. Fooled around. Played piano, read paper etc. Dinner. Took nap. Read. Helped father start car etc. Supper. Over to Church in P.M. Helped address envelopes. Talked with Russel. To Quinns. To bed 12:15 P.M.

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One needed help to start a car in those days! Fall semester straddled the Christmas holidays once upon a time. I also had that kind of fall semester when I first went to college. Notice Stanford is taking his finals this week. I don't know who the Quinns are at this point.

Monday, January 31, 1921

Overcast cool winter's day. Arose 9 A.M. Breakfast. Helped father start car. Studied. Played piano etc. Dinner. To College 2 -5 P.M. for Philosophy exam. Supper. Bowled 2 games at Morse with H.H. To K.S.P. meeting at Church. Talked, sang, played etc. Home. To bed 11:15 P.M.

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