Datebook 1919: Tuesday, December 16, 1919

Cold bright winter day. To college 9 to 12 M. Candled eggs, studied, played piano etc. Up at Phi Gamma Delta at 8 to 10 P.M. to work on debate. Chewed rag etc. Little snow. To bed 10:30 P.M.

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Here's a postcard photo of the Phi Gamma Delta house at Union College, sent in 1909:

I wonder why Stanford always had to go to a fraternity house to work on a debate?

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 and son. I'm starting with the first one, written in 1919, but I plan to record subsequent years (they continue into the 1970s). I'm matching the days--May 5, 1919 to May 5, 2013, for instance--with one entry per day. So it will take a year to get through the first diary.

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. By doing this, I hope to convey a sense of 1919 Schenectady, New York and the people Stanford interacted with. Of course, I'm also hoping to give Stanford's descendants a fuller picture of who he was as a young man.

Datebook 1919

Tuesday, December 16, 1919

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