Thursday, May 15, 1919

Bright, warm.  To college 8:00 to 12 M.  Played tennis with H.H. in P.M.  Studied.  Sorted eggs.  To K.S.P. meeting at church. Walked around town with Guy Thorpe, Lewis Larkin & H.H.  To bed 12 P.M.  Thankful.

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K.S.P. is Stanford's abbreviation for Kappa Sigma Pi, a fraternity, apparently, although I haven't been able to find out anything about it as yet.  Stay tuned . . .

Guy Thorpe is probably a fellow by the name of William Guy Thorpe, who in 1919 lived with his parents at either 1614 Albany Street (from 1918 WWI Draft Registration) or 23 Ulster Street (1920 census).  He was married some time between 1918 and 1920, but continued to live with his parents.  He was about Stanford's age, and Ulster St. was about 1.4 miles from Park Place, where Stanford lived.  Guy was a switchboard tester at GE in 1918; in 1920 he's listed as an electrical engineer.

Lewis Larkin may be Lewis Barber Larkin, the son of David Larkin who in 1870 lived in Glenville, NY with his parents.  In 1920 a Lewis Larkin lived at 25 Foster Avenue (about a mile from Sanford) and was an employee at GE.  His father was at this time an employee of Union College.  Lewis is frequently mentioned in Stanford's diary.

Tuesday, May 13, 1919

Bright Warm day.  To college 8:30 to 2:30 P.M.  Played tennis with H.H. and Leslie Jones.  Campus meeting at 7:30 P.M.  Everly spoke on submarine warfare.  To bed 10:30 P.M.

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I'm assuming the campus meeting was a college-wide assembly for the purpose of listening to a talk by a Mr. or Ms. Everly (no doubt the former) on the topic of submarine warfare.  I wasn't able to determine who Everly was; I can only believe he was a (male) faculty member.  The speech was probably intended to be historical, as at this point in the war, submarine warfare was finished, according to the lengthy Wikipedia article, "U-Boat Campaign (World War I)."

I wonder how many college students of today would attend a lecture on that subject?