Cloudy with pourdowns at intervals all day. Commencement exercises at 10 A.M. Major General Leonard Wood spoke. Walked around town with Wemple. Played pool and bowled at night.
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Major General Leonard Wood was an Army officer who was involved in the Indian wars (for which he received the Medal of Honor), the Spanish American War and the War with the Phillipines. He served under Teddy Roosevelt in the Rough Riders and was a controversial figure. You can read about him in Wikipedia: Leonard Wood.
He was also a physician, which may explain why he gave the commencement address to Union College and Albany Medical College on June 9, 1919. He's familiar to me because the Army post, Ft. Leonard Wood, MO was named after him.
I'm not sure who Wemple is, but I have two candidates: Herbert Wemple, born in 1900 and a student in 1920; William W. Wemple, born in 1899 and also a student. Don't know if either is right, but maybe I'll learn his first name later.
I'm glad pourdowns got changed to downpours at some point. Maybe the teperence movement help that since pourdowns sounds a bit like an old timey drink.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Mike. Interesting idea about the temperance folks!
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