Saturday, October 25, 1919

Beautiful bright ideal fall day with some rain at night. To college 8 to 12 M. To public library in P.M. to work on debate etc. Down town. Bowled at Y etc. To bed 10 P.M. old time.

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With the phrase "10 P.M. old time," Stanford refers to the last night of Daylight Savings Time before returning to Standard Time on the last Sunday of October. In March of 1918, Daylight Savings Time began officially for the first time in the United States (Stanford marks it on Sunday, 30 March 1919 with the statement "Set clocks ahead"), but was repealed in 1919. Here is an excerpt from an article on the subject that appears on the WebExhibits website:

Daylight Saving Time was observed for seven months in 1918 and 1919. After the War ended, the law proved so unpopular (mostly because people rose earlier and went to bed earlier than people do today) that it was repealed in 1919 with a Congressional override of President Wilson's veto. Daylight Saving Time became a local option, and was continued in a few states, such as Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and in some cities, such as New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago.