Friday, February 21, 1919

Cool. A little snow. To college 8:30 to 2:30. Took 3 o'clock car to Albany to Student Volunteer Conference at State College. 25 or 30 colleges represented. Reception 5:30 at evening session. Ralph Harlow spoke on War Posters. Returned on 10 P.M. o'clock car.

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Samuel Ralph Harlow was a prominent religious leader associated with the Student Volunteer Movement. Here is a biographical summary written by the editor of his papers, Lester G. Sullivan Jr.:

After the conference Stanford mentions, S. Ralph Harlow wrote a kind letter to the student newspaper, State College News. It was published March 6, 1919:

Thursday, February 20, 1919

DOLLAR DAY. Bright. Mild. To college 8:30 to 12 M. Uncle John & Aunt Gertie here to dinner. Downtown in P.M. Bought hat. Bowled at Y and star. Studied and chored about in evening. Preparation for S.V. [Student Volunteers] conferences. Retired 11 P.M. Thankful for food.

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I can only guess (based on newspapers of the period) that Dollar Days were special days when a store would offer substantial discounts to shoppers. I suppose that's what Stanford was excited about since he ended up buying a hat that day.

I wonder what kind of hat Stanford bought? Maybe it was one like the one this gent is wearing in a 1919 ad for men's clothing:

Wednesday, February 19, 1919

Bright. Cold. Windy. To College 8:30 to 2:30. Feel fine. Down town. Bowled at [star drawing] 152-181-182. Home. Supper. Studied. Student V conference meeting. Thank God for peace, prohibition and opportunities.

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Now our Stanford is back in fine form!

Tuesday, February 18, 1919

Bright. Mild. Walked for hour before dinner. Studied. Out for haircut after dinner. Studied. To K.S.P. to supper at church. To Y and bowled 1 game. Bath. To bed 9:30. Thankful. Frosh banquet pulled off peacably [sic] at Hotel Mohawk.

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Stanford is still pretty weak, it seems. He only bowled one game!

The Hotel Mohawk was a rather big hotel in Schenectady at the time. Here is a picture of it from two different angles and two different times:

Monday, February 17, 1919

Bright but rather cold. Home in A.M. & studied little. Feel quite well. Walked to library in P.M. Played muggins. Read. Went to bed 10 P.M. Hanford & Nellie to Van Curler to see Daddy Long-Legs.

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Muggins is a version of dominoes. Here is a description I took from Wikipedia:

Muggins (also known as All Fives, Five Up, or Doer Di) is a domino game played with any of the commonly available sets. The object of the game is for each player to rid their hand of dominoes, and additionally to score points by playing a domino (or bone) that makes the total number of pips on all endpoints of the board equal to a multiple of five.

Daddy Long-Legs started out as a novel by Jean Webster, published in 1912; in 1914 she adapted the novel into a play. It may be the play that Hanford and Nellie went to see in February of 1919, since the movie was not released, according to Turner Classic Movies, until May of that year.  The movie starred Mary Pickford. Here is a synopsis taken from the Turner Classic Movies website:

Brief Synopsis

The poverty and mean-spirited atmosphere of an orphanage do little to suppress the youthful prankishness and compassion of Judy Abbott, an orphan found in an ash can. When she becomes a teenager, an anonymous new trustee pays for her to go to college on the condition she never meet him. Seeing only his tall shadow, Judy deems him "Daddy-Long-Legs" and soon begins to write him long letters telling him about her life. During the next year, Princeton freshman Jimmie McBride and Jarvis Pendleton, the wealthy uncle of one of Judy's classmates, become attentive to Judy and jealous of each other. Judy rejects Jimmie because he is too young and although she loves Jarvis, she fears revealing her orphanage background, so she tells him that their age difference is too great. Despite her humble beginnings, after graduating from college, Judy becomes a successful writer and begins sending money to her Daddy-Long-Legs to repay his kindness. Although she never has received a response from her benefactor, she determines to visit him after he fails to answer her most recent letter only to find that Daddy-Long-Legs is Jarvis. Having been seriously ill, he had not seen her letter until that morning, but his joyful embrace calms her immediate confusion.

You can see the movie on YouTube at this address: Daddy Long-Legs.

Sunday, February 16, 1919

Mild. Windy. Very bright. In bed till 10 A.M. Up and had breakfast. Father & H.H. to Church. In house all day. Hayes, Larkin, C.W. Wagner & Everett Young & Mr. & Mrs. Merris & family here to call. Thank God for friends.

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Stanford's still recuperating and so his friends are rallying round. How nice!

Saturday, February 15, 1919

Mild. Wet. Rainy. Genuine Spring weather. In bed till 10 A.M. Mother took plugs out. Feel better but weak. Mr. Merris called up in P.M. Thankful for a dry nation. Williams-Union B.B. Score 15-39.

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As far as I can tell, Williams is Williams College of Massachusetts. I couldn't find any information about their meeting in 1919, however.