Spoke with Two Women at KCMSD Board Building - Friday, December 11, 1964

Stephens gave a Christmas party for Nickel in Millsap Lounge tonight. It really was a lot of fun. We played games, pulled taffy, in general goofed off, and we gave each guy a Christmas stocking (one for Dammitt II, too) and a tree for the dorm. This afternoon I took a bus in to talk with Dr. Marion Simmons and Mrs. Virginia Brown in the Kansas City School District Board of Education building about our remedial reading program. They gave me many constructive insights. Maybe this can be a "start" toward "working my way up in educational circles."

With an A on Art Notebook, Hoping for A in Art - Thursday, December 10, 1964

One final is out of the way. I'm hoping for (and I think should get) an A in art. She graded some of our notebooks while we took the test. I got an A on mine. The LLCs lost to the ACCs in basketball. We led at the half, 9-7. I made 7 points, all in the first half. We had a Stephens birthday party for Barb Page - it turned into a "complaint" session. Then Leslie's committee met to talk about our party for Nickel. Dr. Pai said Miss Dyer made no comment on my student teaching evaluation. I don't know how to feel about that.

Holly Came Again for Her Tutoring in Reading - Wednesday, December 9, 1964

It was nice to see Holly again today. They had called Monday to say she had a cold but I didn't get the message. I had a talk with Evelyn this afternoon. She was upset about her student teaching evaluation. (Miss Dyer hasn't returned mine yet.) Tonight I've been re-reading for our art test. I hope I can get enough read tomorrow so that I can do my best. I have my notebook finished except to get together my magazine pictures.

People Have Been Congregating in Our Lounge - Tuesday, December 8, 1964

We have most of the dorm's stuffed animals in "watching" our tree. And it's amazing how many people have been congregating in the lounge the last few nights. We're having to lock our lounge door at night - we don't want anyone to "steal" the tree! I've been typing up pages for my art notebook. If I can just make it through next Tuesday "with flying colors," I'll really be able to have a ball Wednesday and Thursday. I won't have any finals left except an oral music presentation with Evelyn.

Christmas Tree Looks Nice in Our Lounge Window - Monday, December 7, 1964

Stephens had their traditional Christmas party tonight. Mom Hawkins and the Hamiltons were the only ones who were able to come. We trimmed our little Christmas tree, which we have in our lounge window, and it looks very nice. I went out to Chinn this morning to talk to Holly's fifth grade teacher. Dr. Pai let me take his car. I don't know why, but the Huffords didn't make it again this afternoon. I missed my first student council meeting. Since I wanted to be here when our party began, I just didn't go.

Hawley Women Had Their Open House Tonight - Sunday, December 6, 1964

Hawley's open house was tonight. Most of the Stephens girls went. It has been a pretty lively night. I'm glad I didn't have a whole lot of studying to do. I got my final philosophy term paper typed after writing it this afternoon. It will take the place of a final in that class, so I hope I did alright on it. Tonight we had a Stephens birthday party for Terry and Margaret. The fourth floor freshmen were invited, but most of them weren't up from their party downstairs. Winnie's and my wooly slippers had a "dogfight," and we made Christmas tree decorations.

Took a Colored Film to Parkville for Developing - Saturday, December 5, 1964

This morning Evelyn and I went down to Parkville (quite a while since I've been down there). I took down my colored film, got some tissue paper (and used it for my torn paper art project this afternoon), 50 cents worth of trinkets for Margaret's Christmas package, and some Christmas stamps. This afternoon was spent stewing and talking about another Stephens problem. Chalk it up to the administration for not having a sponsored activity on campus last night. Tonight I began "formulating" my philosophy term paper.

Education Department Comps Have Been Changed - Friday, December 4, 1964

For some reason this just didn't seem like Friday. Holly's mother called to say she wouldn't be here again. We had the follow-up to Wednesday's movie with the sequence class. I was going to work this afternoon to make up the hour I lost at 11:00, but they were in the process of departmental oral comps so I didn't stay. They have now changed the education department comps procedure to four hours of hours of written and two of orals rather than six of written comps. Judy and I went down to the White House lounge to study tonight.

Explanatory Meeting Drew Only Bonnie and Evelyn - Thursday, December 3, 1964

I don't think I've been doing much studying this week. Consequently, I'll probably be swamped next week. On my rough draft music paper I got a B-. Mr. Chronister isn't much of a paper grader. He had a terrible time trying to figure out how the secondary supervising teachers should be paid - I ended up doing a lot of his "organizing" for him as usual. Only Bonnie, besides Evelyn, showed up at the meeting that I called to explain what we know about the remedial reading program.

First College Bowl Elimination Had 40 Questions - Wednesday, December 2, 1964

It sleeted this morning and turned to snow. I'm glad I was driving home last Wednesday and not today. I'm also glad we're done with our student teaching. The LLCs lost to the OACs 21-12 in basketball. I made 6 points. There was a special assembly at 11:00 this morning at which we each were given a sheet of paper and had 5 seconds to answer each of 40 questions for the first College Bowl elimination. Boy, did I feel "dumb"! I guess we can all say we were "candidates" for College Bowl. Holly didn't get here today because of the weather.

Saw Movie of Our Lady of the Angels School Fire - Tuesday, December 1, 1964

"I'm eternally hungry half the time" - latest McDowell remark! But I am. We had a house meeting tonight to make plans for our two Christmas parties next week. We drew names for our "50 cents worth of _____." I wrote my book review this morning. I hope I didn't make any gross errors or glaring omissions. We had an SNEA meeting tonight. Some of the guys (Jim, Chuck and Dave) from the fire department showed the movie of the December 1, 1958 Our Lady of the Angels school fire in Chicago in which 92 pupils and 3 nuns died, six years ago today.

Will Condense Dewey's The Quest for Certainty - Monday, November 30, 1964

John Dewey's The Quest for Certainty is interesting but I'm getting bogged down in it. I need to condense its 300 and some pages into a four-page book review for philosophy that is due tomorrow since I didn't hand it in today. Thanksgiving vacation was good for everyone. There seems to be a much greater degree of cordiality on campus. We had only an hour long student council meeting - that's nice. Dr. Pai is upset over a negativistic letter toward our remedial reading program from Mr. Foutes.