Nice to Be Several Years Behind Time - Saturday, October 20, 1962

There was a Sadie Hawkins dance in Alumni tonight. I was there for quite a while. I thought "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" would never end when I was dancing with one of the ELI (English Language Institute) students from Madagascar. I didn't exactly like his attitude. Jim and Merl were singing that song when we detasseled corn last summer. The Peekes are going hunting at home in South Dakota this weekend. Jim didn't have to save anyone at the pool last summer - I finally got around to asking him that. Enough boys have been looking at me lately. I feel as if I'm just several years behind time compared to the average girl, but I read once that it is nice to be that way.

Smart Kids From All Over the World - Friday - October 19, 1962

I went to the Cosmopolitan Club meeting tonight. No one ever came to unlock the Meetin' House ("Who's got the key to this little house?") as Sabri from Jerusalem said) so we moved to Herr House lounge. College is so nice - you're constantly around smart kids, not only from all over the country but from all over the world. Copley had a 10:00-11:00 party for Hawley and Herr House. I spent the evening with Charles Young. He's nice, as are many of the freshman guys.

An A- on "The Puzzled Centipede" - Thursday, October 18, 1962

The Stylus looked really good tonight - it would, when there was room for only one little article of mine. It should mean that I won't have to do too much next week when I'll be so busy anyway. Glad I didn't have time to do the Western Heritage article - there wouldn't have been room for it. After my taking the chicken wire back last night, someone else must have gotten it! Burt better track it down again, or we might as well have kept it. We got an A- on our modern dance interpretation of "The Puzzled Centipede" - Sandy, Mary Kit, Kelmie, and I. I was the frog.

Chicken Wire for the LLC Float - Wednesday, October 17, 1962

Burt Dunbar got ahold of Becky questioning her if she knew who stole Mr. Campanella's chicken wire! Since I had told her about the library incident she wondered if I might have something to do with it so called me up. She then talked to Burt again and called back to tell me, "He wants it back where it came from - tonight!" It's back. I took it down on the way to chapel. Ho hum! All this over three rolls of chicken wire! I think we shall just go down to the Parkville hardware store and buy it! I proofread before and after French class. The Harvest Festival king and queen assembly was this afternoon. It will be hard to choose.

We Accommodated the Government - Tuesday, October 16, 1962

Margie, Nancy, Terry and I had a meeting with Mom (Hawkins) tonight. She said we were a special four honor girls - since we're the only non-Penthouse or freshman dorm members or counselors we have no house council representatives. She served us delicious ice cream cups and pretzels and invited us to come down whenever we feel like it for cinnamon toast or something. She wants to go out of her way to help us since we accommodated the government. Last night at 10:45 Kathy and I ran down to Alumni to get two rolls of chicken wire that Margie had seen down there. I guess it was Mr. Campanella's!! Then Miss Fishburn "caught" Margie and me when we were after some in the library attic! I tried! Campy (Mr. Campanella) gave an excellent "visual lecture" in assembly - he painted Teresa and Pam.

Met to Get Library Weekend Hours - Monday, October 15, 1962

I'll write now so I can jump into bed when I get back from practicing modern dance at Herr House after hours. I read sociology in the library tonight. We had a little rain. The wind felt good coming in the windows till we had to make a mad move to shut them when the rain started blowing in. Judy Paxton and I went to the library meeting at 4:15. Maybe we'll get our library open on weekends. I didn't have real good luck with my news today - but I've got a good lead from Dr. Pivonka for a couple of weeks from now. I got a C+ on today's history quiz. I want to raise my grade point average.

Going to Woodward's Open House - Sunday, October 14, 1962

This was another beautiful day and it still continues to be hot. This afternoon I read history - part of the time with Vivien and Becky on the bench by Mackay and the rest of the time in the history room. I had never thought abouut using the Mackay rooms to study in, but kids do it all the time. Tonight I went to chapel and then with Margie, Becky and Joy to the Woodward open house. I'm glad we finally got to see it after missing their open house in the bad weather last winter. It's such a nice old dorm off by itself over there in the woods. It must have been quite a hotel in its day. The day has finally come when: boys are my friends!