Will Take John on Scavenger Hunt - Wednesday, January 16, 1963

I'm writing my own death notice again getting involved in too many things. Tonight I went to the Cosmopolitan Club meeting that we had under the east balcony while we ate dinner, went to vespers, wrote a letter home, and got our club's roster for the free style events and medley tomorrow. I guess I'll try swimming one of the twenty yard heats. Shirley Conner asked me if I was on an Olympic swimming team, the way I was "doing all this organizing" over in Herr House. John was very nice about accepting the invitation - we'll go on the scavenger hunt with Phil and Margie. I only got four and a half hours of sleep last night. Ed psych - have a lot to read - help!

Waiting to Make a Phone Call - Tuesday, January 15, 1963

If the crazy phone would ever get unoccupied, I could call Copley and ask John Sojay to the scavenger hunt. I've had a time deciding who to ask - I've gotten countless suggestions from understanding girlfriends. I spent the evening in the library reading history and "enduring" the competition of a talkative bunch - "I've read three lines since we got here _____" etc. type of goofing off. We had a big time playing three original games in elementary physical education. I took notes on Sidney Lens, the labor leader's lecture this morning. He was pretty interesting. Maybe I saw a little improvement in beginning swimming. I need to hurry and do poli sci. I'll see how John's coming with his.

In the J. R. the Timing Was Perfect - Monday, January 14, 1963

Oh boy, what a lucky break! I didn't have my French lesson done, and then Dr. Hampl wasn't there. We'll have to go tomorrow though. Well, I did it! The timing was perfect. During an ad on the Ben Casey show, I sat down beside Jim and asked him if they have a game Saturday night - they do, and a Chestnut stag party the same night. He said, "thank you anyway," - gee, he seemed so easy to talk to. Now I'll have to decide who to ask instead. The girls on this floor are so nice - we've just had another floor meeting about the party. I wrote news tonight. I've got to read ed psych. Gosh, these busy days.  I daily grow wiser - even socially!

Heard Wareheim from Louisville Seminary - Sunday, January 13, 1963

Tonight has been nicely interrupted a number of times. I'm still as far behind as ever with my homework. I must have been about the only one who got a B on the history quiz. Carolyn and Nancy have both wanted to know what I wrote. We had a guest speaker this morning - Harold Wareheim from  Louisville Theological Seminary. He was good. The afternoon went fast as I read history. Now I still have a lot of poli sci to read. And so it goes, around and around.

Life is a Wonderful Thing - Saturday, January 12, 1963

I went to the basketball game tonight with Jean Burright. We lost although we were tied at one time. We played John Brown University from Arkansas. This afternoon I took some clothes down to clean. Except for the fact that I ruined the belt of my light blue dress (the plastic back caused it to shrivel, and part of the gold chain broke off and fell through a hole in the machine), everything came out pretty well. I slept twelve solid hours last night. I haven't done that in just ages. I'm such a sleepy head. Some day I probably won't ever be able to do that again. Oh, life! Life is too short to be unhappy. I must remember this all of the time. It's such a wonderful thing.

Defining "Society" in Political Science - Friday, January 11, 1963

I helped some of the freshman girls play in a good old loose snow snowball fight tonight. It was out in front of Hawley and lasted about 20 minutes. We girls were really good sports and gave the guys a good battle. I saw the show, "Counterfeit Traitor," tonight. We had a WRA meeting this afternoon. We're getting the girls swimming intramurals underway. I got a B on our pop history quiz - luckily he quizzed  us over Wednesday's lesson rather than today's (which I hadn't read). In poli sci Dr. Neighbor asked me to define "society." My definition of "an organization of human beings living together in a community or civilization" didn't exactly suit - they came up with "a group of people interacting."

Frustrated With Stylus Error - Thursday, January 10, 1963

I'm in a terrible mood. There's really no sense in it. For one thing, I'm tired. In swimming I found out I can neither breathe nor kick right - I knew I didn't - so I've much to learn - she vows we'll all learn each stroke! Ed psych tonight. I had to fight the urge to let my attention wander during the second half   - I was about to fall asleep. The class itself is interesting. We have to think up original games for elementary phys ed. Rats, there's a basketball game the night of our scavenger hunt and I bet Jim has to go. After all my work on the articles, Carol continued the last of the article about the assembly crackdown on the end of the Polish Series! Red faced journalists!