Going with Fred for Two Months - Monday, January 27, 1964

It has been two months since Fred and I first started going together. We've spent a lot of hours together, yet there's still a lot I don't know about him. I still find it hard to believe that I've dated one boy for a length of time. At the age of 21 I should refer to him as a man. Maybe I've always underestimated myself and may still. I wish I'd had the experience of dating when I was younger. One thing is certain, Stephens is certainly the dorm to get used to it in. There were too many outside forces acting in Hawley. Somehow I managed to complete all of my assignments for today. Getting up at 4:00 helped. We had a beneficial LLC meeting tonight.

Making and Taking Phone Calls - Sunday, January 26, 1964

I'm at it again - leaving things to the last minute. I have the following assignments due tomorrow: algebra, government paper, arithmetic assignment, geography map, and six children's book reviews. I have only the government paper completed. Actually, that is an accomplishment since I'm usually so late writing them. I'll probably have to get up at 4:00 in order to get everything done. On top of this I spent a couple hours this afternoon phoning and taking calls after I found out the skating rink wasn't open at 7:30 Sunday nights except to rent for $50, but a group went from 5:30 to 7:30. We had the ICC dinner at noon so I saw Fred only for church and for sack lunches.

Movie "Barabbus" Wasn't That Bloody - Saturday, January 25, 1964

Becky Gibson who was up here just went down to the J. R. party to bring up some refreshments for Evelyn and me. Fred and I could have gone, but I'm in for the evening under the assumption that 'm sleepy or something. I forget just which conclusion we reached! Different girls had said the movie, "Barabbus," was terribly bloody so I was prepared for the worst, but it really wasn't bad at all. Karen, Terry and I discussed yearbook matters from 10:00 to 12:00 today. I spent about 45 minutes in Commons (had just missed Fred for lunch) trying to see how many were going to the LLC ice skating party. We cancelled the bus and are taking cars instead.

Met Former Student on Gym Steps - Friday, January 24, 1964

This afternoon I tried to get ahold of Mrs. Dorsey to sign my Narva time sheet and the one for December but I never could. As I left the gym some guy was falling up the steps. Who should it be but Ron Bowman, one of my Iowa buddies from Council Bluffs who transferred to KU this year. He likes it - he's in engineering. I'm trying to determine whether to take a bus or cars to the LLC skating party. Not too many have signed up. I worked tonight and Fred did homework. Evelyn has gone home for tonight and tomorrow. She does so quite often on weekends.

The Status of American Women - Thursday, January 23, 1964

I must wake up and face reality again on something. I'm in sort of a depressed state of mind. I sincerely hope it is all in my mind a notion I had tonight. I just wonder if Fred might have had a can of beer tonight. I should have been able to smell it, but I wasn't sure. Terry Scullin had an article in the Stylus that made it look like the whole Narva staff decided on having the editor of Playboy choose the Narva queen and attendants. Drat it. I should have written to Phyllis again tonight since it's one of my bad days - the way it was for her when she last wrote! I went with Evelyn to Brisch's tonight to get a book. This afternoon the Park College women had a "forum" in the Meetin' House to discuss the status of American women.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Information - Wednesday, January 22, 1964

It didn't take me long to do algebra tonight. I was done by 7:45 - pretty good for me! I finally got around to writing to Phyllis - guess I better finish the letter and mail it. Something is wrong with Fred. He wasn't in the best mood tonight and wasn't hungry for the date nut bars Evelyn and I made. Evelyn has just finished trimming my hair. I wrote letters to the Laura Ingalls Wilder Historical Society in Mansfield, Missouri, and the librarian in DeSmet, South Dakota, to see if I could get information for my report on an author. This was another nice day.

Officially Going Steady - Tuesday, January 21, 1964

Fred asked me to go steady with him - to tell the truth, I had more or less taken it for granted that we were all along, but I guess this makes it official. I haven't accomplished much tonight. I wrote out some yearbook picture scheduling notices. If tomorrow's weather is as nice as today's was, we'll take some outside. After I got Mom's letter yesterday asking more about the cat that scratched me, I talked to Mrs. Flaherty about it, and she is convinced that it didn't have rabies. Some of us gathered in Shirley and Ellen's room tonight to read a controversial article on sex in Time, but it didn't contain much that was new! I've got to get my books read for children's lit.