Will Work Afternoons at the Journal Office - Monday, April 27, 1964

Phyllis and I went in to town after dinner. She went in to talk at the United Presbyterian Home about working there this summer. At the Journal we agreed that I would work afternoons and Mrs. Luckenbill mornings. However, I'm going to take her place all day tomorrow since she is going to a funeral. I looked at dresses some and tried on two sizes of one I liked in Wards but neither was quite right. Mom let me deposit $450 of her latest check in my account. She decided to apply money that way toward Phyl's and my tuition. I mowed some grass.

West Chester Switched to Daylight Time Today - Sunday, April 26, 1964

Most of Iowa switched to daylight time today and for once West Chester did, too. Rev. Martin and his family from Des Moines were at church so he could talk about the camping program. They've been here before. Margaret Smith and her niece Jeannie came to see Virginia, and since Rev. Peters had church on standard time, we hadn't eaten when they came, so we didn't have dinner until almost 3:00. I haven't done much today except read magazines and "pester" my sisters.

Am Back in Iowa for the Summer - Saturday, April 25, 1964

Home again. Mom and Phyl came down to get me. They started yesterday after school and had just driven in at 8:00 this morning when I was on my way to breakfast. So for the second year in a row they got here before I was ready to go. But we finally got everything packed and stored and the dorm ready to leave. The latter I'm afraid was done hurriedly. We got home at 6:30, after leaving campus a little after 11:00 and stopping a few minutes at Gattons. Virginia and Phyllis are doing fine now after their accident.

Went With Some Other Students to the River - Friday, April 24, 1964

What started as Armando's invitation at supper to go with a group "down to the river" tonight turned out to be a trip to the river over by Waldron. Some of the foreign students went. When we got ready to come back, Bob Kendrick's car wouldn't start. So we had to wait till Gonzalez got back from taking Paula and Jean home because of their 1:00 hours. Then he pushed us and got us started. After all my efforts, I got a B+ in children's lit. I missed an A on the final by two points, and I bet that's what did it. I spent the day packing - mostly Stephens dishes.

Got a D for the Course in Algebra - Thursday, April 23, 1964

It's all over, but as of 4:00 this afternoon I feel as if I've been had. In spite of all my efforts in algebra, I got a D for the course. I was there when Miss Konkle was figuring up the grades. She sure gave enough D's and F's. That sure wrecks havoc with my otherwise beautiful record this trimester. I even got a B- in geography. I didn't like the 50 points on the children's lit test, but I thought the government test was okay. Oh, that algebra bit slays me - I certainly worked hard enough. I've been getting my things packed.

Forgot to Answer Geography Test's Part III - Wednesday, April 22, 1964

Last night as I was reading back over my geography test, I made the discovery that I had forgotten to answer Part III - 10 percent for supporting the inclusion of a geography course in a liberal arts education. I stopped in to see Mr. Reynolds and he let me write on it for ten minutes - as a partial credit compromise in case it makes any difference on my final grade. After talking with Mr. Gault and Mr. Hougland, it doesn't even look as if we can have our own phone in Stephens - due to lack of available extensions. Becky brought over the tennis racket and balls I won for selling the most chocolate bars. There were tornado alerts here tonight.

Did Well on Arithmetic, Geography Tests - Tuesday, April 21, 1964

I feel quite confident that I did the best possible on the arithmetic and geography tests. I should be assured of at least a B for each course. This afternoon I brought my suitcases and trunks down from the attic and went down to Parkville to get some boxes so I could get started packing. After supper Evelyn went with me down to the laundromat to dry clean my winter clothes. The first load took 45 minutes, but it got stuck on the second load and went for two hours. On our way down, the fire whistle blew when we were across from the fire station and then Jim appeared out of nowhere. He had been getting advertising in one of the stores.