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.

Took a Train from Des Moines to Kansas City - Sunday, November 29, 1964

Back! (After delays at both ends of the line.) We didn't stay for church so we could get to Des Moines in plenty of time to get my reservation for their 4:30 train. (Reservations from Fairfield were filled.) It didn't leave until almost 6:00. We got to KC at 10:00 and then I had to wait an hour after calling first Gattons and then Evelyn here in the dorm for someone to come and get me. Mr. and Mrs. Gatton got there at 11:00. Phyllis called home from Tarkio last night so I talked with her a second.

Dave Elder Will Supply Recommendations - Saturday, November 28, 1964

I finally finished filling out my forms for Who's Who Among Students. I went in to the Journal office this morning to see everyone. Dorothy had taken the day off. (All but Charlie had said I should hang up my coat and stay.) I asked Dave Elder to supply two sets of recommendations for me. He gladly consented, and we had a nice visit. I got some shopping done, including a bath towel and wash cloth for Mrs. Cowan. I stopped to see Oneita Fisher to have her fill in a form for me, too.

Worked on Who's Who Biography and Survey Forms - Friday, November 27, 1964

The day passed so quickly that I didn't get much done. I slept till 10:30. This afternoon I worked on some of the forms that I must fill out for the Who's Who headquarters. There are two duplicate biography forms, one used by the Who's Who job placement service, and a survey for general information. I don't think I'm going to get everything done that I might have, but then I intended to take it easy this vacation. We went to the two girls basketball games with Cardinal at Mid-Prairie. We won both. I saw only Fred Miller from our class. Linda Timmins went with us.

Uncle Ross is Quite an Intelligent Man - Thursday, November 26, 1964

This was a nice Thanksgiving Day. We had the family dinner here for Grandma and Grandpa, Parcells, Cuddebacks, Uncle Ross, and Schroeders. Uncle Ross impresses me as quite an intelligent man. People have been enjoying my yearbook and letters from the third graders. It's so nice to be home for a change. It seems unusual for me to be here and Phyllis be away in college. Somehow she's always managed to leave after I do and get back before I do. The girls have a very nice triple bunk bed now.

From Parkville to West Chester by Car - Wednesday, November 25, 1964

I left Park right after philosophy class and got home - with no dents in the car this time - about 4:45. It was a nice day for driving and I enjoyed it. It didn't seem to be any trouble at all - much easier than going down. I stopped in Cameron - my infamous town - for lunch at 11:30 and in Leon for gas at 2:15. I took a slightly different route through Albia and Oskaloosa rather than Ottumwa. Tonight I enjoyed being home and being a tease as usual.

We Hear From the Superintendent About Our Survey - Tuesday, November 24, 1964

I got up at 5:00 to work on my paper, stayed here and drank tea for breakfast, and finished at 10:00. My rough draft, by my nature, looks like a final draft. After all of our work on the survey, the superintendent said that the principals should meet with us to discuss the program first before they are distributed. I had thought Dr. Pai was getting over-anxious. They also think it probably should be on a referral basis, that a survey would bring in too many responses - which I had also been concerned about! Grrr!