Had Pie and Ice Cream for Washington's Birthday - Monday, February 22, 1965

The freshman girls invited us down for pie and ice cream for George's Birthday. We even sang Happy Birthday to him. The student council meeting lasted till 8:30 - then I met Seth in the J.R. We watched TV over malts. The maintenance department cooperated in enabling me to "take the responsibility for" getting our hair dryer fixed--today--after the hood came loose from the stand. It's about time we saw some quick action from them. The house council members have been getting the parts of our new constitution together.

We Gave a Family of Four a Tour of the Observatory - Sunday, February 21, 1965

I don't suppose I accomplished as much as I maybe should have this weekend, but then, according to Dr. Patton, only half of one's college living is supposed to come from books. After supper Seth took me up to the observatory to see the sunset. We gave a family of four (the mother had been at Park in the '40s) a tour of the observatory since they were up that way. Tonight we studied at the library. I read more philosophy, as I also did this afternoon.

Saw Ranger 8 Moon Shot Photos with Seth and Charlie - Saturday, February 20, 1965

Tonight I went to the basketball game with Seth (McKendree beat us in our last game of the season), and then we went to the double feature, Godzilla vs. The Thing and The Brass Bottle. Both were about equally stupid and funny. I certainly enjoyed being able to share the experience of seeing the first views of the Ranger 8 moon shot pictures with Seth and Charlie Armentrout in the J.R. They'll probably be involved with similar research themselves in the future. Seth saw a cloud spread out from the area of impact through the telescope this morning.

Went for Walk, Talked on Bench with Seth Tonight - Friday, February 19, 1965

Seth called me this evening to see if I'd like to go for a walk and, of course, I did. We walked down past the soccer fields and back through Parkville, then sat on the bench in front of Mackay and talked. It is a nice night. I'm glad to have the interest in astronomy and space that I do. Maybe I could say that Seth and I "talk space" as Nic and I used to "talk shop." Evelyn would say that Fred and I "talked weather" - I'll say we "talked studies" (another "s"). Mr. Wetherill said I could do a sociometric study, for my project, dealing with an elementary school classroom.

A Nice American Society of University Women Tea - Thursday, February 18, 1965

Margaret, Leslie and I from Stephens and a number of other senior girls went to a tea sponsored by the American Society of University Women, Parkville Branch, at the Presbyterian Church tonight. It was very nice. Dr. Bergman from the English Language Institute showed slides of India. This afternoon I took the news release for our remedial reading program to Miss Anderson. With a few minor changes, maybe we will be on our way to a summer program during June. I sent a letter to Phyllis, went to my mailbox, and there was one from her. Seth called me last night to ask if I'd like to go to a party at Bob and Sally Lastick's Saturday evening.

We Went Over the Stephens Constitution - Wednesday, February 17, 1965

I ate supper with Seth, having not seen him since Monday noon. I wonder how long one goes without seeing someone on campus that you aren't particularly thinking about. I had a meeting with the house council tonight to go over parts of the constitution we are rewriting. By the time I wrote home (and made Phyllis a carbon copy), I didn't get much else done yet tonight. Dr. Pai wasn't there for philosophy class (he was having a tooth pulled), and Mr. Wetherill was attempting to grade papers through most of our social psych discussion. I got a B- on mine.

Park Will Drop Summer Term After This Summer - Tuesday, February 16, 1965

Today in assembly Dr. Hamilton announced that, after much consideration, the college has decided to drop the summer trimester after this summer and go back to the two semesters basis rather than have three trimesters a year. This is my luck after three years of putting up with the three trimesters plan. Some of the kids would like to see the 15-week fall and spring terms remain instead of going back to 18-week terms. I feel at least partly due the credit for getting Terry Osuga to run for WJC chairman and Winnie for vice president of the student council. Dr. Meyer talked with me today. He said Dr. Pai had said he could come to hear me give my report on Russian education.