Author: David Haldeman

Thursday March 2 1933 91 in shorthand test
Louis had two companions today. Had a French test- hope I get better than the last one- 67. Went to Guild Rally and potluck in the evening. Banquet banditte [sic] and a false collection rally for convention. Type in all my spare moments [shorthand].

Wednesday March 1 1933
Shorthand test and a lot of fun with Walt Haldeman. Mary came down as a stopover to go to Pauline’s. About 6:45 Louis came over and stayed all evening. I don’t know what his idea was but we had a good time with jigsaws. Mary Burtch asleep when [shorthand]

Tuesday February 28, 1933 not going to have party- the banks stopped all withdrawls.
Louis stops for me every morning any more. Mother and Mary went to Palace for auto drawing & for a change I really studied. Like I ought to every night. Got 86 in Lit and 93 in History. Doing 25 pages of outline every week in history now.

Monday February 27, 1933 Pep assembly cause we won.
Woke with headache. Went to Herald office 4th period. Louis and Bob Haldeman there. Looked at old Heralds. Had the headache so badly at noon that I didn’t go back. Got better in evening and helped Daddy with jigsaw puzzle. He’s making a great big one for Uncle Gus.

Sunday February 26 1933
Bernard Brooks, Mary Burch & I came up for my books after BY and then went to Mary’s but Bernard Brooks wouldn’t go in. About 8:00 here came Bob Johnston from Shelby. Hitched it, I went to bed. Mary [shorthand].

Saturday February 25, 1933
Baked a nutbread, washed my hair and went to Mary’s for supper but she wouldn’t fix it. Went to last Lecture Course “Sun-Up” – a play- mountain life. Pitiful. At Lil’s afterwards we planned a party for next Saturday night. Stayed [shorthand] Helen’s [shorthand].

Friday February 24, 1933
A championship while I’m at Harding. Beat Mansfield 19-37 for Co-Champ with Ashland.
Went down to Lil’s afterwards – I mean after we went to Isaly’s. [shorthand] pitiful [shorthand] talked [shorthand]

Thursday February 23, 1933.
I should have stayed for G.R. but I went with Mary to have a tooth fixed but they didn’t fix it. We were sitting in car [shorthand] Walt [shorthand] honked [shorthand] jumped a foot. Mary decided not to come home with [shorthand]

Wednesday February 22, 1933
All helpers for the play met. Got a few instructions on what we have to do.

Tuesday February 21, 1933
Mary Gracely told me she had been appointed editor of the annual so we must be going to have one. Had a Lit test and did I do awful. Miss Foreman read the 2nd and 3rd acts tonight. I told [shorthand] 6 said 6 knew [shorthand] so attentive. Mary was to have a class meeting but no one came. Tough.