March 16 to March 22, 1913

Sunday, March 16

        Rain

Sunday School with G.  Over to G.N.M. to Dinner.  Home 3 P.M.  Babe went to Chehalis.  I went to G. down to Empress.  Home 9 P.M.  Study till 10:30.  

Monday, March 17

School              Rain

Home 2 P.M.   Sleep few min.  Studying till 10:30 P.M.  G. over few min.  took typwriting to 512 -  got it done.  Turn in 11 P.M.

Tuesday, March 18

School             Fair - Cold

Home about 4 P.M.  Studied and got lessons.  Gave G. Exp. Exp. to type.  Went to A.I.E.E. Meeting.  Heard Loew give talk on "oscillograph"  ["Seattle Section AIEE The March meeting of the Seattle Section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers was held March 18th in the Good Roads building on the University Campus under the auspices of the Electrophysics Group Prof EA Loew read a paper on The Oscillograph and Oscillograms and a stereopticon exhibit of some recent oscilligrams taken in the laboratory was given by LE Curtis The meeting then adjourned to the engineering laboratory for the inspection of the University oscillograph equipment and other apparatus and laboratories used for electrical testing and research work" - Electrical West, Volume 30, 1913].  Was with Stanwick.  Home abt 10:30   Turn in 11 P.M.     Wallace started working on my gas engine.

Wednesday, March 19

School         Snow

Mechanics worke hard as the dickens. Home 5 P.M.  Took short nap.  Studying til 9:45.  G. brought Exp. back.  O.K. gud. wrk. Turn in 10 P.M. Minnie gave me bid to dance on the 29th.

Thursday, March 20

School          Fair

Home 6 P.M.   Study till 9:45 P.M. "Lu" called up.  Not much doing.

Friday, March 21

School          Fair

Home 2 P.M. down to Bank.  Worked on Notes all afternoon.   G. not feeling well. tnk all right now. Went to show, movies, home 11 P.M. .  Turn in 11:30.  Babe back from Chehalis last night.

Saturday, March 22

    Fair

School Morning not much done.  Home 1 P.M.  Shoveled coal.  Out to Cascade Canoe Club with Huey, made deal with Forrest about painting the canoe.  Home  6  P.M.

then over to G. down to Clemmer  [1414 2nd Ave....."Considered to be the first theater in Seattle constructed primarily for the exhibition of motion pictures, the Clemmer Theatre bore the name of James Q. Clemmer, who spent $135,000 to construct the movie palace.  Seattle had several movie theaters before the Clemmer, but most were either remodeled storefronts or live theaters that also showed movies. That the Clemmer Theatre isn’t as well remembered as other Seattle theaters isn’t surprising; it bore the Clemmer name for only nine years before being renamed the Columbia Theatre in 1922.

In 1912, the Seattle Times described the theater: “The old Roman style is in vogue, plain columns set off by flaming electric torches. These torches are decidedly unique and something new in the manner of theatrical lighting in the West”.One of the standout elements of the theater was its organ. On April 7, 1912, The Seattle Sunday Times reported: 'Great Organ to Be Installed.'"  -quoted from cinematreasures.org]  Home 11  P.M.

[interesting note: "The Sea Wolf," shown as the movie playing at the Clemmer in this 1913 photo, is a film based on a Jack London novel in which he plays "a sailor" (his only role as an on-screen actor).

March 9 to March 15, 1913

Sunday, March 9

Fine

Sunday School  - Church - O. to G.  Dictate letters.  For walk to Queen Anne Hill.  Home at 512 at 7 P.M.  had feed. very nice. Home agn at 9:40.  Huey called up. 

Monday, March 10

School            Fair

Home 2 P.M.   Down to Bank. saw Geo. H.  Sleep for hour or so.  Studying E.E. & Calc. not anything done.  G. over eve. few min. Turn in 10 P.M. feeling sore.  Got $5 fm bank.

Tuesday, March 11

School               Fair

Home 3:30 P.M.

Worked on Notes a little .  G. over short time.  Had to leave and go to Davie's Men's Chorus Concert.  Was Pretty Good.  Home 10 P.M.  Drew Piston. Turn in 11 P.M.

Wednesday, March 12

School    Fair

Home 5:30 P.M.  Studying till 12 P.M.  G. over. wrote notes B.H.H.  Got Bounce in Mech 41. But I should worry!

Thursday, March 13

School    Fair-Rain

Home P.M.  Studying til 9:30 P.M..  D.I. called up.  Not much doing.  Found Lamberty's Pin. 

Friday, March 14

School       Fair

Home abt 1:30 P.M.  Cleaning up and studying.  Got to Dance with G.  Fussers.  Had a good time.  Home 12:30 A.M.

Saturday, March 15

School             Fine

E.E. Morning.  Home studying.   G. over while then over there to movies.  Home 11:15 P.M.

March 2 to March 8, 1913

Sunday, March 2

Rain  - Cloudy

Sunday school wi G.  Home afternoon til 4:00 P.M.  Down to Empress.  Walk home 

10:30 P.M. *

Monday, March 3

School  -    Rain

Home 12:30 P.M.  Sleep & study.  G. over eve.  Study till  10 P.M.

Tuesday, March 4

School             Rain

Home 4:30 P.M.  Study all  eve.   G. over helping me on notes.  Kane down here.  Babe & Baker's car at quits  Crank-shaft broke.  Sent letter to Broadway Auto Co. about battery.  

Thomas Edison and an electric car in 1913 (courtesy of the National Museum of American History)

Wednesday, March 5

School.

Raised grade in Mech 41 to 85.  Home eve studying.  Hard work. E.E. Not much done.  Turn in 10:15 P.M. 

Thursday, March 6

School              Fair

Mechanics Most.  Home  5:15 P.M.   Studying Eve.  G. over Notes in experimental.  Quit 10:40 P.M. 

Friday, March 7

School         Fair

Home afternoon.  Worked on E.E. drawing.  Sent letter to G.N.M.    G. over Eve.  Wrote up notes for Exp. #3  Up to movies too.  * Home 11P.M.   Turn in 11:30 P.M.   Made key apt. #15

Saturday, March 8

School         Fine.

Home afternoon. Worked E.E. Problems.  Down to Empress wi G.  Good time  *

Home 11.30 P.M.   Monkeying around home singing etc.  Called Huey up.

February 23 to March 1, 1913

Sunday, Feb 23

Swell day.

Sunday School wi G.  Study Mech 41 awhile.  Out for walk to Canal.  Home at 6 had feed.  Out agn  to movies.  fine time all day  Feeling much better.  Home 11 P.M.

Monday, Feb 24

Fine     Sun

School.  Out at 12.  Down town at Noon.  Met. L.B. & G.  Down to library and bank.  Home 1:30 P.M. Had sleep.  Study eve till 10 P.M.  Turn in 10:30.  Lieben called up.

Tuesday, Feb 25

Fair

School.  Home 3:30P.M.  Worked on Exp. Notes.  G. over eve. helping me out. 

B.H.H.   Quit 10P.M.  Nothing else.  Turn in 10:30P.M.

Wednesday, Feb 26

Fair

School -  Home 5:30 P.M.  Study eve.  Perry called up.  Dell up few min.

Thursday, Feb 27

Fair

School, Mechanics Exam.  Home 6 P.M.  Studying, S.F.M. in town from Curaco.  Worked wireless little, S.WD. & DI.

Friday, Feb 28

Fair

School -  Home 12:30 P.M.  Worked on E.E. all afternoon.  Study Mech. Eve. Up to N. Sch.  Took G. to movies.  Home 10:30 P.M. *

Saturday, March 1

School -

Down town with Dell - Home 5:00. Up to Christensen's with G. Howard there.  Had good time.  Home 12:30 P.M. *

February 16 to February 22, 1913

Sunday, Feb 16

Rain - Rotten

Sunday School

Home afternoon studying. Over G. afterwards.  home 6P.M.  Study till 10 P.M. feeling punk.  Don't seem to know why.

Monday, Feb 17

Pour - Poor

School 10 A.M. Home 1 P.M. Slept very little afternoon, Study. Calc & E.E. Eve.  G. over few min. quit 11 P.M.

Saw Dell.  Feeling rather bad but better after supper.  

N.M.   E.M.

Kane Came home.

Tuesday, Feb 18

Fair agn.

School.  Took walk down to Canal with Baer. [He doubtless means the Lake Washington Ship Canal that was being built to provide a waterway between Lake Washington and Puget Sound. What an exciting project for a young engineer-in-the-making to see first-hand.]

This 1913 photo is from the Seattle Municipal Archives Photo Collection

Exp. Eng. Home abt. 3:30 P.M. Loafed around.  Study eve. till 10 P.M. Not much doing.  Craft called up. Wireless a little.  Kane here.

Wednesday, Feb 19

Fair.

School - Home - 6P.M.  Little Study.  Kraft up here got Wave Meter.  Turn in 10 P.M. Feeling rather bum.

Thursday, Feb 20

Fine

School - Home 6 P.M.  Study till 10 P.M. turned in then.  Not feeling very good.

Friday, Feb 21

Fine  - Fair

School  - Home 1 P.M.  Out to Lake about Canoe also at Garage abt battery.  Over at Cadillac place. fixed Aerial.  Turned in 8 P.M.  Not feeling very good.  

Saturday, Feb 22

Fair

Home from school.  Washington's Birthday.  Worked on E.E. lab work.  G. Home too.  Helped write up notes.  Out to Empress eve had good time.

February 9 to February 15, 1913

Sunday, Feb 9

Fine Day

Sunday School wi G.  Took walk to Shelby and back.  Studied afternoon.  G. typewrote E.E.1 for me. Eve. went to movies home abt 10:30.  Studied Mechanics till 11:45  Turn abt. 1 A.M.

Irene Richardson [may be the Irene Richardson buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Seattle. b. Nov. 5, 1898 d. Apr. 15, 1970]  over with G.

Monday, Feb 10

         -Fine-

School Morning.  Home 1 P.M.  Study.  Sleep  Study.  Not much doing.  Turn in abt 10 P.M.

Tuesday, Feb 11

               Fine still.

School - Exp Lab.  Home 3:45 P.M.   Study afternoon and eve.  Quit abt 8:45  Turn in early.

Wednesday, Feb 12

               Fine

School - Mechanics hard work.  Home eve.  Huey called up.  Studying hard till 10:40 P.M.  Not much doing.  Turn in abt 11: P.M.

Thursday, Feb 13

Rain

School till 6 P.M.  Worked Mechanics.  Home Studying eve.  G.M. over typewrote Exp. for me.  Made drawings of boilers.  Turned in 10 P.M.

Friday, Feb 14

Fair

School  -  Home 1:20 P.M.  Loafed afternoon.  Up to Fusser's with G.  Had good time   *   Dell up there too.*  Home 12:40 A.M.  Valentine's Day.  Got hair cut.

Saturday, Feb 15

Fair

School  -  Down Town got typewriter ribbon.  Home 2 P.M.  Had 2 hr. sleep.  Over to G. then to movies.  Home.  11 P.M.

February 2 to February 8, 1913

Sunday, Feb 2

Rain

Sunday School - Home wi G.M. Kane here, down town with him.  Bowling.  [Yes, it says 'bowling. Would like to know the history of bowling in Seattle. Unlikely that is was lawn bowling, in February.]  at Gerald's for dinner.  Home abt 3:30 P.M. Over at G.M.  Show - movies. Home again. 9:15 P.M.

Monday, Feb 3

Rain

No school.  Down Town with Amory  Got a pair of shoes.  Home afternoon sleeping. Up to club eve   [probably Wireless Club]. Home 10:20.  Worked wireless a while.  Turn in 12 P.M.

Tuesday, Feb 4

Snow

School - Snow - Rain.  Home afternoon.  Drove for Dow eve 7:1:00  In meantime 9:10:30 took G.M. to show.  HOme 1 A.M.  Turn in 1:30 A.M. Bought Books at school. Some snow pretty sloppy.  Should get $2.00 fm. Dow.  Got $6.00 fm. mama.

Wednesday, Feb 5

School         Fair

Mechanics Lab first time.  Home 6 P.M.  Down Town after Coat at Singerman's  [The second location of Singerman and Sons was at 2nd Avenue and Seneca Street; in 1913, due to demand, Singerman added another store on the first floor at 3rd Avenue and Pike Street.] Bought Books at "U."  [The book store was on Campus at this time, not on the Ave until 1924. The book store was moved to The Ave following a campus building fire and the closing of a pool hall on University Way, which freed up the space it currently occupies.]  G.M. over short time also after Nite Schule.  Studied Calc till 11 P.M.

Thursday, Feb 6

Fine, Sun. Cool

School - Mech. etc.  Home 6 P.M.   Dell came up with Gas Eng. Book.  Played Piano a little, over G.M. few min to get Dell's music.  Study.  Turn in 10 P.M.

Friday, Feb 7

Cool               -Fine-

School.

Down Town afternoon Home 2 P.M. Drove for Mrs. Dow.  Home agn 6:00  Got 3.50, for driving.  Home eve.  Came on same car (streetcar) with G.M.  Turn in abt 9 P.M.

Saturday, Feb 8

         -Skookum.  [Skookum may mean, in this context, a 'good' or 'fair' day, 'best.']

School  - E.E.1. lab.  Home 1 P.M.  Worked on Theme E.E.1  G.M. over, out for walk Down to Empress. Eve Home abt 11:30 P.M. Turn in then.