December 16 to December 31, 1913

Tuesday,  December 16

Fair 

School All day.

Gooderham & I started for Port Gamble on 6 P.M. boat. Got there 9:30 P.M.  Turn in at Hotel Puget abt 11 P.M.

Wednesday,  December 17

Rainy.

Up abt 8 A.M. at Hotel Puget.  Walked around town & inspected mill. 

 Took launch to other side of Hood's Canal to make tests on cable.  Launch sunk ha!  Walked 1 mile for supper at Logging camp.  Back agn. more tests till 11 P.M.  Turn in at Cabin at Station. 

Thursday, December 18

Fair Cold  - 6ºC.

Woke up at cabin at North Hood Station. Went to testing without breakfast.  Got some good results on transformers. Had dinner at logging camp.  Juice on high line & cable.  Back to Port Gamble for supper.  Around hotel eve.  Turn in abt 11 P.M. 

Friday, December 19  at Gamble.

Fair  Cool.

Up abt 8 A.M.  Took launch up to So. Hood's Sub-Station and tested Transformers & telephone cable.  Had lunch along.  Did nice job, back to hotel for supper.  Left on steamer Potlatch for Seattle.  Had berth turned in at 12 M. 

Saturday, December 20

Fair foggy.

Woke up at dock on board Str. Potlatch.  Home by 8 A.M. Down to Bakers.  Up to G.N.M.'s for dinner and out to drive for Mrs. Dow.  Home 6 P.M. Saw G. down town.  Out to G's eve. 

Home by 1 P.M.

    Mrs Dow

    3 hrs  $1.50

Sunday, December 21

Fair.

Up abt 9:30 A.M.

Around home till 2:30 P.M.  Then out to G's.  Got Xmas trees etc.  Galva & George Around too.  up to College Inn Play House.  Home 1 A.M. which is some too late. 

Monday, December 22

Fair.

Up abt 10:30 A.M.  Down town all afternoon got some presents & also deer hide.  Home abt 3 P.M.  Worked on plumbing, radiators etc. till 11 P.M.

Tuesday, December 23 

Fair  

Up about 9 AM

Worked around house some. Got drain cleaned out.  Out to Mrs. Dow's 1:45 P.M. Drove all afternoon.  Home by 6 P.M. Up to G.N.M. till 9 P.M. Turn in early. 

Dow  

3 1/2 hrs  $1.75

Wednesday, December 24

Fair  -  Rain Eve.

Up 7 A.M.  Drove for Sweeney all day.  Tired out eve.  Down town eve got hair cut.  

Home 10:30 P.M.

Thursday, December 25

Fair

Christmas - Up about 10 A.M.  Out to G's to dinner. had nice time. Galva down.  Home 11:30 P.M.

Friday, December 26

Fair

Up abt 7:30 A.M.

Monkeying around house. Up to Ryan's at 10 A.M. Working with wireless.   Down to Browning's too.  Home 6:30 P.M.  Home eve. 

Saturday, December 27

Fair

Up about 9 A.M.

Out to Dow's A.M. & took car to Ferris' to have radiator fixed.  Stopped at G.N.M. & had lunch.  Down town afternoon monkeying around to Kilbourne & Clark's.  Met Mr. Nagel.  Out to G's eve up to Marie's.  Home 1 A.M.

Sunday, December 28

Fine day (sunshine)

Loafed around house till 4 P.M. then went down to Huey's for dinner & eve.  Had good time.  Met Miss Madigan there with Mary Angel & her brother.  Home 11 P.M.  

Monday, December 29

Tango (recipe) 4 steps then back & forth, then pivot, then step dip point, pivot then step dip point, then grape vine then pivot, then back to starting pos'n.  Up abt 10:30 A.M. Cleaned up room all day.  Out to G's eve. Poor Babe had Mumps.  Out to Ruth Miller's.  Home 12 P.M. [A.M.]

Tuesday, December 30

Fair  -  Rain eve.

Up abt 9 A.M.  Ryan called up.  Down to Ferguson's with wavemeter.  Drove Dow's car fm Ferris' to house.  Down town & met Kraft. Bummed around awhile.  Up to G.N.M.'s stopped & saw Gooderham on the way.  Home by 10 P.M.  

Dow - 

Ferris to home  .50

    

Wednesday, December 31

Rain -

Up abt 9:30 A.M.  Around house all day. Fixing plumbing etc. Out to G's eve.  Down to Empress.

Home 2 A.M.

Last of year.

Rough house down town. 

December 1 to December 15, 1913

Monday, December 1

Fair -

Home afternoon. Up to G.N.M.'s for awhile.  He went to Index.  Home agn. Down to Seattle Theatre with mama & Kane.  All right for 25¢.  

The Seattle Theatre was at 3rd and Cherry. It was torn down in 1915 and the Arctic Building stands there today.

Home by 12 P.M. [A.M.]

Tuesday, December 2

Fair -

School. Saw Kraft. Home 4 P.M.  Out to meeting with Ryan at A.I.E.E. [American Institute of Electrical Engineers] Home 10 P.M.

Wednesday, December 3

Fair  - Good

School. E.E. lab.  Study eve. E.E. Prob.  Frank up here. Some music.  Turn in 11 P.M.

Thursday, December 4

Fair 

School.

Down town saw G.  Out to G's eve. then to wireless meeting. Home by 12 M.

Friday, December 5

Rain -

Out to school.  Worked on interpole motors all afternoon.  To G's for supper then to Concert at B'way High.  Home by 11 P.M. 

Electric motor with interpole commutation (Rankin Kennedy, Modern Engines, Vol VI)

Saturday, December 6

Fair - Rain Eve

Up late. Up to Ryan's measuring waves.  Got some good results. Out to G.M. to Show at school.  Home 1 P.M.

Sunday, December 7

Fine Day -

Up about 11 A.M.

Out to G's for dinner. Galva down. Out for walk around campus.  Home 7 P.M. up to movies back again 9 P.M. Arrive home 12 A.M.

Monday, December 8

Fair

School.  Home all afternoon.  Worked on E.E. Up to G.N. M.'s eve.  Things look pretty good.  Home 10 P.M. Turn in 10:45 P.M.

Tuesday, December 9

Fair  -  Foggy eve.

School.  Hydraulics. Not much doing.  Out to Lieben's eve.  Home by 10:00 P.M. Study a little. Turn in 10:30 P.M.

Wednesday, December 10

Fair  -

School.  Out to Lecture by Moritz on mathematics [probably Robert E Mortiz, who wrote "A Textbook on Spherical Trigonometry" in 1913]. Very bum indeed.  With Gooder. Worked on interpole machines in lab.  Turn in 10:30 P.M.

Thursday, December 11

School -

Out at noon. Down town afternoon getting duds & things for Varsity. [Probably means for the Varsity Ball, coming up on Friday.] Turn in early for big sleep.

Friday, December 12

Fair.

Up 7 A.M. & to Gooderham's to ride to Lake for trip to Snoqualmie.  Inspected Power Plant at falls.

Very nice trip.  

Home by 5 P.M.  

Then to Varsity Ball wi G.  

Had good time raw deal on dances by Austin.  Home wi Hazle.  2:30 A.M.

Saturday, December 13

Fair -

Up at 10 A.M.  Gooderham down about cable test.  Out to school working on it all afternoon.  Up to G.N.M, eve for supper.  He did not get home.  Back home by 8:30 P.M.  Met Daniel & U. (with Olympic Power Co.)

Sunday, December 14

Fair  - Fine

Up abt 9 A.M. to Sunday school. Then out to Ruth Miller's to get G.  Out to G's for eve. Ratherinn [undecipherable could be Catherine?] decided.  Home 12 P.M.

Monday, December 15

Fair -

School.  Home abt 2:30 P.M. Drove for Mrs. Dow.  Out to School eve. gazing at stars [probably at the Jacobsen Observatory, built in 1895].  Pretty good time.  Home. 12 A.M.

November 16 to November 30, 1913

Sunday, November 16

(Rainy Afternoon) Up rather late.  Then out to G's afternoon down to Empress then back.  Home by 12:30 A.M.

Monday, November 17

Fair  Cool.

School.  Home by 12:30 P.M. Study E.E. afternoon and eve.  Turn in 10:30 P.M.

Tuesday, November 18

Fair -

School all day till 5:15 P.M. Then out to G's for supper and to Glee Club Concert.  Very good indeed.  Arrived home 12:10 P.M. (A.M.)  Little later than necessary.

Wednesday, November 19

Rainy -

School  E.E. lab till 5 P.M.  Home 6 P.M. Tired out.  Study Geodesy till 10:30 P.M.  Turn in then.  Not much new.

Thursday, November 20

Rainy

School

Down to Library.

Home by 2 P.M. Turned in and had a good sleep.  Study Geodesy, E.E. eve.  Turn in 10:15. P.M.

Friday, November 21

Rain -

School E.E. lab.

Out to G's for supper from school.  Around home all time.  Some scrap.  Home 11:30 P.M.

Saturday, November 22

Fair.

Up at 9 A.M. Study E.E. till 1 P.M.  Worked with wireless some. Ryan down. Bummed around couple of hours.  Up to G.N.M. for supper.  Out to G's till 11:30 P.M.  Home 12:30 A.M.

Sunday, November 23

Rain

Up abt. 12 Noon. 

Loaf around home Study Geodesy.  Down to Huey's Eve.  Home 11:30 P.M.

Monday, November 24

Fair

School A.M.  Down town afternoon had eyes tested.  Home eve. Study E.E. till 10 P.M. Turn in then.

Tuesday, November 25

Rain -

Hydraulics at City Station on Lake Union.  Down to Empress with Baer. Home abt 5 P.M.  G.N.M. called up about Index trip.  Study eve. Turn in 9:15 P.M.

Wednesday, November 26

Fair Rain eve

E.E. lab. Down town after coat.  Parade eve.  Pretty good time. Met G after it & went to Clemmer.  Clay back from Portland.  Home by 1:30 A.M.

Thursday, November 27

Rain.

Thanksgiving.  

Up abt 10 A.M.  Out to G's then to Game with WSC Score 20-0 [The year book says 19-0].

Had Dinner with G. now. Some food let me tell you.  Left early.  Home by 8:30 P.M. Turned in then.

Friday, November 28

Rain Stormy,

Up abt 9 A.M. worked around place a little sorted globes.  Slept good part of afternoon.  Out to G's eve.  Home 12:15 A.M.  Turn in 12:30 A.M. 

Saturday, November 29

Rainy.

Home all day.  Up at 10 A.M. Working with wireless.  Ryan down measured capacity of Aerial.  Not much doing. Cleaned room up some.  Turn in 10:45 P.M.

Sunday, November 30

Geometrical Progression.  

Sum of Seried

l = ar n-1

l = last term

a = 1st term

n = number afterus [?]

r = ratio

S = rl-a

      r -1

Out to G's. Down to Melburner. Home 12:30 A.M.

November 9 to November 15,1913

Sunday, November 9

Rainy

Up abt 10 A.M.  Out to G's afternoon & evening.  Had a good time.  Clay and Babe there all right.

Home 12:15 P.M. [means A.M.]

Monday, November 10

Fair

School Morning.  Home afternoon working on E.E. Exp. Down to Baker's.  Car crankshaft broken.  Saw Hazel Hicks.  Laurie Virtue down eve. Turn in 11 P.M.

Tuesday, November 11

Fair - Dandy eve.

School - Hydraulics.

Up to G.N.M.'s for supper.  Home by 8 P.M.  Not much doing. Turn in 9 P.M.

Wednesday, November 12

Fair

School.  E.E. lab.

Home 6 P.M.

G. called up.  Study Geodesy. [Geodesy also named geodetics, a branch of applied mathematics and earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravitational field, in a three-dimensional time-varying space.] 

Turn in 9:30 P.M.

Thursday, November 13

Fair

School - Home afternoon. Work on E.E.  Study eve.  Turn in 10:30 P.M.

Friday, November 14

School.  E.E. lab.  Out to E.J.M.'s for eve.  Had nice time.  Frank Karas here. First time I've seen him in 3 yrs.  

Turn in 11 P.M.

Saturday, November 15

Rainy all day.

Up about 9 P.M. Worked on Notes, loafed around.  Out to Forrest's and got Pillows.  Out to G's eve. Home 12:30 P.M. [A.M.]

November 2 to November 8, 1913

Sunday, November 2

Fine day.

Up late. Out to Florence Bell's with Amory.  Had dinner there. Then out to G's by 8:30 P.M.  Had good time, sawing wood, got my feet in it all right.  G almost got peeved?  Home 12:30 P.M.(A.M.)

Monday, November 3

Fair - Rain evening

School.  Drove for Bakers up to Hospital saw Helen Baker (This may be the Helen Baker who was born in Seattle in 1913). Florence along.  Home 6 P.M.  Study E.E.

Turn in 9:45 P.M.

Tuesday, November 4

Rain - all day.

E.A. Pedersen - .93 (A fellow student at the University of Washington in Engineering. The .93 may be a loan of 93¢ or his birth year 1893?)

School - Kicked out of Mechanics. (Cannot help wondering if it was "kicked out" meaning "class dismissed for the day" or "kicked out because of particular behavior." The former seems most likely.)  Home 5 P.M.  Study a little.  Out to A.I.E.E. Meeting [American Institute of Electrical Engineers] with Gooderham.  Paper by Loew on Electricity.  Edgar called up.  Home 10 P.M.

Wednesday, November 5

Rain all day.

School - E.E.3 lab.  Home eve study E.E. Kraft & Ryan by Fone & Wireless. (I think he is saying that he contacted both friends, Kraft and Ryan, by telephone and wireless.) Turn in 10:30 P.M.

Thursday, November 6

Fair - Cool

School half a day.

Home afternoon studying E.E.  Out to Wireless Club eve. at Petersens.  Home 12:45 P.M (A.M).

Friday, November 7

Fair

School E.E. lab.  our to G's and to Oral Club Dance.  Had good time. Home at 2:30 A.M.  Believe me, that is too late.  No more of that.  Should use a little sense if I have it.

Saturday, November 8

Fair  Rain eve.

Up by 11 A.M.  Amory over and we went to Georgetown and inspected the Brewery. (Seattle Brewing and Malting Company that brewed Rainier Beer.)  Rode back in Sammet's 30 horse Marmon.  

(Picture from theoldmotor.com as a possible likeness of Sammet's car.)

To B'way - Lincoln game 20-6 agnst B'way.  Then down to Baker's for supper.  Drove machine some.  Home 11:15 P.M.  Turn in 12:30 P.M. 

October 12 to November 1, 1913

Sunday, October 12

Rain - Fierce

Sunday school.

Out to G's afternoon then to Empress & Barhand's [can't quite read that word] back by 9:30.  Home by 12 P.M. Turn in then.

Monday, October 13

School  - Fair -

Worked in shop then up to G.N.M.  Home by 8 P.M.  study E.E..  Turn in 9:30 P.M.

Tuesday, October 14

Fair 

School  -  Hydraulics.

Canoe trip through canal measuring cross section.  Down to Huey's to see Myrtle.  Study eve. Check from Seran.  Turn in 9 P.M.

Wednesday, October 15

Fair -

School E.E. lab.

Home 5:30 P.M.

Study E.E.

Not much doing.

Turn in 9:30 P.M.

Thursday, October 16

Fair -

School.  Home afternoon working on E.E. Exp.  Study eve. Nothing special doing.

Friday, October 17

School - Fair

E.E. lab.

Out to G's then to The Rooter's Club Dance.  Had pretty good time.  Home @ 2:15 A.M. got last B'way car [Broadway Bus/Trolly]. Kind of late I guess. 

Saturday, October 18

Fair -

Study E.E. Morn. down town with Babe in car.  Out to Football game Whitworth [A private Christian College in Spokane, WA]  and 'U' 100-0.  Out to G's eve, over to Gaha's [??] & back.  Home 12:40 P.M. [means A.M.]

Sunday, October 19

Fair.

Up abt. 10:A.M.

Study hydraulics.  Out to G's by 3:30 P.M.  Down to Melbourne.  Home by 12:30 P.M. [means A.M.]

Monday, October 20

School

Assembly.  No class in Hydraulics.  Home afternoon.  Worked up hydraulics notes.  Out to 'U' eve heard lecture.  Met bunch of fellows.  Home with J.W.G. by 10 P.M.  Turn in 11 P.M.

Tuesday, October 21

School.

Hydraulics lab down at canal.  Home by 4 P.M.  Study eve.  Turn in 10 P.M.

Wednesday, October 22

Fair

School - Home 5:00 P.M.  Study eve. Turn in 9 P.M.

Thursday, October 23

Rain eve.

School.  Home for lunch.  Back to school with motor, got it running worked on gas engine, nothing doing there.  Home 5:30 P.M.  Study E.E. Eve.  Turn in 10:00 P.M.

Friday, October 24

School - Had motor running in Lab. Out to G's eve to College play house.  Bunch there rooters, etc.  Turn in 12:30.

Saturday, October 25

Fine day O.A.E. 47-0

Up abt 9:30 A.M.

Took Mrs. Baker out in car.  Then got O & Galva. went to game. [This would have been against Oregon State which Huskies won 47-0.]  Then got George out for ride.  Then got Baker's down to Chocolate Soldier Oyster supper.  Home 1 A.M.

Sunday, October 26

Fair

Up abt 10 A.M.

Out to G's for dinner then down to Pantages.  Back by 8 P.M. Clay there.  Left at 10:30 P.M. Home 11:15 P.M.  Had Tamale - Turn in 11:30 P.M.

Monday, October 27

School - Fair

Home by 1 P.M. Worked on E.E. all afternoon.  Ryan down eve.  Wireless a little. Turn in 10 P.M.

Tuesday, October 28

Fair

School.  Hydraulics.  Not much doing. Fixed Phone.  Study eve. Turn in 9:40 P.M.

Wednesday, October 29

Fine Day

School - Home 4:15 P.M. Down town with Babe to get suit.  Dell called up. Turn in 9 P.M.

Thursday, October 30

Fair - Rain eve.

Home by 3:00 P.M.  Was up to G.N.M.  Study eve.  Turn in 11 P.M.

Friday, October 31

Fair -

Halloween

School - E.E. lab.  Took M.J. to Orpheum had good time.  Home 11:40.  Turn in 12 P.M. [means A.M.]

Saturday, November 1

Fair

Out to Football game with G.  U & Whitman 41-7 [historical record shows 40-6] .  Then to G.T.H. Dance with G & Babe & Minnie in car.  Home 1:30 A.M.

October 5 to October 11, 1913

Sunday, October 5

Fair - Good day.

Sunday school morn. Chicken dinner home.  Down to Melbourne wi G.  Home 10:30 PM.

Monday, October 6

Rain all day - fierce. 

School.  Worked in shop making pulley for motor.  Home 6 P.M.   Study E.E.   Card to P.J.

Turn in 10:30 P.M.

Tuesday, October 7

Fair -

School.

Worked in shop & finished pulley wheel.  Home eve. Studying E.E. etc.  Not much doing. Turn in 9:30 P.M.

Wednesday, October 8

Rain -

E.E. lab.  Home Eve. Monkeying with  dynamo. Turn in 10:30 P.M.

Thursday, October 9

Rain -

School.  Down to Gurley Shop inspecting dividing machine.  Home afternoon working on E.E.  Up to wireless club eve.  Very good time and interesting meeting. Home 12:15 A.M.

Friday, October 10

School 

E.E. lab

Out to G's from school over to Galva's and then to Movies.  Home 12:30 P.M. Got Minstrel Pin.

Saturday, October 11

Fair  -  Good. Windy.

Up at 9 A.M. Out to school with Babe.  Took gas engine out.  Then to Football game.  Navy 24-6.  Then home then to Hyland Hall reception.  Home 10 P.M.  Fixed Motor up and assembled it.  Turn in 11:30 P.M.