NOVEMBER 23

1939 THURS 2:00 I FEEL TOO MARVELOUS.  I guess its all the sleep I've been getting! Stayed home again this aft. - I really get much more done that way - people aren't always popping in and out - Dad + a duck came home - we had the latter + Bill + O for dinner - Went out to school. Bob is swell.
1940 3:00 Here we go again!... I actually think Frederick means what he says. He seems terribly sincere, at any rate. We went up to Sioux City with Blanch + Allan, Foggy - very - on way back. I felt very warm + secure + protected, however - Hope I sleep till 10 tomorrow... (Gee, I didn't write Mother!)
1941 1:30 SUNDAY - FOR YOUR 23 YEARS, DOPE, YOU CAN CERTAINLY BE ADOLESCENT - LIKE NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCEPT THE FACT OF
1942 MON 12 A-A-A-H, Fooey to teaching... Those gals are a bunch of little felines. WASHED MY HAIR THIS MORNING, TRAIPSED Down Town
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NOVEMBER 22

1939 WED STAYED Home until 2:30 today- got a start on layouts. - tutored my English poopil (he knows about as much as I) - Met T. - brought home hamburgers + ice cream cones for supper (Mother varnished the kitchen floor) - Went to Cr. Wr.
1940 10:00 Hellish day, again. Felt doped all week. Don't seem to give a damn about anything - this is AWFUL... I am doing a horribly sloppy job... and I mustn't! Hope I have the guts to do something with this! Migosh, I can't flunk out on my first job... TOMORROW! So to Bed. 
1941 SATURDAY - DESULTORY - GETTING COLD. ALL SAINTS POSTERS... OVER TO NAN'S - FARRAGHER, JANICE - NOT AS BAD AS I ANTICIPATED
1942 1:10 I worked from 11:00 until 5:30 Don + I had quite a party, wine, cheese Finished little man over the bar. He is quite gay. Had dinner (dessert bar) with John + Leonard. Leonard talked a good deal - about himself, mostly. 
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NOVEMBER 21

1939 TUES - WOW! - What a slump. - struggled out to callitch - I accomplished nil. - when I should have worked after dinner I collapsed on the davenport. - where I stayed until time for bed - Chum  I hope you do better tomorrow- 
1940 1:00 I'm not sure it was worth struggling through the effort - guess so - saw "Little Foxes" up in Sioux City... Bitter, raw, rugged... (I still would like to act...) No letter today, either. 
1941 EMIL'S RECITAL... I WAS TOO SYMPATHETICALLY UPSET TO ENJOY IT. HELPED LEONARD GET HIS POSTERS DONE THIS AFT (WILL HE EVER BREAK DOWN AGAIN?) - HAD WONDERFUL ROAST VENISON FOR DINNER... so WHAT ? ? ? ? ? ?
1942 SAT. (I wonder if Bob would have kissed me goodbye if we hadn't been accompanied by Ray - Valentine?) - I had a side-car - I hope I shall meet him again somehow
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NOVEMBER 20

1939 Well my first quizz is in...it was a lousy job. - I swear that next time I shall spend at least a wk on it - instead of 8 hrs. (the last 8 hrs.) B. Johnson typed it for me. - Missed her dinner to do it.. She gave me a B. present too.
We had a Philo party over at Mess tonight. 
1940 12:55 Stayed home tonight. Wrote to Bob - Made out my test. - Washed my hair in hard water... it will probably look like a fugitive from a mattress factory tomorrow... Think I will go to Little Foxes. Here it is 12 already - If only there were just 2 more hrs in a day!
1941 Thurs HELLO, DOPE... TANGO MUSIC... SMELL PLEASANTLY "PINK CLOVER"... M. DONAHUES WANTS CARICATURES ON REC ROOM WALLS... BILL + I TALKED TEACHING AT LUNCH... HE'S A SWEET KID.
1942 FRI Stayed up washing + blocking my sweaters - Strangled myself trying to inhale cigarette smoke, too.
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NOVEMBER 19

1939 11:30 - I struggled thru one question of the bogus P. quiz. It is due tomorrow - It always seems I hate to do a thing when I know I must - And I always wait till its so very late! - Sari + I went to "Drums Along the Mohawk" - Nessa stopped for a moment. She didn't remember my birthday. 
1940 12:45 Well, imagine that! I actually enjoyed myself at the wrestling matches. (Throwback to my primeval nature) - WHY didn't I come right in as I promised myself I would instead of taking a half hour to do it! - I definitely don't want Frederick to think I'm on the cosy side - even if I am!
1941 Wed WILBUR GAVE ME A BIG VENISON STEAK... HIS MOTHER SENT HIM A 3 PT BUCK. STRUGGLED OUT TO CREATIVE WRITING- CHILS + I SUFFERED THRU IT TO GET THERE. I'LL HAVE TO WRITE SOMETHING GOOD, AFTER ALL THE CRITICIZING I DO! Chils isn't HAPPY
LUNCH W/ GREGORY, PAYNE, ETC.
1942 1:15 MAYBE WE'RE MAKING TOO MUCH OF A "GOOD THING" - golly, I HOPE NOT... WE WENT TO A MOVIE, CAME HOME + DRANK tea... THE TIME AFTER THAT WENT very QUICKLY... I SUPPOSE THE REST OF THE FAMILY HAS CONDEMNED ME FOR IT! ...WAS OVER TO ALL SAINTS - I GUESS I'LL DO IT - FOR $40
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NOVEMBER 18

1939 12:55 It was no sudden flash of insight, but I realized rather suddenly just as I went to bed tonight that if I am going to "conquer worlds," I must first conquer myself: -- Although I didn't do so much, - I relapsed a little as the evening wore on, I believe I got started to some extent. 
1940 1:05 Well, I guess the trouble with me today (Honest, it was just like I'd been DOPED!) was that I was disappointed Frederick didn't call - At least I feel oke NOW... Gee, he isn't bad to take at all. We went over to REMSEN, danced 1 dance. He talked about Shaddock... He said he missed me last weekend. Hope he means it
1941 Tues DJ TOOK ME TO DINNER - CHOC. SHOP. WE WENT TO WKEND IN HAVANA - WOW - C. MIR. SAW BOB TONIGHT FOR A MOMENT - GEE THOSE KIDS REALLY WORKED.
1942 11:45 I THINK MY excuse to STAY UNTIL Christmas HAS MATERIALIZED... MISS LEWIS WANTS ME TO TAKE THE ART CLASSES OVER AT All Saints UNTIL RHODA COMES OR UNTIL SHE CAN GET SOMEONE ELSE... I'LL DO IT, IF IT'S WORTH IT... I GOT A PAIR OF white MOCCASINS TODAY... FINISHED DRESSING TABLE... LOOKS TRES BOOFANT... GEORGE ASKED LEONARD IF HE HAD A PIECE OF MY B. cake! DAMN! AFTER all my trouble!
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NOVEMBER 17

1939 I am really tired - but I feel swell! - Bob asked me to go to the Policeman's Ball - I learned how to Schottiche, 2-step, etc. Leonard + Bill came over later, - Nessa is home for the wk-end. - How will I ever get anything done? Marg + I went to Brookings
1940 HELL. I can't get any ambition - I don't want to get to work - I might as well go to bed and try + buck it... Guess I'll listen to Helen Hayes + Then - phooey. God, I haven't any guts... I'm glad I took the folks to dinner anyhow... I want to draw stuff. Am I wrong? - Gee, I wish I knew! -
1941 Mon GEE, I'M TIRED. - SLEPT 2 HRS WHEN I CAME HOME FROM SCHOOL. GOT THROUGH TODAY, ANYHOW - DON GREGORY IS SWELL - SURE WE'D GET ALONG
1942 11:05 TUES (I STILL THINK WE COULD - IF HE WEREN'T IN New Guinea - WHERE HE'S UNDOUBTEDLY SEEING action) I SUPPOSE EVERY NIGHT CAN'T BE AS ECSTATIC AS LAST - AND IT'S JUST AS well... I DIDN'T EVEN SEE LEONARD today, IN FACT - BUT golly, I THOUGHT ABOUT him... MADE DRESSING TABLE SKIRTS, WENT TO THE PRINTERS... LETTER from BOB... Roses, YESTERDAY
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NOVEMBER 16

1939 11:30 Well I don't feel so decrepit - I've had such a swell birthday - It was as mild + warm as spring - people sat around on campus w/o their coats - I helped Howard take pictures all day - I hope some of them turn out. Took shots of B. Johnson tonight. She is gorgeous. - E sent me a lipstick!
1940 12:00 Well, "Marion is Twenty-Two" ...Never had a birthday affect me less... I was a little bit taut about the time Eleanor called though... Marguerite, Nessa + Sari took me to lunch at the Java Rm... Saw Spitznagel + Henrich. Marguerite has a Fraternity Pin + Sari is going "steady" - Jean M. is going to married Christmas - Jean V. Br. also... Didn't get to see G
1941 2:45 Worked constantly today, some birthday. - Finished posters, went down + helped Bob + Leonard until 2:00
1942 LEONARD DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY (THANK GOODNESS!) BUT golly, HE CERTAINLY MADE IT A happy ONE FOR ME! HE CAME DOWN AND WALKED ME HOME (AFTER WE'D ALL BEEN TRYING TO WRITE T. Club INVITATIONS) - HE SAYS - NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, HE'LL KNOW HOW LUCKY HE IS... HE'S GOING TO BE "GOOD" NEXT 2 WKS! I MADE MORE LAMPSHADES TODAY. BROUGHT cake TO DON + HAROLD
I FEEL COMPLETELY A woman
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NOVEMBER 15

1939 12:30 Well, Happy Birthday! - I didn't think I'd be up so late that I'd see it before I went to bed, but here it is! - I'm free, blonde and 21 - I feel swell most of the time -
1940 12:05 Happy Birthday, Marion... Gee, didn't think I'd be up this year either... Thank Heaven I'm home in my own sweet bed - I'm glad I came home, Dance or no Dance (It would have been fun though)... I hardly knew if I wanted to leave, this aft... It would have been lonesome tomorrow... I must start facing things. In fact, I'm determined to.
1941 Sat God, what a day - I'm a nervous wreck. - Classes - making leetle sandwiche! Painted lettering - DJ, Phil, Beth + I ate hamburgers
1942 12:30 HELL - HERE I AM 24, I GUESS... AND STILL GRIPING INWARDLY about LAST NIGHT... SPENT MOST OF THE DAY MAKING LAMPSHADES, BOB + I WENT TO THE Orpheum AND THEN LISTENED TO Schubert AT STARKS... SAMPLED WINE WITH Leonard THIS MORN
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NOVEMBER 14

1939 Well chum here we've wasted another day... Or have we? - Even if I didn't talk about truth + beauty and what's really a foundation of Art. - We had a good time heckling the Artist Series Lecturer + I got to look at Leonard all I wanted too.
1940 11:00 A HELLAVA DAY, IF I DO SAY SO... THE KIDS WERE A BUNCH OF COMANCHES... THE AWFUL PART OF IT IS - I THINK IT WAS MY FAULT... NO GUTS... TERRIBLY SWEET LETTER FROM ELEANOR... HOPE I CAN GET INTO CHICAGO AT CHRISTMAS... CALLED HOME TONIGHT... BE OUT OF THIS TOMORROW... JOY. WOULD LIKE TO STAY HERE FOR THE DANCE; BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING - I GUESS...
1941 Fri Got the boards sized, look okay - Alec Templeton + Clara saw Maragher - mighty sharp. Java Room - Alec sat for us
1942 1:00 DAMN! FRUSTRATION again... FIRST JOHN K. HAD TO COME ALONG - WHICH I DIDN'T MIND REALLY, HE JUST ENTERTAINED US INSTEAD of OUR HAVING TO GO TO A movie - BUT WE NO SOONER LEAVE, than BOB WALKS ALL THE WAY HOME WITH US! Migosh, I'D THINK HE'D HAVE MORE SENSE... I FELT awful THIS AFT BECAUSE I WORKED HARD THIS MORNING - I DO NOW - FOO -
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NOVEMBER 13

1939 Another lousy Monday - I wore my dirty old saddle shoes which made me feel young, but slightly depressed - We had a pot-luck over to Marg's - (Philos) - And then voted on new members until 10:30
1940 11:55 Freddie called tonight... I was all ready to get to work, of course I went out with him. Ben Hecht movie... It was worth the effort of getting ready... Saw Frank Brady's picture in a  sewing mag today. I think I'll write him again. - at least, a Christmas Card! - What'll I do tomorrow (Hysterical laughter)
1941 Well dope, you gotta produce some posters - you'd better make good! - Got one good lay-out after sweating all day. -
1942 11:30 ABOUT MADE A LAMPSHADE THIS evening - LOOKED QUITE ELEGANT - WHILE LEONARD + GEORGE PAINTED THE BASEMENT FLOOR turquoise (THAT I MIXED) MADE THE INKED DRAWING FOR MEMBERSHIP cards THIS MORNING - SHOPPED with DON FOR TABLECLOTHS THIS AFT... WE HEARD FROM R. H'WD. # -
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NOVEMBER 12

1939 This is the last Sunday I'll ever be just "20" - It seems odd - Well, part of the book is pretty well planned - the way I ate to-day it's a wonder I could fasten the band on my pajamas. 
1940 11:45 Feel lousy - Maybe it was exercised (I'm certainly not used to them) - Sleepy all day - Gee, if I could just feel energetic and ambitious... Few kids in school today on accounta weather, made teaching easy - 
1941 Wed Bill + I went down after creative writing to see how Leonard was coming. Hope he gets done! Bill + I talked afterwards - He is a terribly sweet fella -
1942 11:30 THURS BOUGHT DON GREGORY A ST. CHRISTOPHER MEDAL-BRACELET... I HOPE HE GETS IT BY Christmas. I GOT A PAIR OF NYLONS!!! (HOPE THEY'RE WORTH THE 2.15 I PAID for EM) ... MR. (+MRS.!) EIDE HIGHLY APPROVE THE TOWN CLUB JOB... SHE of COURSE, PREFERRED THE UPSTAIRS... LARRY + DONNA SAW THE PLACE TONIGHT... THEN WE BEERED at LOOKS!
1943

NOVEMBER 11

1939 It's always tomorrow when I'm going to really get to work. - I can't keep kidding any longer - the book will be laid out tomorrow. Today was odd. I worked out at school. Leonard did more in 2 hrs, than I did all day - Howard took some pictures of me - 
1940 11:00 Today was odd too... Armistice, and U.S. the only (one of the few) nations at Peace... I get intensely depressed if I start thinking about the possibility of facing a War- existence in the future.. Terrible blizzard... NO school... checked papers... thought about Freddie... and Bill... and Leonard.
1941 12:00 We are still not - literally - in the war. But that's all. It's a mess. We jazzed up the float barely in time. Emil + Bob + I chased down to see it. Dropped in on Muralists Payne + Berg. Hope they get on okay. Wasted afternoon with RH. Wrote DJ
1942 11:30 I HAD A BEAUTIFUL DAY - MOST of the TIME. FINISHED THE TROIKA, ELEANOR bought MY LUNCH, AND I WENT TO THE GAME with LEONARD... WE WENT DOWN TO THE bar, AND THEN LISTENED TO RECORDS. (I CAN STILL risotsky!) HE CALLED TONIGHT, too. I PUT ON MY RED DRESS, WE MAILED Emil's letter
1943

NOVEMBER 10

1939 My last home game - The last time I'll see Tommy + Hunk + Stan + the rest play such a swell rough game - And the last time I'll sing the "Fight Song" I'll never forget all those swell boys who really play the game.
1940 11:45 Where did the week-end go? Bang! And it's Sunday night again - Freddie promises to be very good interesting. I hope he sticks around... rather think he will. Sat through a rather dull movie just to see what would happen afterward. It did. I was mistaken about his eyes - brown.
1941 1:00 Monday - A heller - fixed up drawings, approved, but job didn't pan out - damn! - Hope Cale's does arranged "float." Class- Critic for 3 act plays - Helled around, painted art room came home Bawth
1942 TUES 12:30 WELL, WE'RE STRAIGHTENED OUT again, AFTER A SLIGHT "ESTRANGEMENT" - AS Leonard PUTS IT... WE WENT TO THE DANCE FOR A WHILE, THEN HE CAME INTO "GET Emil's ADDRESS" ... I WAS REASSURED WITHOUT ASKING TO BE reassured... I THINK HE IS WORRIED ABOUT OUR GETTING TOO SERIOUS...
1943

NOVEMBER 9

1939 11:45 Well even if I haven't accomplished so much today - at least I'm clean - Today Leonard brought in a layout for the whole book. 
1940 2:00 Life is exciting again... Bill called - wanted me to meet him in S. City tomorrow night... My God, he never gives up... I think he really believed I might be desperate enough to do it. Funny, I didn't even feel insulted... Dated Freddie tonight "Mark of Zorro" - fun. fun. quite. He is really a very smooth Joe --
1941 12- No reactions - as yet. Hope he won't take too long. Innocuous day - knitted did a few lousy sketches - Anticipated tomorrow. Went to a movie w/ Eastson.
1942 1:25 Well, Foo... Be glad to finish up the grill - Put on my horse today... He looks fine... Mother + Eleanor + Philip + I played bridge tonight. Earlier, I heard Orson Welles reading "Ballad of Battan." Made me feel unnecessary.
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