By John Hale Chipman, Class of 1919

"September 26, Wednesday, Fair.

No orders all day so after cleaning up the car a bit I hung around reading, writing and playing the guitar the Y.M.C.A. man loaned me. The piano is terribly out of tune so he lets me borrow the guitar for my necessary food music. Already I have learned enough chords on it to play or rather accompany the crowd when they sing camp songs. Tonight the chef held another meeting and gave us a talk about the service and also our orders. After supper the bunch of us walked down to the village and hung around the Y.M.C.A. tent listening to the new victrola and real American ragtime records and how it did make us want to get back home again. Came home early and bedded."

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