Helen Korngold Diary: March 3-9, 1919

This year I am sharing the 1919 diary of Helen Korngold of St. Louis, MO. Helen was a student teacher at Washington University.

Helen Korngold, Dec. 1919, New York City

March
Monday 3
School good. Downtown to look for suit, but didn’t find any. Home—studied.

Tuesday 4
Hard day—class from 10:30 – 3:15 without intermission. Basket Ball—Seniors beat Juniors 10-5. Home. Lecture by Fairchild on “Hamlet.” Good. Summer came. He was so sleepy poor kid. Home in rain! Wrote notices for Junior Council. Bed at 12 bells.

Wednesday 5
Taught at Wellston all day—awfully tired.

Thursday 6
School—2 hrs geol. McCourt is so fascinating. Seniors vs. juniors—our team won! First game of championship. Home.

Friday 7
School—Ed. bores me. Home. Herman Heyerman and I went to Bernice Young’s. Had a dandy time. Pretty nice crowd. Clara Marx wasn’t so gay. Dan was cute—so too was Summer. Home at 1:30 a.m.

Saturday 8
Slept till 9 A.M. School. Rained & snowed. Home—wrote Shakespeare theme. Varsity vs. Mizzo—35-26 favor Mizzo. Bad luck—ran out of gas but hit a lucky station. Home—wrote letter to Jul.

Sunday 9
Study—washed hair—had company.

Notes:

March 2

Temple Social Society was related to the Korngold family’s synagogue.

March 3

Six-Barr advertisement for spring suits, March 1919

March 4

Professor H.R. Fairchild of the University of Missouri

March 7

Bernice Emily Young was born in 1899 to Oscar S. and Emily Young and at 1900 lived at Windsor Place with a servant. Other daughters included Audrey and Dorothy and they had a son Emerson.

Herman Heyerman appears in the 1917 St. Louis City Directory working as a clerk.

March 8

The basketball game was between MIZZO is Missouri State University in St. Louis and Washington University.