Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

Wright, Joe Householder + Kate Spencer swelled our numbers. The day was one continual round of nonsense and espacades. Among the latter are the sewing-up of the Rochester girls nightgowns and hiding them under my trunk; The Hunt and Maneuverings that ensued on the girls discovery of This; The Marooning of Joe Burchfield, The Rescue of Joe; Bill and Joe climbing up on the back roof and into my room, to be discovered by the girls; Bobby, who didn’t know someone was waiting, climbing in the east window of my room; Bobby tying a rope onto the springs of the Rochester girls bed, while Joe, the Two Rochester fellows and I, stood in the bath­room giving unsolicited advice; Bobby’s discovery by the girls and his exasperation, The Stroll to the Encampment near Bentley’s Woods.

In the evening Pear Stitt, Russel Gibbs and his two sisters Jeannette + Myra, came up. In comparison to the day, the evening was rather quiet. The chief event was the lunch at which