Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

As soon as the boys had deposited their luggage, they prepared at once to go down to the lake for a swim. However it turned out that only swimming tests were given this day, and as Art could not swim well, he, in company with three other boys who could not swim, went back to their cabins, rather disconsolate; so we did not get to say goodbye to him.
I learned, the other day for the first time, that the word Jehovah is an English elaboration of the Hebrew JHVH, The ancient Hebrew felt that God was so overwhelmingly majestic, that even his name must be unpronounceable. A fine conception! How today the name of God is bandied about until it has become commonplace.
A hot sultry day – the air oppressive, the sky thick and misty with massing clouds – a time midsummer August day, brooding & powerful.
To Buffalo to get radio from Joe (we met at court and Main) and various shopping errands. To market. The policeman who, regarding my car said “That’s the best car that’s made.” – The sort of remark we always take so a compliment to ourselves, and not to the design and maker of the car.