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  • Tags: Margaret Landon's College Years 1921-1927

Kenneth reads from his journal about Easter morning at the Mortensons that he attended, and the service and his walk with Margaret to join a group of students. He recalls Mrs. Mortenson coming to them driving her new Buick car. 

Margaret tells about her family's road trip to Michigan in the summer of 1923. Three tires blew up during the trip. They had to spend the night at the Gales home, the family of Alex, who used to date Margaret. He tried to reconnect with Margaret, but…

Margaret reads a letter to her mother in which she describes her work in the library and what she earned. She tells of her expenses and asks her mother to pray for her so that she would earn more.

Margaret tells about her boat trip across Lake Michigan from Stony Lake (where her parents had built a cottage) to Wheaton. 

Margaret remembers her father's death, his first stroke, a mild one. She shares about his sad letters to her. He died at 50 years of age. 

Margaret shows pictures of, and tells about the boys she dated during her time at Wheaton College.

Margaret recalls her first semester at Wheaton as a very happy one. She remembers going back to Evanston with other girls for her mother's birthday.

Margaret tells about the beginning of the end of her father's life. A.D. had his first stroke during of after one the many football games to which he would take Margaret. His health began to decline steadily after that and working became a struggle…

Margaret had her tonsils removed and a nurse that Grace Van Hough knew came to watch over her for 24 hours. She remembers the nurse commenting on her muscles from head to toes (Margaret had was in sports a lot and had developed pretty strong…

Margaret tells of Grace Van Hough who came to live with them and persuaded Adelle to let her buy a grand piano.  Adelle's piano went out but when Grace was leaving she took her piano with her and didn't bother to replace Adelle's piano. 

Margaret tells of hospitality at the Mortensons. There was always someone living at their home for a year, or two, or more. That was normal and had become part of their life.

Lois invited Margaret to spend the night over at her family's home. She got there just in time for dinner, after which they went out with the intention to see a professor but instead were joined by a group of boys with whom they spent the evening…

It was easy to make friends and there was so much going on. One night Margaret heard music outside just as she was ready to go to bed, and her friend Muriel urged her to come out. There was a group of boys serenading them that night.

Margaret tells about her friendship with Lois McShane and the group of close friends that formed around them. She recalls their parties and other get-togethers/events. Some of the boys in the group dated Margaret.

Margaret recalls her beginnings at Wheaton, the first people she met, her first impressions of the campus, registration and classes she took, and the network of friends that began to shape.

Margaret recalls her parents' decision to send her to Wheaton much against her will. The bribe was a second summer to the girls' camp, which cost pretty much the same as attending Wheaton. The only other pleasant experience was her meeting in later…

Margaret was invited to share the room of the junior girls she had met in the late summer because one of them wasn't coming back to Wheaton. This was a tremendous piece of luck to have a junior's room.

Margaret's desire was to go to Vassar for college. Her parents decided that she should go to Wheaton, so they took her to visit there. To convince her, Margaret's parents bargained with her that she could go to the girls' summer camp again if she…
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