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May 25 (Sunday) [[underlined]] DeBruyne [[/underlined]] and van Weineke at Snug Rock then boat to Alpine; tramped thru woods, returned at dark.  Rowed across for $5.00  They took supper at home and remained till late.
May 26.  Fine weather.  Dictated all morning.  [[underlined]]  DeBruyne[[/underlined]] and v. W. came for lunch in hired motor.  Our visit to School No 16.  Amazement of DeBruyne and van Weineke to see how clean and democratic our schools are.  Then visit to High School.  Business course.  Chemical and biological laboratories, Physical laboratory better than it runs at Ghent University when we were students.  Then visit to St. John's hospital in Yonkers, dispensary and 
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nurses home then tuberculosis hospital (all with Dr. Getty) Supper at home then all to N.Y. at about 11 P.M.
May 24.  [[strikethrough]] Got [[/strikethrough]] Stayed at Chemists Club over night.  Got up at 7 AM. then drove them [[strikethrough]] with my big car [[/strikethrough]] to SS. [[underlined]] Rotterdam [[/underlined]] in taxi-cab.  DeBruyne paid $5.60  Lunch at Club then met Rowley then home with 5:31 P.M. train.
May 28.  Home all day dictating - Rain Evening to [[underlined]]  Inventor's Guild. [[/underlined]]  [[strikethrough]] Henry [[/strikethrough]] Edward [[underlined]] Hewitt [[/underlined]] told story of his emprisonment in France where he was arrested as a German spy.  Resolution for ^for patent reform^ discussed and accepted.
May 29.  Dictated till 11 A.M. then to Perth Amboy.  Fine weather.  Inspected plot for [[underlined]]  new factory [[/underlined]] building.  Think it is all right.  We calculate it will cost from [[underlined]] $15000 to $20000 [[/underlined]] amortization for old plant.  Saw [[underlined]] pipe stem blanks lying [[/underlined]] carelessly
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Transcription Notes:
LHB and friends were rowed across the Hudson. Before Tappan Zee bridge is built. HK PS 16 was a school on North Broadway in Yonkers. HK