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8 Spent evening with [[red underline]] Gilbert Rigg [[/red underline]] and [[red underline]] Gepp [[/red underline]] who are here on a visit from Australia. (at University Club) Oct 7. At 12:30 lunch [[red underline]] to ^[[Cardinal]] Mercier [[/red underline]] at Astor [[strikethrough]] Hostel [[/strikethrough]] Hotel by Merchants association I was guest and was seated at 1st guests table - Then immediately to [[red underline]] Columbia University to don Cap and Gown [[/red underline]] to assist at conferring [[red underline]] honory Doctor's Degree to Mercier [[/red underline]] in open air ceremony before Library. Then reception at President Butler's house. Oct 8. Took [[red underline]] Bishop Hebbelynck [[/red underline]] former Rector of University of Louwain here for lunch with Mr. [[red underline]] Birne, [[/red underline]] then went motoring over Mamaroneck beach. A bright but cool [[end page]] [[start page]] 9 day. Oct 9. Here at Snug Rock all day. Cold weather feel very uncomfortable till boiler was going Oct 10. Unusual warmer weather. Bothered with head-ache. Oct 11. Went to Columbia then to [[red underline]] Ion [[/red underline]] where I made my lunch then University Club Oct 12 (Sunday) Spent most of [[strikethrough]] afternoon [[/strikethrough]] morning and afternoon [[red underline]] on Ion [[/red underline]] then evening went to University Club for supper. coming home at about 9 P.M. found [[red underline]] Capart [[/red underline]] waiting for me and preventing me from an early rest which I need now. Oct 13. [[red underline]] Feel tired, disgusted [[/red underline]] and uninterested in everything. Everything seems to conspire to bother and tie me - all trivial matters in themselves but [[red underline]] which interfere will any plans I make. [[/red underline]] If I [[red underline]] only could get away somewhere [[/red underline]]