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38/ daily lectures are given. They are so frequented that all seats were occupied. A young man of about 25 gave the lecture without notes and did it very well, captivating the full attention of all. [[underlined]] Neither he nor any of the audience knew that I was one of the listeners. [[/underlined] Altho my photograph was displayed among the exhibits, together with an excellent photographic reproduction of the page of a former note-book where I [[underlined]] captured the phenolic resinoid [[/underlined]] I have invented and gave it the name [[underlined]] "Bakelite." [[/underlined]] After the meeting I introduced myself to the lecturer his name is [[underlined]] William Hoyt [[/underlined]]. His associate who takes care of the other Bakelite exhibits is Mr. [[underlined]] George B. Cook; [[/underlined]] who also made a good impression and escorted me around the various other exhibits of the Institute, and brought [[underlined]] Dr. Schmidt, Secretary of the Museum with [[/underlined]] him. Took the 7 P.M. train for New York. Arriving [[underlined]] in Yonkers [[/underlined]] there was [[underlined]] no car and later found that Dick [[/underlined]] and [[strike through]] his car [[/strike through]] our car were stranded in our entrance way of Snug Rock [[/underlined]]. For an hour he had tried to release the [[end page]] [[start page]] /39 the car but unsuccessfully Told him to leave it there until tomorrow. [[underlined]] Nov. 26 [[/underlined]] Bright quiet day but cold (25°F) and everything looks white. Nov. 27(Sunday) More snow. Newspaper delivered only at noon. [[underlined]] Nov 28 & 29. [[/underlined]] Received number of [[underlined]] Chemitan Zeitung, [[/underlined]] where considerable space is devoted in [[underlined]] describing my work [[/underlined]] and paying honor to my pioneership in synthetic plastics: [[vertical notation in left margin with feathered arrow pointing to "paying honor"]] Dr. Robert Clothier President of Rutgers U [[/left margin]] [[underlined]] November 30 [[/underlined]] At office. ^[[President; Callan Mrs E. Hooker & other Hookers, Toch Weidlein. Prof & Mrs. Bogert Mrs. Redman & daughter, Tone Karpen.]] [[underlined]] December 1. [[/underlined]] Ditto [[vertical notation in left margin]] 65.152. [[/left margin]] [[underlined]] Dec. 2. Dinner in my honor at Chemists Club [[/underlined]] where to receive honorary membership. Celine was with me. The [[underlined]] club was crowded [[/underlined]] with participants, many ladies and many dear old friends I had not met for many years. The Club looks better than ever. [[vertical notation in right margin]] Celine, George B and Grace were at the dinner. [[/right margin]] [[underlined]] December 3. [[/underlined]] At Snug Rock all day. Classifying my notes. [[strikethrough]] Dec. 4 Sunday at Snug Rock, writing letters. [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Re Dec. 2. Mr. Callan was presiding. [[/underlined]] He and [[underlined]] Max. Toch [[/underlined]] made speeches to which I answered. [[underlined]] Dec 4. Sunday. [[/underlined]] Beautiful day, writing letters and reading to Celine some of my old notes in my memorandum books.
