MA 126: B02-F03 - Journal

The third journal for 1945 covers May 1 to August 15 and is written in a Scotch spiral notebook. Lundquist reports on school activities, including the Prom with a western, rustic theme. He notes that he received one of the highest grades in the University of South Dakota scholarship test, rating 11½ in the state. He continues to run the movie projector at school and at town meetings and to write articles for the “Websterian.” Other activities are roller skating, hanging out downtown, boating, Scout camp (where he is in charge of a Waubay troop of tenderfoots), going to the library (reading The House of Seven Gables), and to the movies (including a Sherlock Holmes mystery, “For Whom the Bell Tolls” in color, “Thunderhead,” “The Climax,” and “Can’t Help Singing”), and shocking grain. Lundquist decides to take a summer correspondence course from the University of South Dakota to earn the 1½ high school credits he needs to finish high school—a ½ credit course in American Government, a ½ credit course in Solid Geometry, and a ½ credit course in Radio. After completing the Radio course, he plans to take a test to qualify for the Navy’s radar program. He also considers going to the South Dakota School of Mines or the University of Minnesota. He notes that some of his high school friends have been drafted. Lundquist devotes many journal entries to World War II events, including Germany’s surrender (VE Day) on May 8, 1945, the drop of the atomic bomb on Japan on August 6, and Japan’s surrender on August 14. With the end of the war, Lundquist decides not to take the Navy radar test.

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