Professor Hamilton's Diary: Feb. 9, 1935

He takes a dead battery to the Esso station; FDR gives radio talk on Boy Scouts

It was a quiet Saturday for Professor Hamilton. He taught his morning classes at Albright College, typed a bit on his dissertation while listening to opera on the radio, and took his car’s dead battery to the Esso station to be charged.

The evening before, President Roosevelt gave a radio address on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America, an organization he had long supported. To read about FDR and the BSA, you’ll need to be a paid subscriber. Click below to upgrade for just 16 cents a day and get the full flavor of Professor Hamilton and his times.

The vintage plaque bearing the Scout Oath is being offered on eBay.