Professor Hamilton's Diary: Sept. 26, 1935

They enjoy a musical evening; GM head says "depression is dead," leave industry alone

After a day of classes and whatnot, Professor engaged a babysitter to Margaret could attend her ensemble class and he could type up stencils to be mimeographed into exams for his students. Already!!

Margaret returned home with three fellow musicians. One performed on the piano and they all enjoyed ice cream.

Meanwhile, auto mogul Alfred P. Sloan declared the depression was over and the government needed to take its hands off industry.

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The Harris & Ewing photo of Sloan during testimony before a congressional committee in 1939 was accessed from Wikimedia Commons.