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- 1922 (Creation)
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1 volume, paper
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Diary entries are written in German script. There is a transcript of the diary entries in another hand [Muriel Brittain's] on most pages or on loose sheets.
On the first page is a list of books read during the year.
Gives details of his life as an undergraduate at Jesus College (end of this third year) and the start of his working life following his final exams. Gives details of his involvement with the Roosters Club including details of debates they held.
15 January - West organ was removed from the Chapel a few days ago.
20 January - Meeting with the Dean who encouraged him not to worry about financial matters or the future but to concentrate on getting a first. The Dean told him "you will have a good future before you".
22 May - Was very sorry to read of the sinking of his old ship the 'Egypt'.
14 June - Was disappointed to be awarded a second. The Dean was surprised and told him to take no notice of the result, saying he was a first class intellect.
1 June - Had tea with the Dean and Bernard Manning who discussed his future and tried to persuade him to be ordained.
19 July - Went to Fulham Palace and saw the Bishop of London about being ordained.
7 August - Percival Gardner-Smith was elected Dean of Jesus College.
21 August - Took up lodgings in Hove where he started tutoring Joe Harmsworth, son of Sir Hildebrand Harmsworth. He had been accepted at Pembroke College provided he pass an examination.
5 October - Returned to Cambridge and took up residence at the Oratory House in Lady Margaret Road [where he lived for the next 8 years during term time].
He earned a living by tutoring pupils, including Joe Harmsworth, and doing a translation of a book by Francesco Nitti [former Prime Minister of Italy]. [This book had been sent by Nitti to John Maynard Keynes who employed FB as the translator].