Wednesday, January 31, 1923

Beautiful, bright and mild. Arose 8 A.M. Breakfast etc. Studied. Dinner. Work. Chapel. Matriculation day address by Dr. Merrill of Brick Presbyterian Church N.Y.C. on "An Evolutionist at Calvary." Very good. Shaved. Wrote letter to Dr. Frick. Supper. To St. James with M.L.Y. Indebted for pleasant evening. Talked. Home with D.T. [Donald Timmerman] To bed 12:30 P.M. Thankful for health.

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Matriculation Day is a ceremony to welcome new students to Boston University. It must be the start of spring semester, and the reason Stanford had a week off. I had forgotten that back then, semesters didn't end before the December holidays but just took a break and then ended in January. Although it seems that welcoming new students should have happened in September, maybe they have two?

Here is some information about Dr. Merrill, taken from Wikipedia:

William Pierson Merrill (1867–1954) was an American Presbyterian clergyman, pacifist, author, and hymn writer. He was acknowledged during his time as one of the most influential ministers in America.[1] He is probably best remembered as the author of several well-known hymns, including "Rise Up, O Men of God."

Here is a YouTube video of Wheaton College Glee Club singing the hymn:

I'm assuming Stanford went with Mary Leah to St. James Episcopal Church in Cambridge (though he doesn't say why they went there on a Wednesday). Below is a 1967 photo of the church.

Taken from Wikipedia
By George M. Cushing, Photographer 

Dr. Frick is of course Stanford's pastor back in Schenectady.