“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(The object for the 77th envelope experiment was a copy of an article from The Saratogian, the daily newspaper of Saratoga Springs, NY; it was printed in September, 1950 and was saved by Jane as a souvenir, and also because she wrote it. It describes her election as president of the Day Students Council for Skidmore College, in Saratoga. See the rough copies on pages 168 and 169.

(As stated, the object is an article taken from The Saratogian of September 1950. Jane wrote it, since she had a part-time job with the newspaper while attending Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. The object concerns the election of Jane as president of the Day Students Council in her junior year, and the photo at the top of the article shows Jane and the other three female members of the council. They wear the “uniform" in style then—blue jeans.

(“To do with a particular week. Or a seven or fourteen-day period.” Jane said this data is Seth’s attempt to get at the “day" references which are prominent on the front of the object. Note the headline indicated on page 168: “Skidmore Day Students Elect Council members," plus other day students and council references in the article.

(“Four events, closely related. Perhaps mentioned in the note. Or four people connected with one event, mentioned in a note.” Seth is very close indeed here, since the article on the front of the object deals with the election of four women to the Skidmore College Day Students Council.

(On the front of the object, the article about the Day Students Council also concerns law and government, connected with Skidmore, etc.

(“Distant connection with a train.” We are not sure. If train means travel, the article on the front of the object mentions that one of the newly-elected council members, Frances Donahue, has returned to Skidmore after two years practice nursing in New York City.

(2nd Question: Can you give us some more on the 7 or 14-day period? “Strongly connected with, or mentioned, on the item.” Again, Jane says this refers to the day concept, in the article on the front of the object, concerning the election of Jane and others to the Skidmore Day Students Council, etc.

(11th Question: Can you say anything about the two females? “An apparent misdeed, connected with one or them. Younger rather than older.” This can be a reference to Jane herself. She appears in the photo on the front of the envelope object, and the news story thereon concerns her election as president of the Skidmore College Day Students Council. See page 168.

(Jane was elected to this post in her junior year at Skidmore. She was expelled from college at the end of her junior year, through being blamed for something of which she was innocent. Thus the words “apparent misdeed" in the above data are important. She was in her early twenties at the time of course.