“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.

(“Connection with a mountain. Or high peak. And a triangle.” Jane, again, says this is a reference to her election as president of the Day Students Council—it represents her top achievement in college, as far as honors went, she said.

(“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.

(“A name or place beginning with a D.” One of the four women elected to the council, and shown in the photo, was Frances Donahue. Jane also thought the several references to Day Student Council might bear on the data.

(“An initial attempt, followed by others.” Jane was a bit dubious here, but said the photo heading up the article on the front of the object pictured the first meeting of the newly-elected Day Students Council; this meeting of course was followed by others.

(“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.

(5th Question: What’s that about a triangle? “I was after the mountain shape, which seemed to be triangular. A triangle with a feeling of height, or the apex or high point of an episode.” As stated, Jane felt this referred to her election as president of the Day Students Council—the high point of her college tenure as far as honors went. It was, Jane said, a big deal. This election is the subject of the article on the front of the object.

(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.