FReeper David has pretty much debunked Corsi’s timeline. He is extremely knowledgable in this subject and might want to chime in.
Please see:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306351/posts
Post #7946 and surrounding conversation.
David says the extension classes for which Ann Dunham was registered did not start till mid-September.
This 48 year old supposed nonspecific recollection from some guy named David supposedly debunks Corsi's written documentation with her signature on it?
Not even close.
Close.
If it was an extension class, there was no physical classroom attendance requirement; she could do the work anywhere and mail it in.
If it was a regular attendance class, it didn't start until the last week of September--late in the last week of September.
Nothing in her class registration provides any evidence of her physical location on August 19--or specifically: She wasn't "in university class in seattle 15 Days after . . . "
Beckwith obtained from the University of Washington, a letter which says that the class for which she was registered was in fact an "extension class"--which she could have taken from anywhere. I got the Goggle list of his topics, found the item and it says that page has been removed.
Beckwith transmitted a copy of the letter to another freeper who sent a copy to me however I can't come up with it.
The essential point is that there wasn't any classroom attendance at Washington after the 10th or so of August (end of finals for the second half of summer quarter) until classes convened for Fall Quarter at the end of September--she just wasn't there.
I guess I will go a little further since I have already done so twice: I was on campus almost every day between August 10th and September 30th; I can't swear to August 19 although I can swear to August 20 and 21; there weren't any classes in process anywhere; the place was dead as a doornail; the liabraries were closed most of the time.
I'm uncomfortable being on the other side of such positive statements. On the other hand, for various personal reasons, the period between August 1 and September 30, 1961 on campus at the University of Washington is pretty clear in my memory.
We think there is some evidence that she was registered for "extension" classes for fall quarter. The University of Washington runs, or at least ran then, a number of different kinds of credit classes in addition to full or part time regular classes.
One kind was where you got a course outline and books from the "extension school" and worked through each section of the outline, then taking a quiz on the material, even sometimes having to go to the University during regular sessions and take the quiz; did the rest of the course work. And got credit for the class.
The other kind was "night school"--the University ran an extensive night program parallel to the regular day program. Full credit courses with classes, attendance, and exams. In theory same substance as the day school version.
Night school session ran fairly close to the day school sessions--night school may have started the week after day school started; maybe a day or two off schedule one way or the other. But I do not ever remember running night school a month and a half off the day school schedule--I just don't think it happened.
Further, I was using library facilities and meeting with other people on campus regularly during this period--there just wasn't anything going on that was consistent with a regular class schedule in anything--certainly not upper campus as the courses for which Stanley Ann was registered for were.
And my memory for Monday the 21st is bulletproof. No classes then either.
On the other hand, Tuesday, September 19 was the week before classes started on Monday September 25; finals week was December 11.
Thing is I think I have seen the August 19 date on a U of W letter--I wonder if the person who wrote it may have looked at the file transcript and made the same mistake I did initially and read the 9/19 date as 8/19. Maybe that is where Corsi got his information--someone should tell him.
Ought to suggest to him to find out if night classes had some designation other than X (Extension).