I entered U. of W. in the fall of 1913. Upon leaving high school in the spring of 1913 I still had a few credits to get. A hard one was U.S. History. It was a miserable course. I went to the library and got the book. Soon after that I returned and said I had mislaid the book and would like to pay for it. I did so with the understanding that if I found it I could return it and get my money back. I carried it around all summer and never looked at it. A week before the exam I studied hard and took the exam at Broadway Hi. I was dubious about the result, so before college opened I took it again and easily passed. At the same time I took exams for 3 history credits. These were easy. However I went back to the Broadway history teacher and asked how my test was. She said that because I had not carried any of the class work she felt that the exam should be harder than for students who had attended a semester of classes. Therefore I had failed, for which she was sorry. I told her not to worry about it because I had taken the test at the U. and passed very well. I never like that teacher.

I discovered that I must take 2 years of military training. We had to purchase our uniforms and caps which cost about $10.00. That was a lot of money. I learned that by joining a branch of the National Guard

As I mentioned when I started my third year in college Dean Roberts gave me a job as his library assistant which was simple and interesting. It paid me $30.00 per month. By sleeping in the laboratory building attic and eating as I pleased I got along very well and had money to go to a 5¢ or 10¢ show or even take a girl out once in a while. My brother-in-law's father died about that time and I inherited his long tail dress suit. It was of the most beautiful material that money could buy - and since he was a very big man, I had it cut down to fit me and was as well dressed as any man at the University Ball. I borrowed Art Goodwin's collapsible silk plug hat and cut quite a show. I always could get a nice girl, and they dressed up so beautifully for the ball that I was both proud and happy.

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