IN GOVERNMENT 101 AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY IN THE FALL OF 1959 OUR YOUNG PROF SAID AT THE OUTSET HE WANTED US TO BE SURE WE SPELLED WORDS CORRECTLY.
AS AN EXAMPLE HE POINTED OUT THE OMISSION OF JUST ONE LETTER IN "PUBLIC" CHANGED THE MEANING COMPLETELY. I FOUND IT STRANGE THAT THE SORORITY GIRLS WHO ALWAYS SAT UP FRONT SEEMED TO GET THE JOKE FIRST. MOST OF US BACK ROW COUNTRY BOYS WERE EITHER TOO DUMB OR TOO EMBARRASSED TO LAUGH.
BY THE WAY, THE PROF WOUND UP DATING ONE OF THE POOR LITTLE GIRLS WHO SAT UP FRONT. SHE WAS A BEAUTY CONTEST WINNER. HER BLONDE BEAUTY WAS SIMPLY ELECTRIC. OF COURSE AT 18, IT DIDN'T TAKE TOO MUCH TO IMPRESS ME! BACK THEN, GIRLS COULD NOT WEAR JEANS OR SLACKS TO CLASS. SHE HAD CLOTHES THAT SHE WORE WELL---VERY WELL !
COUPLE MORE COMMENTS ON GOV 101. I GOT A "D" ON THE FIRST ESSAY EXAM WITH A NOTE THAT I WAS ON THE VERGE OF FLUNKING THE COURSE. SOMETHING INSIDE SAID I COULD DO MORE THAN FLUNK AND GOT WITH AND GOT"A's" ON THE REMAINDER OF THE COURSE AND AN "A" FOR THE COURSE. THIS WAS MAYBE MY GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT AT PURDUE.
THIS GUY WAS A KOREAN WAR VET. HIS HAIR WAS SNOW WHITE AND HE WAS ABOUT 28 YEARS OLD. SEEMS IT WENT WHITE WHILE COMMANDING AN ARMY COMPANY IN KOREA.
HIS OUTSIDE OF CLASS PASSION---BEYOND GIRLS---WAS BOXING. HE WAS A WALKING ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PROFESSIONAL BOXING TRIVIA.
GLENN <><
JUST WEST OF YESTERDAY
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