"To
the World History and Constitution classes I gave an identification test on
American & World leaders. I used forty magazine cover sized pictures and
showed them with no name attached. Many
students recognized only three or four.
The highest score, 24, was made by Benny Zane, son of the school
secretary. I considered that very
good. 40 out of 41 in the two classes
recognized Pres. Truman and Bing Crosby, 39 recognized FDR, the only non-living
man in the group. Others among the
tabulation--Dewey, 28, Stalin 21, Eisenhower, 28, Gov. Carlson 1, Henry A.
Wallace 3, Senators Vandenburg & Conally 0, Warren Austin 0, Benny Goodman
11. Several mistook Wallace for former
Gov. Schoeppel....
"I
met your friend, Dr. Glenn, today. A
southwestern man, Class of '34, he has a lot of vim and vigor... Also, the
doctor said that he used to date Thelma Snyder when they were in college. Then he mentioned the fact that your father
later went with Thelma. 'I guess that he didn't marry her on account of the
children.' he added."
--Letter
from my father, Protection, Kans., to my mother, Hutchinson, Kans., Tuesday, September
2, 1947.
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