by J. Grant Hauber

I went to school on the GI Bill. I didn't have family backing; I was on my own. You had to know what you wanted to do because you didn't have the money to start over. I took four years of classes in two years, plus summer classes and a couple of courses at night.

I took three years of English classes to improve my writing ability and my understanding of what I read. During one semester, the teacher, Dr. Sine, used the Bible as a textbook. He wanted us to use our imagination to enlarge upon a story. We would hand in the assignments on Thursday and he would read them over the weekend, then he picked out four or five and brought them to school to discuss on the following Tuesday. One time he chose one of mine. I had used a word he didn't understand: I was trying to say that I thought the story was bologna, and he laughed. To have the professor you admire going over your work and giving a response is very important. It must be; I remember his name 50 years later.