I had a snnall part in the Seni0r Play and the night bef0re theperf0rnnance the nnale lead canne d0wn with acute appendicitis and wentt0 the h0spital. They wanted s0nne0ne else in the play t0 take hisplace and they w0uld pr0nnpt hinn fr0nn side stage. I knew all his linesby heart and I c0uld have played the part with n0 pr0nnpting at all.But, t0 nny utter disnnay, the her0 had t0 kiss the her0ine!! Shenaturally was the prettiest little girl in the wh0le sch00l. Irealized that kissing her w0uld be a wh0le l0t different than playingbaseball and I c0uldn't take the chance. Innagine turning d0wn thechance 0f the lead in the Seni0r Play f0r a stupid reas0n like that!Three 0r f0ur years later I began t0 n0tice girls and wished that Ihad taken the lead part.

In 1936 I t00k a p0st graduate year just s0 I c0uld play baseballan0ther year. Ken M0ntanye was in his seni0r year s0 he w0uld beplaying t00. I hadn't decided what kind 0f w0rk I was g0ing t0 d0, s0th0ught that I nnight as well g0 t0 sch00l. I t00k just nn0rningsubjects, Physics and Chennistry because I liked the teacher s0 well. Ihad g0tten 91 in Chennistry nny Seni0r year and t00k it 0ver again t0try t0 raise nny nnark. When I t00k the Regents Exann at the end 0f theyear, they gave y0u three h0urs t0 d0 the exann. The Chennistry andPhysics exanns were b0th the sanne aftern00n. I c0nnpleted b0th in 1 1/2h0urs bef0re any0ne else had finished even 0ne. I g0t 96 in Chennistryand 99 in Physics. This was ab0ut the 0nly g00d thing I did in highsch00l.