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Unfortunately, I never finished high school, because my parents sent me to a private school at the age of 14. This severe handicap in my preparation for life has often plagued-me. Friends' fond reminiscences of sock-hops and eider sales, of the gaiety and glamour of high school life, set aching in me a vast void that seemed destined never to be filled...
Then it came. "How to Finish High School at Home." 8 1/2" x 11". 24 pp. With serene confidence, a young man and a young woman, dressed in black mortarboard and academic robes, stared at me from the cover. They have seen what it's like, I thought, the sock-hops and the hoop frays, the twirling batons and the blaring bands. Tears welled to my eyes as I opened the booklet...
Though the catalog didn't mention anything about the sock-hops and get-togethers after the big game that I desired so ardently, I knew that it was merely dissimulating through scholarly rectitude. And so I am waiting eagerly for the authorized Wayne School registrar near my home to come visit me, as the Director of Admissions promised he would in the book...
...Initiative. The contrasting call from the right, for more toughness and less talk, was heard in varied accents. "We submit that it is a curious way to fight a war when you wait for the enemy to sock you first before returning a light jab," said the Chicago Tribune. "As our global strategy is the same, the prospect for the survival of freedom doesn't look too encouraging, even for the U.S." In Atlanta, the Journal also faulted the U.S. for "permitting the initiative to rest with the Communists...
When you try on a boot, bring the heavy rag socks you will wear and a medium-heavy cotton sock. An expert will always sell you a tight fitting boot, since after a while the leather will stretch and mould to your foot. Push your foot forward as far as possible so that your toe touches the end and then feel how much room there is in back at the heel. If it is more than one finger, the boot...