However, they taught us enough so that I was able 

 to barely pass the Civil Service examination for 

 entry into the Forest Service and to use the founda 

 tion to build on by experience in the Service. 



I helped pay college exDenaes by working at 

 various jobs during the college year weeding 

 President Snyder s sugar beets at fifteen cents an 

 hour, jobs on the college grounds and running a 

 laundry agency. As I recall, I got through college 

 on about three hundred dollars a year for all ex 

 penses. 



Graduation in 1907 was highlighted by the College s 

 semi-centennial celebration. President Theodore 

 Roosevelt was there to receive an honorary degree, 

 accompanied by Gifford Pinchot, Chief of the Forest 

 Service. TR gave the commencement address and then 

 handed each of us graduates our diploma. 



