Sigma Phi Epsilon Journal, Vol. 36

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Excerpt from Sigma Phi Epsilon Journal, Vol. 36: November, 1938 When the United States entered the World War in 1917, Butcher was 16 years old but, with size and business experience, could pass for sev eral years more than that. Without his mother's knowledge he went to the naval recruiting station where they had been accepting enlistments at 16. He passed the physical examination and was all ready to be sworn in when asked his age. He thought the navy still was taking boys of 16. He told the truth. But the limit just had been raised, so he was blocked. Although the $1700 from his hit-the-cat con cession saw Butcher through his first year at Ames, depression had struck by the time he worked it for the second summer and he was short on cash. But his third year in college he got free room and board as comptroller of his fraternity and in the last year he earned $40 a month by writing agri cultural publicity for the college. He was taking the agricultural journalism course. Oh yes, he was once a newspaper man. In fact, his job now is pretty much like that of the city editor, editing the radio waves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.