hook aside for the time being, since we are to have other books as textbooks.” I was a bit surprised and somewhat disappointed at this. For, if I was to become a pastor, I surely must have to study the Bible. Then came a disappointment of another nature. The admission fee was five dollars and fail tuition sixteen dollars, and I had only twenty dollars. Hence I had to borrow one dollar to enroLl. But the predicament was soon overcome, for I had a good friend who lent me a dollar...

From the first day in school I was placed in the second class. Why, I don’t know. Dr. Beck said I was quite well versed in Swedish history, Swedish literature, and in Christianity. He had seen articles that I had occasionally written in Framät, a Swedish weekly published in Brooklyn. My course was very heavy, as I had to carry subjects that belonged to the first class. . . . How I worked and struggled with my English (and do to this very day)! The worst was with the Latin lessons, when I had to make the translations. Of course, all subjects were taught in English, except Swedish history, literature, and Christianity. But I managed.