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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA 1932
Life at York in Sept. 1932 was a new start for us. Verna's brothers did very well running the dairy, they were both in school and Verna was able to work out a satisfactory routine with the two youngsters. I felt free to go back to Lincoln for my junior year at College. On the 14th I drove to Lincoln and matriculate, for my junior year. This was familiar territory to me and it did not take me long to get settled.
My schedule was very rigid. I had worked in the Ag. Engineering dept. when I was there in 1927-1929. I could work 4 hours a day and still carry 15 or 16 hours a semester. I was up at 5:00 o'clock, and open the building by 8:00. o'clock, then to class and be back at 5:00 o'clock and lock up. Nebraska was testing every make and model of farm tractor in use in the state, and I spent hours on these tractors, from small sizes of garden models, to 70 horse-power caterpillar tractors. This could mean 5 days a week, and left me free on week ends to go to York, and be with the family.
By the spring of 1933 the ranch loan was completed, and we were able to get our furniture at the ranch. Verna's folks sold the place at York and moved their furniture to the ranch. We moved to Lincoln, just one block from the campus, 3223 Fair Street, where we were to live until August 1, 1934.
How we were able to get enough money to live on and still attend school, remains a puzzle to me. Our rent was $10.00 per month, ham was selling for 10 cents per pound, and we had a garden. My income was 35 cents per hour, [sic] On week ends I tried to earn a little extra money by husking corn at 2 cents a bushel, I couldn't earn enough to make it worth while, so I did that only once.
I borrowed $100.00 from the Methodist fund, and sold the pickup for $200.00. We then bought a Durant for $80.00 which furnished transportation for more than a year. On January 14 1934, Gordon was born, so now we had 2 boys and a girl.
June 1934 was a very hot month in Lincoln. Verna took the youngsters to Crawford and was spending the summer with my parents, and I stayed in Lincoln with the Tractor Testing, and took some college courses during the summer. My professor was a fat man who weighed 300 pounds, or more, and it was very hot. The classroom had only one window, and no air conditioning, I envisioned him melting and running all over the floor.
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