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one point. My six points were more than any other speaker in the con-
test.
In the spring of my sophomore year I joined the group in the
contest that was held at Idaho State in Pocatello, Idaho. I won second
place again. It was fun.
I shall always be grateful for the speech training we received
in Church. As a kid I hated to give “2½ minute talks.” Giving a talk in
sacrament meeting as a kid meant that I was half sick at my stomach all
day. However, by “hanging in there” I learned to speak in public with a
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In my junior year I had switched out of pre-med studies, which
I hated, into business and economics, which I thoroughly enjoyed. My
junior year at the university made me proud. I took primarily business
courses with a major in economics. I received a C in Statistics – hurt by
my lack of algebra! Except for that I received an A in almost every class
all year. I made the “Dean’s Team” (Honor Roll) for the year.
In the spring quarter I managed to schedule all my classes in the
morning. I worked for the Parks Department each afternoon in Memory
Grove for four hours and worked eight hours on Saturday. This was
28 hours of physical work each week while carrying an 18-hour credit
load! I also took and passed my comprehensive exam in Economics to
complete my major there.
By this time I was interested in becoming a personnel manager.
This would require a master’s degree at some other university. The Uni-
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administration. The nearest was a course in public administration taught
by a young and bright professor, Charles Schleicher. I took his course,
enjoyed it and got an A. More later.
Each summer in college I worked for the Salt Lake City Parks
Department. During the second and third summers I was assigned to
work in Memory Grove Park. The park was located in the mouth of City
Creek Canyon directly east of the Utah State Capitol Building. The park
and a meeting hall within it were dedicated to the memory of men who

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