the same age and were frequently fighting. However,, even though he was strict he was quite fair and Uncle Lynn never got but one whipping from Grandpa and that was when the Negro boy on the place persuaded the Moore boys to go to the orchard one Sunday afternoon, which was against Grandpa's rules. They might have been able to got by except that a shower came up while they were in the orchard, When they got to the house Grandam who was washing the dishes heard the commotion and switched the bunch - Uncle Lynn included. This then woke Grandpa up from his nap, and he then gave them a whipping. (Possibly the Negro boy too!!) Grandpa, however, was quite fair in his judgment, When I failed Greek at Davidson, he wrote Dr. Harding ("Dicky") to find out the facts, He wrote Grandpa that "John Moore just did not know Greek" which was the fact. Grandpa then left me to work out my problem for myself. I had passed on the examination the part which dealt with translation and the word list, but failed on the part dealing with syntax. I do not know how or why he passed me on the first two parts, except that on the examination which he seamed to consider the most Important part or the whole course, I did know the word list. I also managed to pass the part on translation purely by accident. The night before the exam I had opened my interliner translator - we called these "Jacks", by chance and studied 4 pages. I had no premonition concerning it, but the next morning Dicky" put his question right in the middle of the 4 pages! Unbelievable but true.! I suppose I would have surely failed Greek otherwise and possibly failed of graduation. I finally passed the syntax part of the exam - by memorizing enough sentences - 4 new ones after each re-exam, until on the 7th try I had 4 of the 5 sentenced perfect! The only that I know I got from Greek has in line with Papa's teaching that I could not give up until I had tried 7 times to do a particular job. This was worthwhile, I knew then that I never would qualify as a minister. I had had all the Greek I could stand. I recommend the effort to my grandchildren but not the Greek.
Let me just put in a note here to say that my experience with 'Dicky" may have helped other boys and girls, for I made up my mind as a teacher I would have no part in sending my own students- or other pupils to college unless they were trained sufficiently well so they could do college work if they wanted to, I think my own failure in Greek made me far more understanding of boys and girls who failed to pass their work. Often it is because they do not know how to study. It can do something to a youngster when he fails even when he tries. He can soon get the idea that he is a dumbbell. I know from first hand experience. Fortunately for me one of my fellow students taught me how to study and I was able to do much better my last two years at Davidson. Grandpa came down for