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RP: And what schools did you attend?

LK: Corbett. Corbett grade school and Corbett high school.

RP: And what were your interests in school?

LK: You know, we were always interested in sports, our family. But in those days, girls, we didn't, there was no girls teams at school, although I do remember playing basketball with the girls. We played old fashioned basketball, half court basketball in those days. I do remember the one year I was elected an officer of one of the classes. So I guess I was socially okay although I don't think I was ever any leader in grade school or high school. But I was a good student, I did study a lot, and I did have good rapport with the teachers, because I did like to study.

RP: Were there, did your parents expect you to go to college, or did you have aspirations to go to college?

LK: Yes. I think they always expected all of us to go to college, and they just kind of expected me to go to college. That last year, though, from about, after 1941 to '42, I don't think my parents talked about my going to college although I kind of expected to. And I did apply for a scholarship, and if I remember correctly, I think I was going to be awarded it or something until I knew I wasn't going to go to college because we were going somewhere else. Because from about February, we knew we were going, not going to be around.

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