rememberences

Rememberences of Early Psychology Faculty

Dr. Elizabeth Gordon Andrews

Contributor Rememberence *

Katherine B. Hoffman
(class of 1936):
"Of other faculty in the department, I knew Dr. Andrews best. She became Director of Personnel. She had resources to build her own home, usually renting out one floor to another faculty person. She adopted a young girl, rearing her to adulthood. Dr. Andrews was a gracious woman."

Margaret Thornton Petris
(class of late 1930s?)
"She provided me a job at First National Bank in Orlando in the Trust Department. It was a splendid place for me to start earning a living."

Tybe Wittenstein Kahn
(class of 1941)
"All freshmen were required to take a course taught by Dr. Andrews. I think it was called Physical Science, but it was totally focussed on friendship, courtship, marriage and birth! I am willing to bet most students (all female, F.S.C.W. at that time) were virgins, like myself. I grew up on a dairy farm, but did not make the association between calving and human reproduction. No one ever discussed reproductive facts. No one said 'tuberculosis,' it was 'TB.' Cancer was called 'CA.' When Dr. Andrews lectured about conception and resulting birth, students actually slumped backwards in their desks and fainted! This is the truth!"

Betty Lou Jackson Wells
(class of 1944)
"Dr. Andrews was Director of Personnel and I was a student assistant for three years in her office and she was very helpful in my job search after graduation. The Personnel Office experience was helpful during wartime work with the Red Cross in Honolulu as an assistant in the Staff Welfare Department. I enjoyed all my psychology professors and courses even though I almost failed Dr. Heinlein's Psychology of Aesthetics, perhaps somewhat at a disadvantage as the only undergraduate in a class with five FSCW art, modern dance, music, etc. instructors."

Gladys Richardson
(class of ?) "My favorite professor was Dr. Elizabeth Gordon Andrews. We studied the Psychology of Personality and she made me write a paper on the endocrine glands. It proved very helpful to me in my teaching days. She also brought a thought that I have never forgotten: 'We should not blame people but should try to understand them and what caused them to be the way they are.'"

Drs. Christian Paul and Julia Heinlein

Contributor Rememberence *

Katherine B. Hoffman
(class of 1936)
"I was fairly well acquainted with the Heinleins, who were intellectual and stimulating people."

Esther H. Davis
(class of 1936)
"The Heinleins were well liked on campus, by both students and faculty, as I remember. Julia was more reserved but a charming hostess and they both enjoyed entertaining. Chris had a puckish sense of humor and could be quite impish at times, playing the clown."
Mrs. Davis recalls the strict lights-out by 10:30 p.m. policy of the college at the time and tells of a rather uncomfortable incident she experienced . . .
"This reminds me of an incident which may interest you. It doesn't shed light on C. P. (Christian P. Heinlein) as a teacher, but it does as a person. He and Julie-Girl (Julia Heinlein) invited me to go to a movie with them one evening. It was rather a long film and around ten I began to feel anxious. C. P. assured me that I shouldn't worry - - he would take care with the house-mother, but I wasn't so sure. He was sensitive to my concern and the upshot was that Julie-Girl stayed there in the movie house while C. P. delivered me to the dorm, and then returned to finish the movie, while I scurried up the stairs and while not undressed and in bed by 10:30, I was safely home and the light off."

Carmen Constantine Wilkinson
(class of 1942)
"Dr. Christian Heinlein was my professor. He and my mother had grown up together in Baltimore, Maryland, and he enjoyed talking about their friendship. Each class period Dr. Heinlein would say, 'Miss Constantine, I remember going skating with your mother.' He would vary the activity that he recalled. Besides being an outstanding teacher, he put me at ease with his personal remarks! I shall always remember Dr. Heinlein."

Christine B. Scarborough

Contributor Rememberence *

Katherine B. Hoffman
(class of 1936)
"She was a very serious person who belonged to my circle at St. Johns Episcopal. I think she had connections in Gadsden County. She had a son, Jack."

Minnie Ratliff Mize
(class of 1941)
"My senior year I did individual study with Dr. Scarborough as my professor. As a physical education major, the research project dealt with a topic comparing the balance of physical education majors and nonmajors when standing."
"Dr. Scarborough was a dedicated and great teacher and a lovely person. I learned a lot and gained much information from this study."

Dr. Dorothy Rose Disher

Contributor Rememberence *

Katherine B. Hoffman
(class of 1936)
"I also knew Dr. Disher. She rented a room from Dr. Till (Chemistry), who rented the top floor of Gordon's home for several years. Disher was a tiny lady with lots of spirit. It was said that her sense of smell was so acute that she could "tell" whether someone had recently been in a vacant room."

Katherine Bacon Hultquist
(class of 1939)
"I remember Dorothy Disher as a small, attractive, serious but pleasant person."

Dr. Paul Frederick Finner

Contributor Rememberence *

*Marion Hay
(class of 1921)

"I liked him. Some of the new people thought he was passe, out of touch, but he was sincere, helpful. He founded the Unitarian chapel, financed it."

*Bessie M. Miller
(class of 1927)
"Dr Finner was another outstanding professor. I have heard since that he had a national reputation in the field of psychology. We always remember him standing in front of the class with his eyes closed, and imploring . .'Let us have working conditions.' Of course, we promptly subsided."

*Rosebelle Scher Roth
(class of ?)
"And dear Dr. Finna (sic), the professor of Abnormal Psychology. Everything was taught in that course from Pavlov to visits to Florida State Insane Asylum. Most of all, he taught me the logic and reasoning that I use to this day."

*Jocie Maddrey Coover
(class of 1926)
"Dr. Finner was my favorite professor and psychology was my favorite subject. In a discussion, he would often say, 'Be critical Miss _____; be everlastingly critical.'"

*Frances I. Hawkins
(class of 1924)
Finner - - "He wore a green suit, had two little boys, he lectured in class with his eyes shut. I loved his class."

*Eleanor Bryant
(class of 1926)
"Dr. Finner talked in class with his eyes closed."

*Betty Nickinson Chitty
(class of ?)
"I took Social Psychology from him, I liked him. I took Psychology to get certified. Finner was a great big bear of a man. He had a Germanic accent. There was often a lively discussion in class."

Dr. Edwin Andrew Hayden

Contributor Rememberence *

Helen M. Furber
(class of 1922)
"Dr. Edwin Hayden - I was in a class of ten in Abnormal Psychology in my senior year. It was a hard course but we would do anything for Dr. Hayden. Unfortunately, he committed suicide in October of that year and his replacement was very boring."

Dorothy Boal Bierly
(class of 1922)
"Dr. Hayden was psychology teacher during my junior year. The next year he committed suicide and I graded papers in psychology as student assistant at 25 cents an hour. I could not leave college on the special train at the end of my senior year because I still had papers to grade. Twenty-five cents an hour was standard wage at the college then. I worked in the tearoom for that and my roommate worked in the library at the same wage. When I told that to my grandsons, the said, 'Grandma, you're kidding.'"

Carlotta B. Loveland
(class of 1923)
"In one of our psychology courses we had a new professor, a courtly- and as we thought, elderly bachelor from New England. His accent was so far apart from that of the cute little girl from Alabama who sat next to me that they never established communication so the class as a whole and I in particular acted as interpreters between them."

Mildred Hall Sharpe
(class of ?)
"Dr. Hayden - we studied his psychology textbook. If a student would visit Chattahoochee Asylum - extra credit was given - I did not - While we were studying Abnormal Behavior, he hanged himself. Dr. Conradi explained in chapel to us as best he could the workings of an overtaxed mind."

Toni Veverka
(class of 1922)
"Then there was Dr. Hayden, a remarkable man and an astute psychologist. His psychology classes were eagerly attended. I understand he had been associated with some northern university but advised to move south for his health. I do know he suffered progressive melancholia, along with being totally colorblind. He was quite frank about both difficulties, explaining not only the psychological effects but exactly what was happening physically. A member of some national psychological society of scientists, he was said to have filed periodic reports on the progress of his melancholia. During my graduate week, he took his own life. You can imagine the pall that settled over the groups he had taught."

Cary Ellis Giet
(class of 1924)
"A Dr. Hayden, psychology professor, shocked us by committing suicide . . . he drank carbolic acid. Tissie Cawthon, school matron, cautioned us not to talk about it so we never knew what caused this tragedy."

Mr. A. Rees Williams and
Miss Edna Williams
(class of 1920)
"He was more retiring, very academic, too much so, had little contact with the outside."

Hester Gray Fisackerly
(class of 1923)
She had a "Memory Book Diary" and it listed on April 9, 1922 "memorial service for Dr. Hayden."

Helen Hemphill Harris
(class of 1922)
"Death of Dr. Hayden deeply upset the campus."

Florence Pierpont Marple
(class of 1924)
"He was a good teacher. His wife took over his class after he died. She was a poor teacher. The Hayden family had entertained students a lot."

Dr. Vivienne R. McClatchy

Mrs. Mason E. Turner
(class of 1927):

"Other teacher I remember with pleasure were . . . . the gadfly Vivienne McClathchy."

Kathleen Platt Jones
(class of ?):

"Excellent teacher, better teacher than Finner. She demanded very much of her students."

Dr. Hugh Lee Waskom

Tybe Wittenstein Kahn remembers (class of 1941):

"Dr. Waskom gave us a fascinating assignment. We were told to select a personal problem and then we were led through steps of resolution. My big problem was fear of the dark. It was awful since I had to do research in the library at night. It was scary walking back to the dorm. I was able to resolve my fear by analyzing an incident that occurred before my 6th birthday. My older sister grabbed me on a dark stairwell. When the light went out, I assumed it was a faulty bulb, but my playful sister had switched it off, grabbed me at the top of the stairs, yelling 'Boo!' Of course, I became hysterical. Afterwards, I couldn't walk into a dark room. The fact is, I held my breath whenever a situation arose. After Dr. Waskom's project, my life turned around and I could walk freely from the library. I often think about that class and what an impact it had on my life!"

Janet Ross Mahoney remembers (class of 1940):

"Dr. Hugh Waskom made what we learned in the classroom come alive through field trips. Since there were only 3-5 students in advanced psychology classes, he took us in his own car on yearly visits to Chattahoochee to the State Mental Hospital. We talked personally to the patients. He also took us to Marianna to the Boys' Industrial School and to Ocala to the Girls Industrial School. We spent a weekend at the Girls' School, talked with them, and read their case histories. We also visited in Gainesville and the 'Feeble Minded Farm'."

Shirley F. Hagan remembers (class of ?):

"Dr. Hugh Waskom, a handsome man, taught psychology. I'll never forget the day he had me bring to class the retarded girl I was trying to help as part of my class assignment. Despite many questions, she refused to respond until he asked her who I was. A broad grin spread across her face as she replied, 'She's my sister.' That broke up the class."

Doris Jones Patrick remembers (class of 1948; Master's in 1949):

"His lectures were interesting and on a level that very immature students like me could comprehend . . ." "He not only taught Psychology but also applied its principles in teaching his classes." Doris Jones Patrick tells how Dr. Waskom relieved pre-test tension. ". . . he entered the room with his carefree stride and his arms swinging loosely by his side. He wasn't carrying an armful of mimeographed test papers or the famous blue test booklet. My first thought was that he had forgotten the assigned test, and you could hear a sigh of relief from his students. You see, he had relieved the 'built up tension' that is created before one takes a scheduled test. Then, he sat down at his desk, looked at his class and said, "Oh, I almost forgot something." Facing his class, he would search frantically in each pocket of his coat, and after a few minutes he pulled a small piece of paper from an inside coat pocket. This caused another great sigh of relief from his class. Then, he turned and wrote several questions on the blackboard. By this time, his students started answering the 'Thought Questions' in a relaxed and confident way. Perhaps, in summary, he taught students and not subjects."

Margarent Kennedy Lewis remembers (class of 1939):

". . . Oddly enough, I was to come into contact with Dr. Waskom again &endash; 19 years later. After teaching 8 years and taking 11 years off to be a 'stay-at-home mom, I decided to go back to FSU for a Master's degree. By this time, I had become interested in the beginnings of Exceptional Education. The Education Dean informed me that Education did not offer Special Education courses, and referred me to Psychology. There I found Dr. Hugh Waskom, still there in 1958 as head of the Psychology Department. Thanks to him, I was accepted, but he informed me I would have to take all Psychology courses and get whatever Exceptional Education courses I could find on the side. I thoroughly enjoyed all the Psychology classes &endash; got my Master's &endash; wrote a thesis and spent the next 25 years as a teacher and Administrator of Exceptional Education &endash; and have a public Special Education School bearing my name. Now after having been retired 20 years, I still feel indebted to Dr. Waskom and the Psychology Department for accepting me as a graduate student after so many years had passed."

* Original comments are in possession of the Scarborough Historical Archives in the Department of Psychology.

These comments were compiled by Harla Frank, Spring 2003.

*Dr. Elizabeth Gordon Andrews*
Contributor	Rememberence *
Katherine B. Hoffman (class of 1936):	"Of other faculty in the department, I knew Dr. Andrews best. She became Director of Personnel. She had resources to build her own home, usually renting out one floor to another faculty person. She adopted a young girl, rearing her to adulthood. Dr. Andrews was a gracious woman."
Margaret Thornton Petris (class of late 1930s?)	"She provided me a job at First National Bank in Orlando in the Trust Department. It was a splendid place for me to start earning a living."
Tybe Wittenstein Kahn (class of 1941)	"All freshmen were required to take a course taught by Dr. Andrews. I think it was called Physical Science, but it was totally focussed on friendship, courtship, marriage and birth! I am willing to bet most students (all female, F.S.C.W. at that time) were virgins, like myself. I grew up on a dairy farm, but did not make the association between calving and human reproduction. No one ever discussed reproductive facts. No one said 'tuberculosis,' it was 'TB.' Cancer was called 'CA.' When Dr. Andrews lectured about conception and resulting birth, students actually slumped backwards in their desks and fainted! This is the truth!"
Betty Lou Jackson Wells (class of 1944)	"Dr. Andrews was Director of Personnel and I was a student assistant for three years in her office and she was very helpful in my job search after graduation. The Personnel Office experience was helpful during wartime work with the Red Cross in Honolulu as an assistant in the Staff Welfare Department. I enjoyed all my psychology professors and courses even though I almost failed Dr. Heinlein's Psychology of Aesthetics, perhaps somewhat at a disadvantage as the only undergraduate in a class with five FSCW art, modern dance, music, etc. instructors."
Gladys Richardson (class of ?)	"My favorite professor was Dr. Elizabeth Gordon Andrews. We studied the Psychology of Personality and she made me write a paper on the endocrine glands. It proved very helpful to me in my teaching days. She also brought a thought that I have never forgotten: 'We should not blame people but should try to understand them and what caused them to be the way they are.'"
*Drs. Christian Paul and Julia Heinlein*
Contributor	Rememberence *
Katherine B. Hoffman (class of 1936)	"I was fairly well acquainted with the Heinleins, who were intellectual and stimulating people."
Esther H. Davis (class of 1936)	"The Heinleins were well liked on campus, by both students and faculty, as I remember. Julia was more reserved but a charming hostess and they both enjoyed entertaining. Chris had a puckish sense of humor and could be quite impish at times, playing the clown." Mrs. Davis recalls the strict lights-out by 10:30 p.m. policy of the college at the time and tells of a rather uncomfortable incident she experienced . . . "This reminds me of an incident which may interest you. It doesn't shed light on C. P. (Christian P. Heinlein) as a teacher, but it does as a person. He and Julie-Girl (Julia Heinlein) invited me to go to a movie with them one evening. It was rather a long film and around ten I began to feel anxious. C. P. assured me that I shouldn't worry - - he would take care with the house-mother, but I wasn't so sure. He was sensitive to my concern and the upshot was that Julie-Girl stayed there in the movie house while C. P. delivered me to the dorm, and then returned to finish the movie, while I scurried up the stairs and while not undressed and in bed by 10:30, I was safely home and the light off."
Carmen Constantine Wilkinson (class of 1942)	"Dr. Christian Heinlein was my professor. He and my mother had grown up together in Baltimore, Maryland, and he enjoyed talking about their friendship. Each class period Dr. Heinlein would say, 'Miss Constantine, I remember going skating with your mother.' He would vary the activity that he recalled. Besides being an outstanding teacher, he put me at ease with his personal remarks! I shall always remember Dr. Heinlein."
*Christine B. Scarborough*
Contributor	Rememberence *
Katherine B. Hoffman (class of 1936)	"She was a very serious person who belonged to my circle at St. Johns Episcopal. I think she had connections in Gadsden County. She had a son, Jack."
Minnie Ratliff Mize (class of 1941)	"My senior year I did individual study with Dr. Scarborough as my professor. As a physical education major, the research project dealt with a topic comparing the balance of physical education majors and nonmajors when standing." "Dr. Scarborough was a dedicated and great teacher and a lovely person. I learned a lot and gained much information from this study."
*Dr. Dorothy Rose Disher*
Contributor	Rememberence *
Katherine B. Hoffman (class of 1936)	"I also knew Dr. Disher. She rented a room from Dr. Till (Chemistry), who rented the top floor of Gordon's home for several years. Disher was a tiny lady with lots of spirit. It was said that her sense of smell was so acute that she could "tell" whether someone had recently been in a vacant room."
Katherine Bacon Hultquist (class of 1939)	"I remember Dorothy Disher as a small, attractive, serious but pleasant person."
*Dr. Paul Frederick Finner*
Contributor	Rememberence *
*Marion Hay (class of 1921)	"I liked him. Some of the new people thought he was passe, out of touch, but he was sincere, helpful. He founded the Unitarian chapel, financed it."
*Bessie M. Miller (class of 1927)	"Dr Finner was another outstanding professor. I have heard since that he had a national reputation in the field of psychology. We always remember him standing in front of the class with his eyes closed, and imploring . .'Let us have working conditions.' Of course, we promptly subsided."
*Rosebelle Scher Roth (class of ?)	"And dear Dr. Finna (sic), the professor of Abnormal Psychology. Everything was taught in that course from Pavlov to visits to Florida State Insane Asylum. Most of all, he taught me the logic and reasoning that I use to this day."
*Jocie Maddrey Coover (class of 1926)	"Dr. Finner was my favorite professor and psychology was my favorite subject. In a discussion, he would often say, 'Be critical Miss _____; be everlastingly critical.'"
*Frances I. Hawkins (class of 1924)	Finner - - "He wore a green suit, had two little boys, he lectured in class with his eyes shut. I loved his class."
*Eleanor Bryant (class of 1926)	"Dr. Finner talked in class with his eyes closed."
*Betty Nickinson Chitty (class of ?)	"I took Social Psychology from him, I liked him. I took Psychology to get certified. Finner was a great big bear of a man. He had a Germanic accent. There was often a lively discussion in class."
*Dr. Edwin Andrew Hayden*
Contributor	Rememberence *
Helen M. Furber (class of 1922)	"Dr. Edwin Hayden - I was in a class of ten in Abnormal Psychology in my senior year. It was a hard course but we would do anything for Dr. Hayden. Unfortunately, he committed suicide in October of that year and his replacement was very boring."
Dorothy Boal Bierly (class of 1922)	"Dr. Hayden was psychology teacher during my junior year. The next year he committed suicide and I graded papers in psychology as student assistant at 25 cents an hour. I could not leave college on the special train at the end of my senior year because I still had papers to grade. Twenty-five cents an hour was standard wage at the college then. I worked in the tearoom for that and my roommate worked in the library at the same wage. When I told that to my grandsons, the said, 'Grandma, you're kidding.'"
Carlotta B. Loveland (class of 1923)	"In one of our psychology courses we had a new professor, a courtly- and as we thought, elderly bachelor from New England. His accent was so far apart from that of the cute little girl from Alabama who sat next to me that they never established communication so the class as a whole and I in particular acted as interpreters between them."
Mildred Hall Sharpe (class of ?)	"Dr. Hayden - we studied his psychology textbook. If a student would visit Chattahoochee Asylum - extra credit was given - I did not - While we were studying Abnormal Behavior, he hanged himself. Dr. Conradi explained in chapel to us as best he could the workings of an overtaxed mind."
Toni Veverka (class of 1922)	"Then there was Dr. Hayden, a remarkable man and an astute psychologist. His psychology classes were eagerly attended. I understand he had been associated with some northern university but advised to move south for his health. I do know he suffered progressive melancholia, along with being totally colorblind. He was quite frank about both difficulties, explaining not only the psychological effects but exactly what was happening physically. A member of some national psychological society of scientists, he was said to have filed periodic reports on the progress of his melancholia. During my graduate week, he took his own life. You can imagine the pall that settled over the groups he had taught."
Cary Ellis Giet (class of 1924)	"A Dr. Hayden, psychology professor, shocked us by committing suicide . . . he drank carbolic acid. Tissie Cawthon, school matron, cautioned us not to talk about it so we never knew what caused this tragedy."
Mr. A. Rees Williams and Miss Edna Williams (class of 1920)	"He was more retiring, very academic, too much so, had little contact with the outside."
Hester Gray Fisackerly (class of 1923)	She had a "Memory Book Diary" and it listed on April 9, 1922 "memorial service for Dr. Hayden."
Helen Hemphill Harris (class of 1922)	"Death of Dr. Hayden deeply upset the campus."
Florence Pierpont Marple (class of 1924)	"He was a good teacher. His wife took over his class after he died. She was a poor teacher. The Hayden family had entertained students a lot."
*Dr. Vivienne R. McClatchy*
Mrs. Mason E. Turner (class of 1927):	"Other teacher I remember with pleasure were . . . . the gadfly Vivienne McClathchy."
Kathleen Platt Jones (class of ?):	"Excellent teacher, better teacher than Finner. She demanded very much of her students."
*Dr. Hugh Lee Waskom*
Tybe Wittenstein Kahn remembers (class of 1941):	"Dr. Waskom gave us a fascinating assignment. We were told to select a personal problem and then we were led through steps of resolution. My big problem was fear of the dark. It was awful since I had to do research in the library at night. It was scary walking back to the dorm. I was able to resolve my fear by analyzing an incident that occurred before my 6th birthday. My older sister grabbed me on a dark stairwell. When the light went out, I assumed it was a faulty bulb, but my playful sister had switched it off, grabbed me at the top of the stairs, yelling 'Boo!' Of course, I became hysterical. Afterwards, I couldn't walk into a dark room. The fact is, I held my breath whenever a situation arose. After Dr. Waskom's project, my life turned around and I could walk freely from the library. I often think about that class and what an impact it had on my life!"
Janet Ross Mahoney remembers (class of 1940):	"Dr. Hugh Waskom made what we learned in the classroom come alive through field trips. Since there were only 3-5 students in advanced psychology classes, he took us in his own car on yearly visits to Chattahoochee to the State Mental Hospital. We talked personally to the patients. He also took us to Marianna to the Boys' Industrial School and to Ocala to the Girls Industrial School. We spent a weekend at the Girls' School, talked with them, and read their case histories. We also visited in Gainesville and the 'Feeble Minded Farm'."
Shirley F. Hagan remembers (class of ?):	"Dr. Hugh Waskom, a handsome man, taught psychology. I'll never forget the day he had me bring to class the retarded girl I was trying to help as part of my class assignment. Despite many questions, she refused to respond until he asked her who I was. A broad grin spread across her face as she replied, 'She's my sister.' That broke up the class."
Doris Jones Patrick remembers (class of 1948; Master's in 1949):	"His lectures were interesting and on a level that very immature students like me could comprehend . . ." "He not only taught Psychology but also applied its principles in teaching his classes." Doris Jones Patrick tells how Dr. Waskom relieved pre-test tension. ". . . he entered the room with his carefree stride and his arms swinging loosely by his side. He wasn't carrying an armful of mimeographed test papers or the famous blue test booklet. My first thought was that he had forgotten the assigned test, and you could hear a sigh of relief from his students. You see, he had relieved the 'built up tension' that is created before one takes a scheduled test. Then, he sat down at his desk, looked at his class and said, "Oh, I almost forgot something." Facing his class, he would search frantically in each pocket of his coat, and after a few minutes he pulled a small piece of paper from an inside coat pocket. This caused another great sigh of relief from his class. Then, he turned and wrote several questions on the blackboard. By this time, his students started answering the 'Thought Questions' in a relaxed and confident way. Perhaps, in summary, he taught students and not subjects."
Margarent Kennedy Lewis remembers (class of 1939):	". . . Oddly enough, I was to come into contact with Dr. Waskom again &endash; 19 years later. After teaching 8 years and taking 11 years off to be a 'stay-at-home mom, I decided to go back to FSU for a Master's degree. By this time, I had become interested in the beginnings of Exceptional Education. The Education Dean informed me that Education did not offer Special Education courses, and referred me to Psychology. There I found Dr. Hugh Waskom, still there in 1958 as head of the Psychology Department. Thanks to him, I was accepted, but he informed me I would have to take all Psychology courses and get whatever Exceptional Education courses I could find on the side. I thoroughly enjoyed all the Psychology classes &endash; got my Master's &endash; wrote a thesis and spent the next 25 years as a teacher and Administrator of Exceptional Education &endash; and have a public Special Education School bearing my name. Now after having been retired 20 years, I still feel indebted to Dr. Waskom and the Psychology Department for accepting me as a graduate student after so many years had passed."