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to see the expression of pride, and a kind of gratitude, when I complimented one of these boys on something he had written or his ricital of an episode in American history. They so eager to learn. Unquestionably, they had a better grasp of arithmetic than I did. To this day, I count on my fingers and even with pencil and paper and it is difficult for me to do simple sums. Imagine, then, trying to teach  Arithmetic. When I told my father about my troubles, he was not sympathetic. "You can always stay at least one day ahead of your class in math.," he said. Easier said than done. I would pore over problems in arithmetic at night an on the following day my students would leap easily to the solutions. Perhaps the New Math is easier to learn; the old was all but beyond my limited capacity.

I come now to one of the eeriest experiences in my life. Those who believe in psychic phenoemna will not question the validity of it. Others will find a rational explanation. All I can say is that it happened. It was not a nightmare.