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group of one’s choice can be very painful and may even leave a permanent scar. I was amused and at the same time touched, many years later, by a letter from my Chinese god-child, “Dodo“ Fong. She joined a Chinese sorority at Berkeley and she wrote, “I do hope I won’t become snobbish.“ She is much too intelligent to permit that to happen. Sororities and fraternities give a sense of “belonging,“ which many persons seem to need, and they often lead to permanent friendships. I am not ashamed to say I thoroughly enjoyed the time I spent in the Theta house.

In short, what I am endeavoring to establish is that I was no intellectual at that time, grinding away in an ivory tower and focussed solely on becoming an artist. If anything, I was pretty much of a square.

The reader will have noted that during this period my sights were set on painting. I knew something about drawing, the prerequisite to painting and I was learning about color and design. The thought of becoming a professional