![Transcription Center logo](/themes/custom/tc_theme/assets/image/logo.png)
This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
- 93 - society, a high honor. First, while I felt certain that I had done satisfactory work in most of my classes, I did not consider it so high above the average. Remember that I was primarily interested in the courses in art and the others, with notable exceptions, were little more than necessary evils. And second, I had a friend named Seeley Mudd who took a dim view of me as a student. He himself was a fine scholar and highly serious about the University. Not knowing that I often studied into the wee hours, he thought I was nonchalant about my work and sometimes scolded me. The handwriting on the note resembled his. I concluded that this was his joking way of urging me to study harder. It was hilarious and I was not about to give him the satisfaction of thinking I had fallen for the joke. So I ignored ignored it. When I next saw Seeley, I did not mention the message. I expected him to ask a casual question about Phi Beta Kappa that would give him away.