1935-1936
Senior year at Concordia, completing requirements in three years. Student teaching at Kindred, North Dakota, during worst of extremely cold weather. Mona Spielman (later Mrs. Carl Holm) taught with me. Ear trouble resulted, bedridden three weeks after getting back to private room in Carlson home. Graduated in May, 1936. Class poet. Halvor and Martha came to commencement in their pickup truck, and my belongings and I rode in the truck box out to McKenzie County where I worked that summer and sent out applications for teaching positions.