GOING TO BYU

Since this will be the first time in many, many years that we aren't dropping someone off at BYU, I thought we would flashback to when dad and mom headed off  to the "Y" for next couple of Throwback Thursdays.  We had different ways of getting there.  Dad headed off in his newly restored Jeep (no, Jon, David and Chris didn't go with him).  He left with his good friend Jim Owen.  At registration in the Smith Fieldhouse, unaccompanied by parents, he pulled his IBM punch cards from a table set up for each class and then claimed his scholarship. ("My dad says I have a scholarship!")  The scholarship issue was eventually resolved (indeed, with a full tuition scholarship) after several trips to the Smoot Admin Building over the next few days.   Where did he live you may ask - the dorms??  No he roomed off-campus in Reams Apartments.  He and Jim Owen were the only frosh (and non-RMs) in the ward.

Did dad have a beard card???  Sensitive to shaving???  Oh I think things were different back then.  Sweet Mustache, sideburns and hair!!

How did he do in school his first semester?  Looked outstanding to me.  "A" in wrestling - impressive.  It seems sure that he deserved that scholarship!