Oral History Interview with Ben Blaz, October 8, 1994 Page: 11
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condensed physics and chemistry and English to its
most, most simple form. These came in little booklets
that they gave to servicemen to put in their hip
pockets. Well, my father traded a lot of things for
them--coconuts, whatever he could--(chuckle) to the
servicemen to get these books. You'd just ask a
serviceman, and he would give us a copy. So we had a
whole stack of them, and we studied these things.
So, when I was taking the tests, I was passing
these tests because I had this tremendous advantage.
To understand math you don't really need to be an
English major. So, anyway, I was with a group of
people, and we were tested, and everytime we tested we
would pass, and we would be promoted. It got to the
point where I don't think we spent any time in the
ninth grade. I think it was the seventh, the eighth--
we skipped the ninth--and got to the tenth. We skipped
the eleventh and got to the twelvth grade. But the
payback was later on at Notre Dame when I showed up,
and I said, "I'm here. Let me in school." The
registrar wanted to see my transcript. I said, "Whatis a transcript?" (Laughter) He said, "Oh! Ah! Well,
you get one and send it to me!" We wrote a letter, and
they said, "Send them!" And the bishop wrote a letter
to the president of the university, whom he knew. He
said, "We've got a problem." And I remember it so11
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Blaz, Ben. Oral History Interview with Ben Blaz, October 8, 1994, text, October 8, 1994; Fredericksburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1606451/m1/13/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.