We were married at the time and I had just been discharged from the U. S. Army when I enrolled at L. S. U. I had been stationed at L. S. U. as an instructor for R. O. T. C. since 1946.
My goal as a student at L. S. U. was to graduate as soon as possible. I took a full schedule of classes each semester and also during each summer. I decided to register in the College of Commerce and study Foreign Trade. Some of the courses I took were: World History, Business Law, Economics, Spanish and Accounting.
I graduated from the College of Commerce in August, 1951. (Business Administration)
One of my history teachers was Mrs. De Grummond. She was especially effective in her teaching of South American History. One of the great teachers of business law was Mr.Ken Barnett. Dr. John Chisholm who taught Economics, with the help of Cleo Yarbrough, was also a wonderful teacher. Then there was my favorite, Senor Alfredo Berumen. He was a native of Mexico, and was extremely helpful in teaching Spanish. To this day, I enjoy trying to converse with anyone who can speak Spanish.
My very best Accounting teacher was Mr. George Fair. He also helped me to organize the accounting in my first venture in the Service Station business after graduation.
The most accomplished history teacher I never had was Dr. T. Harry Williams. He was so well liked by the student body all his classes were completely filled by history majors. He wrote several books about Louisiana History and was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his book titled HUEY P. LONG. Later he was a customer of mine at my service station near his home. Once he pulled into my station and said, "Hey, Worley, come look at what I just received in the mail". It was a check for $40,000.00 as an advance from the publisher of his LONG book.
My speech teacher was a Dr. Wesley Wiksell. I'll never forget his teaching us, "Whenever giving a speech, get to the point - and do not get lost "on the road to Carville" (wherever that is).
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