Why I Chose History *

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1533-6247|8|4|475-492

ISSN: 0003-1615

Source: The Americas, Vol.8, Iss.4, 1952-04, pp. : 475-492

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Abstract

Back in 1916 the world was in the midst of World War I. When I graduated from high school in that year, the United States had not entered the great struggle yet. In the fall of 1917, I, registered in the University of Texas. There was as much, if not more, uneasiness and uncertainty among students as there is today. We were already in the war. No one knew how long it would last, nor when the draft call would come.