John Shilling is a twenty-year-old student at Cornell College in Mount Vernon,Iow

It is a small school very different from Cornell University in New York State which is huge and famou

John could have gone to any college of his choic

but he chose this school because of its small size and its excellent program in his major field-physic

He likes Cornell as well as he expected t

There are just three students in his physice clas

and the professor often invites the three to his home for dinne

While maintaining an "A" average in his studies,John finds time to play on the football and tennis tea

and he has dates with his girl friend,Linda Spie

They study together in the library or go for walks in the nearby meado

Linda,who is majoring in elementary educatio

is one of the many college students who give free lessons to children of poor families in a city near Cornel

John,like nearly half his classmate,has a scholarship that pays part of his college expens

He works as a laboratory assistant to help pay other bill

and during the summer he earns extra money at a factory in his hometown.