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at a football game and yelling, “Maroon andcream, fight, fight?”But before going to college I had to makesome money, I needed a job. I answered an ad fora photo lab that was looking for photo printersexperienced on automatic equipment. This wassomething new. All of my work had been byhand. I stretched the truth and implied that Iwas experienced on their new equipment. The"darkroom" was well lit with yellow safe lightsand I was able to figure out how the equipmentworked. I got the job. I was going to go to AlmaCollege in the fall and I had no idea how I wasgoing to pay for it. The offer made to me by theAlma College business manager was vague to saythe least and I did not have anything in writing.Even if I received a full scholarship, I would stillneed money for room and board and textbooks. Ineeded to earn as much money as possible and Ineeded it as soon as possible. So when I learnedthat the lab where I was working the day shiftwas looking for help on the night shift, I came inone evening and applied for the job. The daytimeforeman didn’t know that I was working nightsand the nighttime foreman didn’t know that Iwas working days. It would only be for twomonths and I was young and strong. The problemdeveloped when both shifts went on overtime.When a foreman for either shift came into work,he would see me and say, “Oh, you’re here early,13