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Page 85 winter so we knew a little about it. I could go the first of January and get out the last of March. I talked Hallie into going with me. School at Brookings was much different than high school. I liked it. It was like College. Where and when you did you studying was your business if you got it done O.K. if you didn't you got a goose egg for a grade. I got pretty good grades for a change. Some classes didn't have much studying. In blacksmithing we made things out of iron that we heated in a forge then beat it out on an anvil until it turned into a log chain, bolt or chisel. We learned to weld. Not with a torch but with a white hot piece of iron rod and a big hammer. In Mechanical Engineering we worked on motors, tractors and machinery. In Dairying we tested cream and made cheese and ice cream along with the study of dairy cattle. In Butchering we killed and butchered cattle, hogs and sheep. Then we learned the different cuts and how to cut |