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crippled.

This Ohio youngster refused to “stay down for the count.” Shortly after his affliction he started to publish the “Salem Echo;” the while he completed 12 grades of public school in 8 years, graduating in 1843 as valedictorian of his class; carrying off all honors in scholarship tests and won a scholarship to Wilmington College where he enrolled that fall and duplicated the brilliant record he had achieved in grade school.

From 1943-1946, while enrolled at Wilmington College, young Hawk worked part-time as a reporter on the Wilmington Daily News-Journal, covering sports and all the news of his college. During vacations he labored full-time for this daily.

Also during the 1945 vacation young Hawk took on another assignment as reporter-photographer and feature writer for the Columbus (Ohio) Citizen.

From March 1 to September 15, 1944, by way of extra good measure, he took on a job as field representative for Wilmington college, making personal contacts with high school principals and guidance directors, and pre-freshman counseling with prospective students and their families. From

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