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Re: Kay Wagner (a letter of recommendation to Scholarship Sorority House at the Ohio State University from one of Kay's High School teachers) March 12, 1956 ...You may receive duplicate information on the above from others who wish to recommend Kay, but there are many other factors which you may need so as to evaluate this girl along with others. She is an attractive girl who knows how to dress in an appropriate manner for all types of activities. She is lady-like and polite. Older people think of her as "charming." She has a very high standard of personal conduct; therefore, she admires strength in others. Nevertheless, I have seen her show extreme tolerance toward weaker people, and many times I have witnessed her trying to help others and trying to help them to solve their problems. Kay attends Sunday School and Church regularly. Throughout her years in high school she has done part-time work. She has helped an older sister, Joy, teach dancing to the children of our community. Two summers she helped another sister, Sue, who was acting as manager at the Pickaway Country Club when Sue's husband was golf Pro. (She signified her willingness to help Kay in any way she can, although Sue and her husband are young married people with a child and their resources are not great.) Needless to say, Kay is a worker and a leader. I am many times amazed at the number of activities she can keep under, and yet have all of her school work completed on time. Kay's father is an automobile salesman who has fairly decent income now; however, I have just learned that at this time all of his earnings are from commissions on sales. This means that his income can lessen greatly or even stop. Since he and Mrs. Wagner had to rear four of their six children when the family income was very low, they have gone through some trying years, and I believe that the father is concerned about the future. There is still another child in school. Kay's mother, who is a very fine, cultured woman, has told me that Kay's father absolutely refuses to do more for Kay than he did for his four older children, whom he could not afford to send to college. Knowing the father, I am sure that he will not change his mind. The mother, on the other hand, will do all she can to help, although the amount of money available will be limited and Kay is reluctant to have her mother sacrifice any small savings she might have, in that she feels the time may come when her mother will need them for herself. I believe that it will be particularly impossible for Kay to attend college unless she has the opportunity to take advantage of Scholarship House and other help along the way. Although I have taught in Liberty Union School since my graduation from the University in 1926; I know of only two or three of our graduates who, I think, might have had an equal or better chance to succeed in college than Kay has. I am a charter member and a past president of the Lancaster Ohio State University Alumni Club, but I never before have felt justified in recommending one of our girl graduates for a scholarship of for Scholarship House. Any consideration that you can give to Kay will be greatly appreciated, although I know that you will have many fine girls from which to choose.
Yours truly, (copy unsigned) |