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Show Primrose Path Is Shunned by Governors in Making Careers GOVTtrVORS seem to be self-made self-made men. At the session of the conference confer-ence yesterday morning several sev-eral visiting executives held what proved to be an interesting experience ex-perience meeting. Governor Bamberger, in addressing the conference, referred to his career briefly, incidentally mentioning the fact, amid laughter from his associates, associ-ates, that he was not now "an ob- . ject of charity." "I came to this country a poor boy, with only $13.40 in my pocket." Governor Gov-ernor Bamberger said. "I still have that $13.40. I did not know the language, lan-guage, and some of my friends say I don't know it yet." "Like Governor Bamberger, I came to this country a poor boy." Governor Larrazolo of New Mexico declared. "In fact, I can say that when Governor Gover-nor Bamberger arrived ho had $13.40 more than I had when T came-. T, too, was Ignorant of ihe language. At the age of 17 1 was emploved as a school teacher in Texas. Only three of my slxtv pupils could speak Kimlisli. There were no desks in the school, and there were no books. The school hoard told me they could not give me any money to buy desks or books, that the money, on hand was for the purpose pur-pose of paving the teacher's salary. "I got t-hem to advance me throe mouths' salary, and I wrote to Chicago Chi-cago for books. I also had desks made. And it may surprise you to know that those were the first school books and the first school desks in a county In Texas which today boasts of a city of 100,000 Inhabitants Bl Paso county." Former Governor Carey of Wyoming spoke of his struggle for an education educa-tion early in life, and Governor Townscnd told of how he got his education ed-ucation In a poor rural school in Delaware. |