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Show WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Boy Who 'Ran Away to School' Now Is Noted Author, Educator die, so one mora didn't matter,1 he said. 1 went into the chart class, as they called it My brother Frank didn't give me away to the teacher when ha found out later." It was from his mother that Dr. Drtggs became Imbued with love of literature. He worked his way through the old Brlgham Toung academy and later earned a degree from the University of Utah. After postgraduate work at the University Univer-sity of Chicago he was appointed supervisor su-pervisor of English in the University Univer-sity ef Utah education school. " K ' If , ( v . ;r Lti. auWAko BrbRiGas"" Leads Utahna la N. Y. AfUr U yun in that position, fawn fa-wn ranted a Imvi of absence In order to study methods of English teaching In tvsry stats in ths union. Subssqusntljr hs became ths head of the English education department of New York university. 2a 1938 ho was president of the Oregon Trail Memorial association, with headquarters in New York City. Us is well known to western people peo-ple for his meal in restorinr landmarks land-marks and erecting memorials to old western landmarks. Cowers Katoi WW are nwr aswf frtabao aas Halt Leaar eta erattaraS t. faar Taws af ate warta. Oaea coiwloiai torallr, eftn M Mm tore aewa, arnne bare mm forwarS ta man prnml-Moot prnml-Moot ftoMa al eadoaver. awn. mar have Srooe. gwom ta. am aetaro. Toe Tetorraaa. fea a aorio. af erttoftet, wal lafraaa Ha riaoin' aiiaiiriM. By-MORRIS TJTCSS Or. Howard R. Drlggs, noted author, au-thor, educator, historian, formerly of Cedar City, Utah, who, at the age of 5, "actually ran away to school," today is president of the Utah club of New York City and the Oregon Trail Memorial association. A frequent visitor, with his family, fam-ily, in this and other Utah cities, Dr. Drlggs la familiar with the western country and its history. He is the author of a number of novels nov-els and historical works dealing with the early weet ' It was while his parents lived In Cedar City that he "ran away to school." He recalled this Incident during his most recent visit "It happened that the teacher had , more children than be could nan- |