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Show -328- to collect contributions, and xrhen the young man arose and made his appeal for funds to support the s t r i k e , a queue formed before i t . Another young man,, xrhom the Professor had knoxm as a student, but xmo xas noxr an instructor in the Writing Program, came up and said he had an idea to raise money. He xrould appeal to the faculty and students in the program to contribute manuscripts, xrhich he xrould auction off. Other of the Professor's acquaintances t r i e d to give him money, but he told them to place i t in the basket. Everything, he told them, xrould be sent to San Francisco in a lump sum by the instructor xrho had arranged his v i s i t . Although the Professor stayed up u n t i l one o'clock, drinking a t Joe's P:Lace xrith members of the Writers' Workshop, he had no trouble a r i s i n g the next morning to meet xrith the friends xrith xrhom he had made appointments. The bathroom next to his bedroom xas in the process of being remodeled, and a plumber arrived promptly a t eight to tear a t the xrood«l and bang on the pipes. The Professor had been warned the day before that this xas likely to happen, so he xas not surprised. Although his body xas heavy tilth fatique and his head ached slightly, he xas grateful to be aroused this morning. His work was done. The thought revived him. Today xas to be devoted to pleasure. He load made appointments xrith six persons xrhom he planned to v i s i t , txro in their offices in the morning, four in t h e i r homes in the afternoon. The friend in whose house he had slept had offered him the loan of his wife's |