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Show Bose (1/1?/83) ~ge 1? Mr. K Mr. R Mr. K Mr. R Mr. K Mr. R Mr. K Mr. R Mr. K Mr. R Columbia. In some families, for example, one or two kids might lay out to let one get his education, and then another would get his education and he would pay or contribute substantially to the payment for education for the one that had sacrificed for him. So, we had that in our fa~ily quite a bit. I bet we had among the males, we only had about 3 out of maybe 13 males that were not college graduates. Not bad. No, I think it's damn good. Second generation kids •• Second generation. In the girls, I wouldn't say it was the reverse of figures, but it was substantially less for the girls. But they contributed to their brothers' going to college, and some of the .. ,- g1rls'(wouldn't have it any other way, they went to college, too. I But I think in those days the girls were more concerned with acquiring money for their dowries. In those days there was a big thing about dowries when you got married. They were more concerned with that, and of course, when the brothers were able, they would contribute to the dowries, too. In my family, there wasn't 'one person, one objective'. Everything was a family project. So, dowries were really big? I don't know what you mean by blg, but it was a big thing. Important. Oh, sure. Like what would be a good dowry ln those days? Don't ask me •• I mean, I can tell you the ph11osoph1es, but I can't give you the specifics •• maybe $300 might be and maybe $800 might be, |
