Iowa State University
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Celebrating 150 Years of Excellence in Agriculture at Iowa State

Alumni Memories

Jack Burright

Agricultural Education, B.S., 1954

One memorable class experience I had at ISC in 1951 as a sophomore in agricultural education was in an agronomy class taught by Louis Thompson. I had a job at the Seed Lab in the old Botany Hall that I worked at early in the morning before classes. By the time I got to my agronomy class I began to feel tired. I had dozed off in a couple of class sessions and as I left class after the second time I was interrupted by Professor Thompson who asked, "Is my class boring?" I responded "No, Why?" His comment was, "You stay awake in my class or drop it!" Since I needed the credit I purchased caffeine pills and enlisted the help of my classmates to keep me awake. I succeeded in staying awake and even received an "A" in the class. I wonder if the teachers today are as interested in their students.