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potoorjoNcJaf‘i* period of his period oi Ms prepar- to n and sci‘viclt; to I hfted States i mi ; o\ rnment. ; be| lt;i ncl Pierson ca nt c to Amcrica ! frOi-i Sweden when he was twelve lei ■ year old. He spent three years in ajfo Jsaia!! f uintry slt;h )ol near C al Hoi-j qu | low. During these three years lie 1 u hamod the English language and th(1 hilt) elf (or High school. j nHf his parents could not af-| ford to help him obtain his educa*)^ tion. Colonel Pierson worked dur-1 jfj ing the four years he spent in attend- cjr in?: I. II. S. Although a five year:ni emu was offered at that time, thejW( Swedish lad completed the required 1 wot1: in four ylt; ars.A member of the faeulty suggested j() Uhct Colonel Pierson take a course ilt; which four year of Latin were (lt;j required. He followed tin* suggestion and th .e four years of Latin serv-i lt;d ii ; a basis for his further studies it languages u* West Point and ;;i ’ hlt; n i r hi work in the dip- |!■ service of the I nited Statesjarlt; * rnment. j itiLi March pr \*eding his graduation from 1'. II. y. (Colonel Pierson learned thai ii would be possille to earn an appointment to West Point Military Academy.A v a four year course at West i » :i: lie served at several army P ‘ Now he has just completed a term a■? military attache to the ministers of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden.Tin.* War Department has recently ailed Colonel Pierson hack to the n ted States where he will serve as ; lt;v »id in e nnmand at the disciplinary barracks on Governors Island in the New York harbor.Following the assembly Colonel ‘Pier. n visited the second period class in American history and the I third period class in senior civics, lie r * he discussed to the great enjoyment of the students his work as military attache and told in detail of his presentation at the court of Denmark.D(BeKlt;P.mlt;
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Princeton Bureau County Tribune
Princeton, Illinois, US
Fri, Feb 10, 1933
Page 4
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