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Two Schools and a Graduation Day Decision
A narrator recalls choosing between two boy suitors, Fred Sumner and Johnny Ryerson, during high school and college days. Sumner, social and favored, contrasts with Ryerson, diligent and poor yet steadfast. Ryerson’s speech and a kiss to his mother move the narrator, who eventually marries him, valuing integrity and devotion over showiness.
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Furniah
Flappy
Fred Sumner
Johnny Ryerson
Johnny
Fred
Devony Ryerson
Q—— College
Jobo
Bey
John
Upper Fifth Avenue
Newark
Jolie
Sumper's University
Creme de la Creme
Sumner
Kent
Q— College
Pinch
John Ryerson
Fred “Omper
My Fashang