This was one of the events that helped shape my involvement in the world around me. When we found out that the caravan would go down Highway 141, past Granger, two of my Dallas Center High classmates and I asked for a field trip to see the caravan. Of course, we were denied the right. So in protest, we went anyway. At first we were to be suspended then it was changed to stay after school for, I think three days. When we reported to the study hall for our punishment one of the things we were to do was spell the name of the person we went to see. Naturally we never had spell check then and I mumbled something. The High School principal, who was a person I respected, looked me in the eye until she had my attention, then looked at a copy of The Des Moines Tribune, which had a headline "Khrushchev Visits Iowa." I learned that not everyone 'on the other side' is against you. I really feel that she was the reason it was changed from suspension to stay after school.
Thanks for allowing me this stroll down memory lane.
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