Columbia, Mo., Sept. 16—Benjamin Leader is a student of the old school—he walked here for the university’s opening.
Leader just completed a walk of 1,600 miles from New York city to attend the University of Missouri and is now enrolled. Leader carried a violin under his arm all the way and has secured employment in a local movie theatre to earn funds to continue is education.
He expects to walk home for his vacations.
From The Durham Morning Herald, Sept. 17, 1922.
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