Abstract I doubt very many kids in my [high] school ever considered college,” explained Richard Werner, “because in those days you had to be very well off to go And at the time, America was still in the web of the Depression, so I looked upon a college education [as] about as likely as my owning a Rolls-Royce with a chauffeur.” Growing up far removed from such luxury, Werner knew about chauffeurs only because his father had been employed as one, and that was before the Depression hit; after he lost that job, the family had to move to a cold-water flat in Queens. Werner dreamed of attending college but doubted he would have the opportunity.