▁and ▁the ▁quad riv ium — that ▁I ▁decided ▁to ▁sign ▁on ▁as ▁a ▁student .... ▁I ▁started ▁in ▁the ▁aut umn ▁of ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁as ▁a ▁m ature ▁student , ▁being ▁about ▁four teen ▁years ▁older ▁than ▁my ▁fellow ▁fresh men .... ▁Mathemat ics ▁proved ▁a ▁big ▁problem . ▁P ure ly ▁by ▁memor izing ▁the or ems ▁at ▁Cho ate , ▁I ▁had ▁done ▁well ▁in ▁plane ▁geometry ▁and ▁had ▁got ▁a ▁perfect ▁score ▁on ▁my ▁College ▁Board ▁exam ination , ▁but ▁at ▁St . ▁John ’ s ▁the ▁students ▁were ▁assigned ▁some ▁ten ▁the or ems ▁a ▁day . ▁We ▁were ▁supposed ▁to ▁work ▁them ▁out ▁to ▁their ▁Q ED ▁sole ly ▁by ▁logic . ▁When ▁asked ▁to ▁prove ▁one ▁at ▁the ▁black board ▁early ▁in ▁my ▁first ▁term , ▁I ▁was ▁fl ab berg asted ▁and ▁unable ▁to ▁go ▁beyond ▁the ▁first ▁segment . ▁This ▁was ▁highly ▁embar rass ing ▁for ▁a ▁Y ale ▁and ▁Cambridge ▁gradu ate ! ▁... ▁I ▁enjoyed ▁my ▁study ▁of ▁Greek ▁language ▁and ▁literature , ▁but ▁I ▁was ▁very ▁conscious ▁of ▁being ▁near er ▁in ▁age ▁to ▁the ▁instruct ors ▁than ▁to ▁the ▁students , ▁so ▁after ▁about ▁six ▁months ▁I ▁gave ▁it ▁up ▁[ to ▁join ▁the ▁army ]. ▁ ▁In ▁April ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁M ell on ▁wrote ▁of ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁" setting ▁up ▁an ▁initial ▁end ow ment ▁for ▁the ▁St . ▁John ’ s ▁Program " ▁but ▁of ▁being ▁" d eter red ▁from