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College

1926-1930

After spending time at Stanford University, the University of Washington, and Washington State College Edward graduated in the spring of 1930 with a major in speech.

Edward pictured with others in the Kappa Sigma, Gamma Mu Chapter fraternity at WSC.

Edward's speech professor, Ida Lou Anderson. This particular woman was very influential over Edward. Explaining Ida Edward says, "She took a raw kid and gave him goals in life. ... She taught me to love good books, good music, gave me the only sense of values I have ... She knows me better than any person in the world. The part of me that is decent, that wants to do something, to be something, is the part she created. I owe the ability to live to her."