Oral History Interviews with John Plath Green, 1974 Page: 2
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Marcello:
Green:"Ignorant Hill."
"Ignorant Hill?"
It was known as "Ignorant Hill." It was down close
to the old Dallas Power and Light Company, Griffin
Street plant, close to the waterworks that purified
the water for the city of Dallas. It's now occupied
by the football stadium owned by the Dallas Independent
School District, the P. C. Cobb Stadium. I am a product
of the Dallas Independent School District--it was the
City of Dallas schools then--and went to work following
graduation from high school. I went to work for Western
Union because I didn't think I had any opportunity to
go to college. I had met, during my last years in
high school, a man by the name of Grady Spruce. When
the depression hit in its fullest, about 1933, we
had a force reduction at Western Union, and I was
laid off.
During this period of time, Mr. Spruce talked me
into going to The University of Texas to mark time.
I might as well invest the time during the depression,
and that I did. I went there five years. At that
time, you could have two years undergraduate work and
three years in law school. I received my LL.B. degree
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Green, John Plath. Oral History Interviews with John Plath Green, 1974, book, {1976-02-06,1976-03-01}; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944578/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.