SAINT BENEDICT'S
COllEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT VOl. 7, NO.3 MARCH, 1973
MOTHER OF 13 BECOMES COLLEGE STUDENT
Con (1 hou...wlfe with 13 children lind hoppine.. o. a .tudent ot the College of Saini llenedi<;l?
''I'm really enjoying it," scid Mrs. Mary Lou Merick .. ! of Wadena. "I alway. wanted my degree, not nece ..arily for doing a~y. Thing' specific with ii, but iu" for self. soli.roction."
Alter approximately 30 yeo,". Mr>. Merickel 1'10. decided 10 return to college to get thor degree. She ortended CS8 for th.ee yea" from 1938 10 194 1 but was forced to discontinue due 10 lock of money and pr"lSu,,,, brought em by the wOr, "I felt I woo needed at home," she said, "'0 I got (1 job to help aut,"
Throughout the yeors, Mrs. Merick..1 no. token on occasional cours" ot Bemidji Stote College. And now thot her youngest child JUJ! enter"ome of ,hi. pre..ure:·
In addition 10 the live children at home, Mrs. Merickel ho. four children ptesently ol!endlng nce "Of Mice gnd Men" al the College of SainT Bunudlct.
SAINT BENEDICT'S COllEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT VOl. 7, NO.3 MARCH, 1973 MOTHER OF 13 BECOMES COLLEGE STUDENT Con (1 hou...wlfe with 13 children lind hoppine.. o. a .tudent ot the College of Saini llenedi<;l? ''I'm really enjoying it" scid Mrs. Mary Lou Merick .. ! of Wadena. "I alway. wanted my degree, not nece ..arily for doing a~y. Thing' specific with ii, but iu" for self. soli.roction." Alter approximately 30 yeo". Mr>. Merickel 1'10. decided 10 return to college to get thor degree. She ortended CS8 for th.ee yea" from 1938 10 194 1 but was forced to discontinue due 10 lock of money and pr"lSu,,,, brought em by the wOr, "I felt I woo needed at home" she said, "'0 I got (1 job to help aut" Throughout the yeors, Mrs. Merick..1 no. token on occasional cours" ot Bemidji Stote College. And now thot her youngest child JUJ! enter"ome of ,hi. pre..ure:· In addition 10 the live children at home, Mrs. Merickel ho. four children ptesently ol!endlng nce "Of Mice gnd Men" al the College of SainT Bunudlct.
