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July, 1942, the military apparently needed Hi´s High School Record. He started "Uni" High in the 9th grade in 1935 and graduated in 1939. A solid "C" student (he used to say that in one class he received his test score back with a "71" on it and the teacher told him, "looks like you studied a little too hard"), he graduated 152nd in his class.
Uni Hi had a bit of an interesting history. While under construction it was known as Sawtelle High School, but it opened as Warren G. Harding High School when completed in 1924, after 29th President Warren G. Harding (1865-1923, served 1921-1923), who had recently died. The school was renamed in 1929 after the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) moved its campus from East Hollywood to Westwood, and the reputation of former President Harding had declined after the infamous Teapot Dome scandal and other situations. The name University is supposed to have originated because it became a site where teachers-in-training from nearby UCLA worked as assistant teachers/interns. When the school was being built, Indian artifacts were found as it was determined to have the site of the Serra Springs, a sacred site of the Tongva–Gabrieleño native people and a registered California Historical Landmark.
