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@@@@@There are the parties on Friday night at the girls' housesHe even goes steady for a part of the year And always the cheer leadingHe squats, does knee-bends in the white flannel pants, the rough white sweater not quite warm enough in the fall windsBefore him the one thousand kids are yelling, the girls in their green plaid skirts jumping up and down, their knees red from the cold Let's give a Cardley for the team, he shouts, running up and down with the megaphoneThere is the pause, the respectful hush while he extends one arm, swings it over his head, and brings it down HIIIIIIIIIII SCORE HIIIIIIII SCHOOOOOL YAAAAAAAAY TEAM! And the kids are yelling, watching him as he does a cartwheel, comes up clapping his hands, his body turned toward the playing field in an attitude of devotion, of pleadingOne thousand kids awaiting on him One of the glory moments that you pull out later In the lag between basketball season and baseball, he takes his car apart, installs a muffler (he is tired of the sound of the exhaust) greases the gear housing, and paints the chassis a pale green There are important conversations with his father We have to be thinking seriously of what you want to do, Willie I've kinda set my mind on engineering, PopThey've talked of it many times, but this occasion there's the tacit understanding that it's Serious Well, now, I'm glad to hear that, WillieI don't want to say I've ever tried to form your opinion for you, but I couldn't ask for anything better I really like machinery I've noticed that, Son(The pause) It's aeronautical engineering that interests you? I think it's gonna be the field It is, Son, I think it's a good choiceThat's an up-and-coming businessHis father claps him on the shoulderI want to mention one thing though, WillieI noticed you been getting a little cocky, nothing to speak about, and you keep your manners with us, but it's not a good policy,