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Do you recall any editorials you wrote at that time dealing with international affairs that might prove interesting in retrospect?

Although I probably should have looked over my bound copy of the Princetonian before coming up here, I'm afraid I didn't. It's put away somewhere in the far recesses of my house. But to the best of my recollection, we kept off of international topics pretty much and tried our best to limit our comments to the Princeton scene. As well as I can remember, I do not recall writing much or actually do not recall writing at all about strictly non-Princeton topics. We tried to hold it pretty much to Princeton. I think that we did, too; I think that we talked only about University matters.

What was you major at school, Sir?

At Princeton, it was history.

Was there doubt in your mind about your career? Or were you sure it would be journalism?

Well, I think that I really had planned or expected all my life to go into some type of newspaper work. I don't think I ever really terribly seriously thought about anything else, although my uncle at one point when I was quite young, noticing that I did have a certain proclivity toward religious activity, did want me to become a rabbi. And in fact, he offered me a very considerable income which would make me independent for life if I became a rabbi, which is an odd way, I guess, to do it. But he was interested in my doing that