EDITORIAL COMMENTS When George got to Fort Scott, he soon found work in the home of a wealthy couple. While there his health began to improve. And he remained there going to school for about two years until he saw a man lynched. Then he left. He went to several cities before he was able to finish school. First he went to Olathe, Kansas, next to Paola, then to Minneapolis, Kansas. George stayed in Minneapolis for about seven years until he finished high school. He later went to Kansas City where he entered Business College studying shorthand and typing. He tried to enroll in Highland College, in Highland, Kansas. However he was denied admittance because of his race. All the while George was able to support himself by doing domestic work. While in Minneapolis, he was told that there was another George Carver in town. He thought perhaps that was why he had not been receiving any mail for a while. He hadn't heard form his brother Jim for quite a while. He was advised to adopt a middle initial. He said that he liked the sound of "double-u." Although the "W" did not stand for anything, the townsfolk started calling him George "Washington" Carver. After awhile, the name "George Washington Carver" stuck. Shortly, after that, when he was about nineteen years old, he got word that his brother Jim had died. He heard that he died as a result of the smallpox that was going around. George had established himself quite well in town. He had a thriving laundry business, he continued to develop his painting and musical abilities. Once he was heard singing in the audience in a local white church. The choir director, Mrs. Milholland, invited him to her house to sing for her. She then encouraged him to join the church choir. This same Mrs. Milholland and her physician husband were impressed with his many talents. They encouraged him to go to Simpson College. There he studied art and music. While there, he became concerned about the plight of his fellow African Americans. He began to feel as though God intended him to be a teacher of his people. He also decided to take up a more practical course of study-agriculture. After finishing his studies at Simpson he decided to go to Iowa State College in Ames, Iowa. There he received a bachelor's degree. While doing so, made quite an impression on his professors. They were convinced that he had a promising future as a botanist. He was encouraged to stay on as a graduate student and was assigned to work as an assistant to the noted professor of mycology, L. H. Pammel. By 1896 Booker T. Washington had persuaded the board of directors of Tuskegee Institute to establish an agricultural school. George Washington Carver had received his master's degree and was the only African American with graduate study in that field. Therefore, he was the logical choice of Washington to recruit in order to get Tuskegee's agriculture school off and running. From there, George Washington Carver went on to acquire the legendary status for which he became famous.