The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-23
.NEWSIE PAYING
WAY IN SCHOOL
Secco Green Sells Tulsa
World Every Morning
for Expenses

Every morning Of Fourth and
Boulder sandy-haired youngster
stands with bundle OF papers under
his arm and for the price of a nickel
supplies passcrsby with their morn
ing World. Rain or shine, cold
weather o. fine. he Is always there
for those nickels that are given him
in exchange for his papers mean
bread and butter and clothes and
school and n place to sleep.
The boy is Sccco Green. For five
years he has sold Tulsa Worlds. For
nearly three years he has paid every
cent OF his own expense, has gone to
school regularly and has made
nothing but "E" grades in all his
classes. lie is Just IA, an eighth
grade student at Longfellow school
and only recently took mental tests
In which he qualified as a student
OF 16. Io lives In West Tulsa with
a boy friend OF his.
Skipped Many Grades.
Hes the best boy friend I got"
| he explained. adding with little
giggle. might as well say the best
friend | got. cause | haven't any
girl friends!"
Secco started to school, In Mus
| kogec, whtn no was years old.
| lie went through by the hop skip
and jump" one might say, staying
In one grade only for little while
until he was promoted, skipping
grades and all the while heading his
classes In the excellence of his work.
He came to Tulsa about six years
ago and has been working ever since
then. For "a while he worked at
the Midland station, selling Ice
cream cones on the train In sum
mer and ham sandwiches In winter,
Then he began his paper career with
the news stand there, later begin
ming work for The World as news
boy. n job that he has faithfully
held for five years. His mother
died whens she was 2 years old,
His father. he said, was living, and
he has brother who lives on the
north side.
A remarkable mentality and a
strong sanse of honesty are two out
standing traits of Secco's, Leon
Baker, principal OF Longfellow
school. said. The boy does excel
lent work and is straightforward
and manly In all things. his teachers
say of him.
Secco Is rather small for his age.
light t-haired, blue-eyed, and pos
sessed of face that Is as round as
IL is freckled. which tx saying lot.
He Is all boy, and submitted to ques-
tioning with n patient resignation
that admitted that what must be,
must be. and praying meantime that
IL would soon be over. II was re-
cess. and the youngsters were shout
ing and playing out on the play
grounds. What did he like to study
best. he was asked, He grinned.
Doesn't Like Studying.
II don't like to study anything
, much, any more" he said. "That''
= kinda funny, because I used to
|, Yeah, make pretty good grades al
: right. but that's a matter Of pride
with mo-"
This from Is years old. twirlint
/, his cap In chapped hands and glanc'
. ing restlessly out OF tho window
. Did he ever have time to play
. Didn't he have to miss school some
times?
e sure, have lots OF time tc
Y play. Evenings. Like baseball best
( Can't play nothing. but like II JUS
: the same. j don't ever miss schoo
, unless 1t IL absolutely necessary.
And what does he intend TO be
when he grows up?
well. I don't hardly know. al
ways wanted to be an electrician
But l don't know. / want to gt
through high school II l can make
II. Yes'm. ] mean IL / can make
> enough money. Can't be an elec
I trcal engineer or anything like thai
: unless l go to school. | reckon
!. used to think more about electricity
+ because | had things-batteries and
= things like that. don't have Ten
h any more. Why. they all burn
: out"
II "Maybe"--this consolingly from
o the listener-''maybe you can affort
= to buy some more soon. lie looked
= politely dubious"
!, "Yes'm-mebbe!" he said.