make him agree to an opinion or approach contrary to his—and you only had a very limited time for your presentation.
Papa was in a perpetual state of developing his personality; in fact, he was a living exemplar and practitioner of Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People. He made TIP officers and faculty undergo the seminar conducted by the lecturers of the local franchisee of the Dale Carnegie program. There was a time when he wanted to conduct ordinary school meetings using the parliamentary procedure. He required school officers to use the terms of Robert’s Rules of Order during meetings with him and, in turn, conduct their own meetings in the same way. This was Papa’s way of preparing TIP officers for future leadership in the engineering profes- sional associations. Papa was also a member of the Tamaraw Toastmasters and he and Mama again encouraged TIP officers and faculty to also become members of the Toastmasters club, eventually setting up their own Millennium Toastmasters Club in TIP. Even before Dale Carnegie, Papa was a gentleman of the old school—he opened doors and pulled out chairs for ladies without fail. I guess this set many a lady’s heart aflutter, to my Mama’s dismay. But he was a good husband. Papa met Mama when she was 17 and Papa eight years older. Papa literally swept Mama off her feet during a memorable staircase scene. It was kismet ; they married after a whirlwind courtship. Mama was his enduring joy, a source of pride for him. He most admired her childlike innocence and loved her even more for her forgiving heart. As a young military officer, he proved himself not just a true friend but a heroic and a passionate one, when as a lieutenant during World War II, he leapt out of his foxhole to pull to
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