Ossenburger Memorial Wings

Where I lived a Pencey was for Juniors and Seniors only. It was called Ossenburger Memorial Wing, of the new dorms. It is named after some guy that used to go to Pencey. He made a pot of dough in the undertaking business when he left. He gave Pencey a pile of dough so they named a wing after him. When he came to the first football game once we all had to stand up and cheer him, then the next morning he gave a 10 hours speech or something in chapel. He went on about how he was never ashamed and about how he prayed to god and all that stuff.

I went back up to my room, it was quite nice to get back up there.. it was all homely and stuff. Every room has two comfy chairs, me and my roommate Ward Stradlater have one each. He was a senior as I was a junior.

When I got back to my room I put on this hat I bought in New York earlier that morning, I saw it in a sports store when I got of the subway after I realised I had left the goddam foils behind.

I started reading this book, it was one I got out of the library by mistake, they gave me the wrong one. It was called 'Out Of Africa' by Isak Dinesen. I didn't think it would be good but I liked it quite alot. I read alot, my favourite author is my brother D.B. Anyway, I sat down and started reading this book. I had just read three pages when I could hear someone coming through the shower curtains. I didn't even have to look up and I immediatly knew who it was.
Robert Ackley, now if he isn't a peculiar guy if I ever saw one. He just stood on the ledge looking round to see if Stradlater was about. He didn't half hate him. Once he knew Stradlater wasn;t there he came down off the ledge, he said Hi. He didn't like you to think he was visiting you or anything, he liked you to think he just dropped in by mistake. He started walking round the room picking everything up, even all your personal stuff, boy he could get on your nerves sometimes. He asked about the fencing, not that he gave a damn. I told him the story anyway.