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Thisextraordinarystoryaboutextraordinaryeolebeginsattheturnofthecentury。ItisaveryAmericanstory—aboutideals,ambition,success,love,andmarriage—thathasitsrootsatatimewhenmanybelievedanythingwasossibleinAmerica。ThestorystartswithanorhanboyofordinarymeanswhousedhisdeterminationandtalenttorealizetheAmericanDreamandmore。
TheorhanboywasWillardDickermanStraightfromOswego,NewYork。HewasseventeenwhenheenteredCornellUniversityin1897。TherewereabouttwothousandstudentsatCornellthen。Theylivedinfraternityhousesorboardedwithfamiliesintown。StraightjoinedDeltaTauDelta,andlivedinthechaterhouseonthecornerofEdgemoorandStewartavenuesduringhisfouryearsatCornell。
StraightenteredtheCollegeofArchitectureatCornell,notbecausehehadhisheartsetonbecominganarchitect,butbecause,withhistalentandinterestindrawing,itseemedalogicalchoice。Hisactivitiesoncamusreflectedthedifferentasectsofhisersonality,asartistic,imaginativebentwithakeensenseonfunandtheambitiontogetthingsdone。HecontributedsketchestothecomiceriodicaltheWidow;wrotearticlesfortheCornellEra,amoresoberliteraryublication;becamearteditoroftheCornellian;andbyhissenioryearwaseditorandchiefoftheCornellEra。Heenlivenedtheartyscenewithhisguitarandgoodtenorvoice。StraightorganizedthefirstSringDay,acircuslikefairwithsideshows,tomakemoneyforthedeletedathleticfund。ItwashisideatostartadistinctiveCollegeofArchitectureevent,whichevolvedintotheoularGreenDragonDay。DuringhissenioryearhewasresidentoftheSavageClub。
AfterStraightgraduatedfromCornellin1901,hetookajobwiththeMaritimeCustomsServiceinNanking。HelearnedthelanguagequicklyandbecamefamiliarwithChineseeoleofallranksandwiththedilomatsandbusinessmeninPeking。Bytheageof30,StraightwasbelievedtobeoneofthemostowerfulmenintheFarEast,earningasmuchasthePresidentoftheUnitedStates。
Atadinnerartyin1906,StraightwasintroducedtoDorothyPayneWhitney,heiresstotheWhitneyfortune。WhenDorothyandherartyvisitedPekingin1909,friendshiturnedtoromance。WillardursuedDorothyrelentlesslywithlettersandflowers。Hefinallywonherin1911。
19世紀末20世紀初,一個非凡人物的非凡故事開始了。這是一個關於理想、抱負、成功、愛情和婚姻的故事,它以許多人相信在美國一切都有可能爲背景,是一個非常美國化的故事。這個故事是從一個非常平凡的孤兒開始的,他憑藉決心和才能實現了自己的美國夢,以及其他更多的夢想。
這個孤兒來自紐約的奧斯維格,他的名字是威拉德·迪克曼·斯特雷特。1897年,17歲的斯特雷特進入康奈爾大學讀書,當時學校有2000多名學生,學生們或是住在一起,或是住在鎮上人的家裏。在康奈爾大學的四年中,斯特雷特加入了“三·十九·三”團體,住在社團公寓,這座公寓位於埃治摩爾大街與斯圖沃特大街的拐角處。