Dollar to a Doughnut

Doc especially enjoyed telling stories with a moral. Yams, he called them. Many of the stories he told have been gathered and bound in a little volume entitled, A Dollar to a Doughnut. He felt a great debt to Walker and throughout the years he repeatedly referred to him. 

My fourth clue I found in that labor of love by Tom Sherwood, that gem, that classic, A Dollar to a Doughnut (3). Compiled at the time of Doc s retirement, it is a collection of favorite stories about him, which Tom solicited from former students. The stories and the illustrations, drawn by a master cartoonist, are priceless. 

My clue is this. As every teacher knows, teachers learn from students. A Dollar to a Doughnut reveals that in Doc s case the influence of students in developing his effectiveness as a teacher was abnormally high. 

In A Dollar to a Doughnut several stories reveal the exhilarating impact of another approach. As instruction proceeded Doc lured students into an amusing activity. Somehow they found themselves vying with each other. Who could be most ingenious in teaching the teacher how to teach more effectively The result Much profit and fun ... 

Another Dollar to a Doughnut story illustrates the second feature of Doc s personality. 

And I ll bet you dollars to doughnuts, that if one were to make the two-carbon analog 2,5-dimethoxy-4-(2-fluoroethyl)-phenethylamine, it would be every bit as much a treasure and ally as is 2C-B or 2C-I. In fact, I am sure enough about this prediction that I am willing to name the stuff 2C-EF. It will be easily made from 2C-B by the same reaction scheme that was used above for DOEF. And I will even guess that its activity level will be in the 20-30 milligram area. 

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