5 Chapter 4 College Man

Chapter 4 College Man Jesse chose to attend Ohio State University in Columbus, about 145 miles from his home in Cleveland. Many of his black fans were disappointed. They thought he should attend

杰西选择进入位于哥伦布市的俄亥俄州立大学，那里距离他在克利夫兰的家约145英里。 他的许多黑人粉丝感到失望。 他们认为他应该参加

an all-black university. And sportswriters for black newspapers agreed. Throughout his life, Jesse tried to ignore such criticism. He wanted to live as he saw fit, regardless of his race; he didn't want race to separate people. Life at Ohio State was not always easy. In 1934, out of more than fifteen thousand students, only about one hundred were black. Though Ohio was not a Jim Crow state, the university was segregated. Jesse could not live on campus. When his track team traveled south, he and the other black team members sometimes had to eat on the bus while their white teammates ate in a restaurant.

全是黑人的大学。黑人报纸的体育记者也表示赞同。 在他的一生中，杰西试图忽视这样的批评。 他想过他认为合适的生活，不管他是什么种族;他不想让种族把人们分开。 俄亥俄州立大学的生活并不总是一帆风顺。 1934年，在一万五千多名学生中，只有大约一百名是黑人。 虽然俄亥俄州不是一个种族隔离州，但这所大学是种族隔离的。 杰西不能住在校园里。 当他的田径队前往南方时，他和其他黑人队员有时不得不在公共汽车上吃饭，而他们的白人队友则在餐馆吃饭。

But he tried hard not to let such racism bother him. "If someone [said something racist] to him, Jesse would say, 'That's his problem, not mine,'" fellow runner Louis Zamperini later said. As he had done in the past, Jesse worked while he went to school. He worked at a gas station, at the school library, and even at the Ohio Statehouse. While white students got to operate passenger elevators at the

但他努力不让这种种族主义困扰自己。 “如果有人(对他说一些种族主义的话)，杰西会说，‘那是他的问题，不是我的，’”他的队友路易斯·赞佩里尼后来说。 和过去一样，杰西一边上学一边工作。 他在加油站工作，在学校图书馆工作，甚至在俄亥俄州议会大厦工作。 而白人学生可以在

statehouse, Jesse had to operate a freight elevator in the back of the building.

在州议会大厦，杰西不得不操作大楼后面的货运电梯。

On the track, Ohio State coach Larry Snyder picked up where Charles Riley left off. Jesse felt his coach respected him as a person, regardless of his race. Coach Snyder

在跑道上，俄亥俄州立大学教练拉里·斯奈德(Larry Snyder)继承了查尔斯·莱利(Charles Riley)的事业。 杰西觉得他的教练尊重他这个人，不管他是什么种族。 教练斯奈德

took Jesse to local schools to meet children. And he asked Jesse to speak at lunches for businessmen and Ohio State supporters. Coach Snyder had been a track star at Ohio State himself. He introduced new training methods, including having team members work out in time to music played over stadium loudspeakers. Ohio State was part of the Big Ten, an athletic organization of ten large midwestern schools. The 1934 Big Ten Conference track-and-field meet was a showcase for Jesse. He won the 100-yard dash, the 220-yard race, and the long jump. Before his second season, Jesse was named captain of the Ohio State team. He was the first black person to earn that honor for any sport in the Big Ten.

带杰西去当地学校见孩子们 他邀请杰西在商人和俄亥俄州立大学支持者的午餐会上讲话。 斯奈德教练自己就是俄亥俄州立大学的田径明星。 他引入了新的训练方法，包括让队员们在体育场扩音器播放的音乐中及时锻炼。 俄亥俄州立大学是由中西部十所大型学校组成的体育组织Big Ten的一部分。 1934年的十大联盟田径赛是杰西的展示机会。 他赢得了100码短跑、220码赛跑和跳远。 在第二个赛季之前，杰西被任命为俄亥俄州立大学队的队长。 他是第一个在十大联盟中获得这项荣誉的黑人。