He was very fond of sports and eagerly engaged in boxing, athletics, soccer and water polo. Hemingway also performed with his sister Marcelline in the school orchestra for two years. He received good grades in English. He attended journalism classes organized as if the classroom was a newspaper editorial board. The best articles were posted in the school newspaper, and Ernest and Marcelline’s articles appeared several times. Hemingway became involved in editing two school newspapers, where he imitated the writing style of sports reporters and used the pseudonym “Ring Lardner Jr.” in honor of editor Ring Lardner of the Chicago Tribune.
