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Saint Mary's was not a traditional school, in the sense that someone would take academic course work and be graded for it, and graduate only if he showed sufficient academic achievement. It was part orphanage, part trade school, part reformatory. George Ruth Jr. was sent there at age seven, when his father had him declared incorrigible. George Jr. learned a couple of trades, but found baseball as his true passion. When he left Saint Mary's at age 19, it was not so much a graduation as his finding a way to make an honest living. However, it's fair to say that Ruth was never "reformed."