the very important Triangle Club, and was elected to one of the leading clubs of the university. The Triangle Club put on many shows that Fitzgerald had written for them. During this time he fell in love with Ginevra King. Ginevra was a fantasy girl to Fitzgerald "Ginevra was tiring of Scott's importunities" (Mizner) and her father told him "poor boys shouldn't think of marrying rich girls" (Bruccoli) so they broke up. Fitzgerald began neglecting his school work again to write short stories, scripts and musicals causing him to fail half of his classes. He became ineligible for participating in any outside events and put on academic probation.
             He left his studies in 1917 because of his poor academic records, and enlisted in the US Army as a second lieutenant. Fitzgerald continued to write magazine articles and musical lyrics. His experiences during World War I were peaceful because the war ended before his unit was sent to France. At the age of 21 he submitted 'The Romantic Egoist', a novel started in
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