In 1937 when executing the contract, do you think George and Ruth had a misunderstanding like Sowle and Brill?
Imagine them considering the provision, and recall that World War II did not start until 1939, and that the US did not enter the war until the end of 1941.
The said George D. Morse shall and will pay to the said trustee in trust for his said minor son Richard the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($ 1,200) per year, payable in equal monthly installments on the first day of each month until the entrance of Richard D. Morse into some college, university or higher institution of learning beyond the completion of the high school grades, and thereupon, instead of said payments, amounting to twelve hundred dollars ($ 1,200) yearly, he shall and will then pay to the trustee payments in the sum of twenty-two hundred dollars ($ 2,200) per year for a period of said higher education but not more than four years'
In 1937 do you think Ruth thought "This means that if Richard is drafted into the army, George still has to pay,"and that George thought, "This does not mean that I have to pay if Richard is drafted into the army."