Eisenhower attended Abilene High School and graduated with the class of 1909. As a <answer>freshman</answer>, he injured his knee and developed a leg infection that extended into his groin, and which his doctor diagnosed as life-threatening. The doctor insisted that the leg be amputated but Dwight refused to allow it, and miraculously recovered, though he had to repeat his <answer>freshman</answer> year. He and brother Edgar both wanted to attend college, though they lacked the funds. They made a pact to take alternate years at college while the other worked to earn the tuitions.
In what year of high school did Eisenhower suffer a groin infection?
freshman