RE: Hello/now vegetables/MD

LOL!!! Why, Jim, you're a rebel!  

Blessings,

Bonnie

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of James R. Fisher
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 9:59 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hello/now vegetables/MD

cathy carpenter wrote:
> You went to Harvard? Guess the "no Latin" applied just to the 
> undergrads. My spouse's Med School diploma was in Latin in 1973. Or did 
> the riots achieve their purpose?
> Cathy
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Yup. And the Riots failed in their purpose :-(. Likely the evil
decree applied to the College only and not to the various
professional schools.
-jrf
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 12:26 PM, James R. Fisher wrote:
> 
>> That brings to mind my experience with Latin diplomas. After having
>> given out diplomas in Latin for 300+ years, my school chose 1962 (my
>> year) to switch to English. That led to the famed 'Diploma Riots';
>> we had latin orations condeming the changs on the steps of Widener
>> Library, and I got my first and only taste of tear gas...
>> -jrf
Jim Fisher
Vienna, Virginia USA
38.9 N 77.2 W
USDA Zone 7
Max. 105 F [40 C], Min. 5 F [-15 C]

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index