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On 5/22/2017 7:15 AM, John Larkin wrote:
> On Sun, 21 May 2017 22:35:49 -0700, Don Y
> <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 5/21/2017 2:53 PM, John Larkin wrote:
>>> On Sun, 21 May 2017 13:00:20 -0400, Bob Engelhardt
>>> <BobEngelhardt@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>> That was the only way that I could get mine: no attendance, no diploma.
>>>>
>>>> I went to my stepson's at U Penn in 1984.  What a joke - solemnity
>>>> stayed home and casual reigned.  Some White House bloke blathered on
>>>> endlessly.  I haven't gone to another since and probably won't ever again.
>>>
>>> I had a letter from my employer saying I had to be out of town on
>>> business. The boss said that if I typed it, he'd sign it.
>>
>> Huh?  I don't understand this "requirement".
>>
>> (College,) we could attend the commencement ceremony or pick up
>> our diplomas at the Registrar's (?) office.  If you weren't in
>> town, you could arrange for them to *mail* the diploma to you.
>
> It was mandatory to attend the ceremony, in those days, at Tulane.
> There were 12 guys in my graduating EE class, and it would have looked
> silly if, say, three of them had shown up.

Having attended an Engineering college, there'd not have been a
lack of representation in any of the engineering schools!  :>
(well, maybe *math*)

>> I don't know anyone who attended the ceremony -- though I'm sure there
>> are folks who did!  It always seemed artificial, to me:  do you have
>> a ceremony every time you complete EVERY task you set out on?
>> ("Yay!  I mowed the lawn!  Let's all get together and celebrate!!")
>>
>> My diploma came in a heavy plastic sort of "book cover" -- like a hard-back
>> book with just one page in it (though the cover was thick plastic instead
>> of thick cardboard).  Folks who opted to have theirs mailed got a sheet of
>> paper (folded in half) WITHOUT the cheesey plastic cover (I suspect they
>> diverted the cost of the cover (pennies??) to handle the postage!  :>
>>
>> No idea if I even *have* my high school diploma.  I can't recall ever
>> picking it up *or* having it handed to me  (OhMiGosh!)
>
> Parents like to see their brats graduate.

Parents like to see *lots* of things...

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commencement John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-05-20 16:16 -0700
  Re: commencement edward.ming.lee@gmail.com - 2017-05-20 16:26 -0700
    Re: commencement John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-05-20 17:41 -0700
      Re: commencement edward.ming.lee@gmail.com - 2017-05-21 17:37 -0700
  Re: commencement Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-05-20 16:32 -0700
    Re: commencement John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-05-20 17:46 -0700
      Re: commencement Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-05-20 18:37 -0700
  Re: commencement Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-20 16:32 -0700
    Re: commencement Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-05-20 17:27 -0700
      Re: commencement krw@notreal.com - 2017-05-20 23:00 -0400
        Re: commencement Bob Engelhardt <BobEngelhardt@comcast.net> - 2017-05-21 13:00 -0400
          Re: commencement krw@notreal.com - 2017-05-21 16:56 -0400
          Re: commencement John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-05-21 14:53 -0700
            Re: commencement Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-05-21 22:35 -0700
              Re: commencement John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-05-22 07:15 -0700
                Re: commencement Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-05-22 08:22 -0700
                Re: commencement krw@notreal.com - 2017-05-22 12:15 -0400
    Re: commencement Klaus Kragelund <klauskvik@hotmail.com> - 2017-05-22 00:55 -0700
      Re: commencement Reinhardt Behm <rbehm@hushmail.com> - 2017-05-22 17:33 +0800
  Re: commencement Martin Riddle <martin_rid@verizon.net> - 2017-05-20 22:00 -0400
  Re: commencement Retired <Retired@Retired.com> - 2017-05-21 08:22 -0700

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