It is the oldest ceremony that takes place on our campus. They say the first time they have record of it occuring, is 1937. I have absolutely no memory of this ceremony, from my undergrad days. Or if I did, I ignored it because it was for the top students and I wasn't one of them.
Since I took part in the candlelight ceremony back in September, I decided that I will attempt to be there for the passing of the torch to the next class.
The lateness of this post gives you a hint as to the weather today. It is raining and will continue to do so til tonight. The ceremony will be taking place on the north lawn, by Campus Center and (of course) the Lake. They put up a tent yesterday and the rain that was forecast, arrived with lots of thunder and lightning. I decided to shut off my computer, so I am now writing this in the morning.
I actually have a photo of the candlelight ceremony from last fall. I found it to be an inspiring event and I was glad I was there, to light a candle with thousands of Freshman from the class of 2017. By the way, those Freshman will graduate 40 years after I did. :-)
Standing in a room with lit candles signifying knowledge and the passing on of same, is wonderful. I hope it goes well, outside in the rain. If we attend, pictures will hopefully come later on.
It sounds like something I would like to be included in it and considering this probability of you being back there ever, I guess it's now or never. I hope you do participle in it.
ReplyDeleteI hope so too. The rain has stopped, for the moment. It's coming your way, by the way.
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