Dawn, Roberts Hall:
6:00 a.m.
Tom Tritton arrives for the annual "Inside or Out?" confab outside Sharpless that includes Prof. Aryeh Kosman (Philosophy) who'll be Faculty Marshal. (video)
6:15 a.m.
It's going to be outside.
6:56 a.m.
Chair Swarm:
Video: Housekeeping's Fern Hall arrives with the chairs; how wonderful to run into Carmen Calvarese from Facilities. Carmen has been putting the creases into HC events at least as far back as 1982.
Video: Aryeh Kosman on his role as Faculty Marshal.
9:15 a.m.
Last minute details:
Violet Brown from External Relations gets the photographers squared away.
To prevent "Why did I get Bob Hooferdoofer's diploma???"-style mixups, Registrar Lee Watkins confers with Janine Beaman of the Communications office.
Up on stage. "Podium's gotta go six inches to the left." Astonishing attention to detail.
9:35 a.m.
Seniors are heading to Ryan, where they'll assemble for the Procession:
9:45 a.m.
Cue the theme from "Masterpiece Theater." We are rolling.
1 comment:
Bill,
Thank you for the effort you put into this blog. Although I realize the amount of work it must take to orchestrate graduation, I never fully appreciated just how much care the staff of Haverford gave to it... as most students are soundly still asleep during these activities. I'm glad you were able to dedicate some of your blog to recognize this.
I was also glad to see Carmen in one of the pics as well. While working on my experiments in Sharpless as a senior, I remember conversing with him in Spanish... and him teaching me a little French, Italian and Latin as well.
Sony Ta, 1996
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