Graduation Day Comparison
Okay, here I'm trying to play on my own, but with meg's rules. We're going to contrast graduations of 1969 and 2005 for the same school. Surprisingly, the similarities outweight the differences.
2005
Class Size: 350
Venue: Breslin Center, Michigan State University
Air Conditioning: Yes and On
Reserved Seating: No
Speaker: United States Senator
Dress: Red Cap and Gown, Ties for boys, White Shoes for Girls
Tassel Change: En masse
Valedictorians: 20. That's a lot, but advanced placement scores did it
Salutorians: 1
Crowd: Excited, proud, pleased and tearful
1969
Class Size: 642
Venue: Prudden Auditorium, old Lansing Civic Center
Air Conditioning: No
Reserved Seating: Yes
Speaker: Community College President
Dress: Red Cap and Gown, Ties for boys, White Shoes for Girls
Tassel Change: As students crossed stage
Valedictorians: 1 Jim Erdman where are you?
Salutorians: 1
Crowd: Excited, proud, pleased and tearful
The tie thing surprised me. My nephew didn't own a tie, and his dad always uses the clip-ons. This is the computer age, though, so the nephew learned to tie a tie via internet directions.
Thinking about valedictorians made me think about Jimmy, our valedictorian. Jim and I were a couple of the last seniors to take driver's ed. We took it the last semester of senior year, and shared cars. Jim, I still tend to fall in love on Thursdays.