You may remember that my husband, Ken, went to Wabash College, a very small (less than one thousand students) all male college located in tiny (in the middle of nowhere) Crawfordsville, Indiana.
I like to kid around about how the Wabash number one rule is "No Women Allowed."
But, actually, the only rule is "The Gentleman's Rule."
The student is expected to conduct himself at all times, both on and off campus, as a gentleman.
Who in the world would want to attend this college? Yesterday I received the current Class Agents Letter for 1955, the year Ken graduated. As I've told you before, my existence was never acknowledged until Ken died. Then I started getting the mail. Until I married Dave. Now he gets most of it. (No, he did not attend Wabash.)
Anyway, I was impressed with the following quote from the letter, which answers the question, "Who in the world would want to attend this college?"
...an incoming (2012) class of young men, numbering 260 selected out of 1500 applicants...Among the group were 52 legacies, including 21 whose fathers attended Wabash and 17 whose brothers likewise attended. The class represents 21 states and five foreign countries. There were 52 Eagle Scouts, 31 who attended Boys State, 55 student government officers and 38 who acted or performed in high school and community theaters.
A member of the class was a circus performer, another traveled internationally in Europe playing in an orchestra...another competed in equestrian events throughout the country, and one is a race horse trainer. One was a TV weatherman, and one a professional model, and another decorated cadet commander of the Civil Air Patrol.
So there you have it. It says volumes about the college as well as the students. Not to mention how difficult it must be to get into a fine college these days - even with excellent grades.
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I like to kid around about how the Wabash number one rule is "No Women Allowed."
But, actually, the only rule is "The Gentleman's Rule."
The student is expected to conduct himself at all times, both on and off campus, as a gentleman.
Who in the world would want to attend this college? Yesterday I received the current Class Agents Letter for 1955, the year Ken graduated. As I've told you before, my existence was never acknowledged until Ken died. Then I started getting the mail. Until I married Dave. Now he gets most of it. (No, he did not attend Wabash.)
Anyway, I was impressed with the following quote from the letter, which answers the question, "Who in the world would want to attend this college?"
...an incoming (2012) class of young men, numbering 260 selected out of 1500 applicants...Among the group were 52 legacies, including 21 whose fathers attended Wabash and 17 whose brothers likewise attended. The class represents 21 states and five foreign countries. There were 52 Eagle Scouts, 31 who attended Boys State, 55 student government officers and 38 who acted or performed in high school and community theaters.
A member of the class was a circus performer, another traveled internationally in Europe playing in an orchestra...another competed in equestrian events throughout the country, and one is a race horse trainer. One was a TV weatherman, and one a professional model, and another decorated cadet commander of the Civil Air Patrol.
So there you have it. It says volumes about the college as well as the students. Not to mention how difficult it must be to get into a fine college these days - even with excellent grades.
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