The three previous presidents of the college. All served excellently
without vandalizing any of the buildings....even under the guise of
defending the Constitution.
DFM
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> Who are the people you mention ("Sullivan, Verkuil, Graves, et
> al") and what have they to do with Virginia? Context, please.
> What bearing do they have to the argument that I have
> presented?
>
> My point was that the President of the University has upheld
> the spirit as well as the letter of the law, and in that sense
> he has been responsible.
>
> Are you seriously suggesting that he should not have upheld
> the law? Really?
>
> Or are you suggesting, as Nancy has, that he should have
> upheld the law in a more forthright fashion?
>
> Kevin
>
>
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>>Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:14:13 -0500
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>>Subject: principled actions
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>> >But in the mean time, you should be celebrating the
>>> principled actions of the President of William and Mary, who
>>> is providing an excellent model of civic responsibility for
>>> his students, and for us.
>>
>>
>>Give us a break.
>>So, Sullivan, Verkuil, Graves, et al were less models of
> civic responsibility than this man?
>>An "excellent model of civic responsibility".
>>He snuck into the Wren chapel, consulted with no one and took
> it upon himself to "defend the Constitution" by tampering with
> an historic building....and never mentioned it until he was
> caught.
>>This after being on the job for a few months. What else is up
> his sleeve, I wonder.
>>
>>Deane F. Mills
>>Calthrop Neck
>>Yorktown, VA
>>
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> Kevin R. Hardwick, Ph.D.
> Department of History
> James Madison University
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