I do agree with Nancy here. But either way, he *did* uphold the law of the land. And that is a good thing. All best, Kevin ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:31:32 -0500 >From: Sunshine49 <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: The Constitution >To: [log in to unmask] > >Aside from the rightness or wrongness of the decision of the new >president of W&M, he could have handled it better. Considering how >tradition-minded Virginians are, he could have taken that into >consideration, had some public meetings, presented his thinking, >perhaps made a few converts to his POV, and then done exactly what he >did do. But it would have made people feel they were consulted and he >took the time to discuss his reasoning with them. Instead of breezing >into town and saying the cross must go. IMO he handled it very >poorly, and that kind of high-handed attitude will not win you any >friends. > >Nancy > >------- >I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. > >--Daniel Boone > >To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions >at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html Kevin R. Hardwick, Ph.D. Department of History James Madison University To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html