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 ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:14:13 -0500 >From: [log in to unmask] >Subject: principled actions >To: [log in to unmask] > > >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 > >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