{"id":1032,"date":"2010-01-20T15:53:11","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T15:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/2010\/01\/20\/comps-a-wabash-tradition\/"},"modified":"2010-01-20T15:53:11","modified_gmt":"2010-01-20T15:53:11","slug":"comps-a-wabash-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/2010\/01\/20\/comps-a-wabash-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Comps – A Wabash Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are moments in your personal life story that you will never forget.  The assassination of JFK. 911.  Your wedding day.  The birth of your children.  The loss of a parent.<\/p>\n

There are Wabash moments that are exactly the same.  Freshman Saturday.  Chapel Sing. Commencement.<\/p>\n

and…C O M P S.<\/p>\n

I can remember starting a Comps written answer with the sentence: "This is not the book answer and it probably isn’t what you are looking for, but it is what I believe and why".  That was either going to work…or not.  I guess it did.<\/p>\n

For my orals I only remember one of the three professors…and he wasn’t in my major at all. It was Wabash legend Vic Powell.  The question was very straightforward – he asked: "Explain the benefits of a liberal arts education".  Somehow, somewhere, I found something to say.  Looking back on it now, I should have known that would be question #1.  It should be question #1.<\/p>\n

Share your recollections of Comps with us.  Click here<\/a> and let Steve Charles, the world’s greatest Magazine editor, know your Comps story.<\/p>\n

No, the photo is not from my student days.  No I did not take the picture while working here.  It’s an Archives special from the good old days when we had a Study Camp for Comps.  Thanks to Steve Charles and Beth Swift for the photo.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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