{"id":348,"date":"2011-12-14T07:25:34","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T07:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/?p=348"},"modified":"2011-12-14T07:25:34","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T07:25:34","slug":"advice-to-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/2011\/12\/14\/advice-to-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Advice to Seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lilly Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ll never give a talk to seniors on their last weekend here. \u00a0That’s OK. \u00a0Much smarter people with better comm skills handle those tasks. \u00a0But if I ever did…<\/p>\n

I’d tell the guys they MUST walk the campus alone and in the dead of night.<\/p>\n

Walk by the library…listen for the decades of Trustees discussing in earnest the future of this good place.<\/p>\n

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Hays Science Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then turn and look at Hays Hall. \u00a0In this place, and Waugh before it, \u00a0young men learned the fundamentals that gave them the skills and the drive to save and enrich lives. \u00a0If you look real close, you can see Tom Cole, Willis Johnson, and Ed Haenisch \u00a0working with students in the labs. \u00a0That’s them keeping an eye on Lon Porter, Ann Taylor, Eric Wetzel, Scott Feller, Wally Novak, and the entire crew.<\/p>\n

Stop by the senior bench…and just listen.<\/p>\n

Swing by Center Hall…and just listen.<\/p>\n

Walk the Arboretum…and take it all in.<\/p>\n

Stand on the 50 yard line and look at the home stands. \u00a0See those guys in striped pants?<\/p>\n

Bottle that all up and take it with you – share with your sons and grandsons. \u00a0Tell them this is the place that formed you into the man you are.<\/p>\n

That’s what I’d tell them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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