University of Virginia Library

Means Nothing

As many of you may have by
now noticed, being at the
University of Virginia may not be
the distinction you once thought it
would be. For many alumni who
hold degrees from this University
that distinction is not what they
thought it was either. But don't let
that be a consolation to you.
Earning a degree used to signify a
level of accomplishment in
academic pursuits which reflected
an educated person. Unfortunately
the trend now is for the degree to
signify simply a level of academic
accomplishment which does not
necessarily reflect anything.

The Administration of the
University has pressed for
expansion as the panacea of all
occupational ills; the student body
has been slow to articulate its
opposition until just recently and
then in the proper meek and
gentlemanly fashion; the faculty
has not been successful in efforts to
contain the administration; and
finally, the Board of Visitors,
tending to consider their
appointments as honours rather
than strenuous duties, have been
content to approve the pap fed
them by their appointed
administrators, (colloquially known
as Edgar I and Edgar II; or even
more colloquially as Vincent I and
Vincent II).