St Petersburg was re-named and then re-re-named. Maybe one should expect Bancroft Library to regain its name some 75 years from now. All in all, as noted in several others comments, a momentous exercise in navel-gazing on the part of an academic body that apparently does not have more serious occupations to attend.
St Petersburg was re-named and then re-re-named. Maybe one should expect Bancroft Library to regain its name some 75 years from now. All in all, as noted in several others comments, a momentous exercise in navel-gazing on the part of an academic body that apparently does not have more serious occupations to attend.
Reminds me of a joke in Reader's Digest, remembered from high school days, which went:
USSR Government official: Where were you born?
Citizen: Saint Petersburg.
U: Where were you educated?
C: Petrograd.
U: Where do you live now?
C: Leningrad.
U: Where do you wish to live?
C: Saint Petersburg
That was around 1958, and I thought it amusing at the time. I now hope the Citizen was still living and enjoying life on the 51st anniversary of Kristallnacht in November 1989.
St Petersburg was re-named and then re-re-named. Maybe one should expect Bancroft Library to regain its name some 75 years from now. All in all, as noted in several others comments, a momentous exercise in navel-gazing on the part of an academic body that apparently does not have more serious occupations to attend.
Reminds me of a joke in Reader's Digest, remembered from high school days, which went:
USSR Government official: Where were you born?
Citizen: Saint Petersburg.
U: Where were you educated?
C: Petrograd.
U: Where do you live now?
C: Leningrad.
U: Where do you wish to live?
C: Saint Petersburg
That was around 1958, and I thought it amusing at the time. I now hope the Citizen was still living and enjoying life on the 51st anniversary of Kristallnacht in November 1989.