He of the Lion ([info]touleontos) wrote,
@ 2006-05-24 01:44:00
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Scott has requested that I post my college diploma as well. It reads as follows:

forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit

Magister, Decanus, et Socii
Colegii Timothei Dwight
in Universitate Yalensi
Daniel Michael Jordan
scholarem classis anni
May 22, 2006
huius collegii sodalem esse testantur.
Cuius rei haec chartula testimonio sit.

The translation:

"someday it will be pleasing to remember even this"

The Master, the Dean, and the Fellows of Timothy Dwight College in Yale University testify that Daniel Michael Jordan, a scholar of the class of the year, on May 22, 2006 is a member of this college. Of which fact let this certificate be in testimony.

The first line is a quote from the Aeneid, and is TD's motto. Always seemed a sort of strange motto to me.

The placement of the date is a little weird. It's either meant to say "a scholar of the class of 2006," in which case it is strange to put the date of commencement; or "graduated from this college on May 22, 2006," in which case "sodalis" (meaning a fellow or member of a society) is an odd word to use, implying that I was not previously a member of my college. I suppose the latter is possible ... having never seen the word sodalis before, I have nothing to go on but the dictionary definition, so maybe a "member" of a college does mean a graduate.

Anybody who's in another college, are your diplomas different?

Also, any women who graduated from Yale this weekend, is your diploma different? If they did the genders right, it should say "primi honoris academici candidatam" instead of "... candidatum."




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[info]cutelittlebug
2006-05-24 01:19 pm UTC (link)
No, it says "candidatum." Lame.

Also, the Trumbull diploma just says:

TRUMBULL COLLEGE

Fortuna Favet Audaci

This is to certify that
LESLIE JANE LAWRENCE ROOT
is a member of the
Trumbull College Class of 2006
(dean's and master's signatures)
"We must consult Brother Jonathan"

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[info]lyster
2006-05-24 01:25 pm UTC (link)
Saybrook's says essentially the same thing up to the date, then has a coda about erudition and joy that I can't exactly remember because my diploma is currently in Tennessee. I'll provide an update once I get back south.

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(Anonymous)
2006-05-28 01:19 am UTC (link)
I don't remember SY's having a motto. I am also away from my diploma (me: Chicago, diploma: Coral Springs), and so can't confirm this. And thanks for posting the residential college one.

-Scott

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[info]draconella
2006-05-24 03:21 pm UTC (link)
See, I think it's an awesome motto.

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[info]yalemoonlight
2006-06-03 12:27 pm UTC (link)
Meant to write earlier but, alas, I have been beaten to the punch ::ouch:: No change for gender on either of my diplomas...how - unpretentious - of us...I'm a bit saddened by this fact...

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