He of the Lion - May 24th, 2006
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[Link] | 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."
Tags: snobby latin, yale
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