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as of some seven years ago, the song was still being sung at Smith. meg cormack > I vividly recall singing "Gaudemus igitur" at my alma mater, Smith > College, in Northampton, Massachusetts USA. If I remember correctly > (we're talking about the 1970s) the occasion was usually the college-wide > Convocation at the beginning of each school year. It was all suitably > pseudo-medieval: the faculty processed in full regalia, led by the > "mace-bearer." > Deborah L. Goodwin "Don't talk to > me of the Duke of Monmouth. > Department of Theology Show me the exact > spot where Louisa > University of Notre Dame Musgrove fell!" > Tennyson. Margaret Cormack [log in to unmask] Dept. of Philosophy and Religion fax: 843-953-6388 College of Charleston tel: 843-953-8033 Charleston, SC 29424-0001 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%