Thinking about Thanksgiving already!

fallenchemist
Sat, 04 May 2013 19:00:56 +0000

No class on Wednesdays as usual for the Thanksgiving holidays.

Ah, but back in the day there did used to be classes on that Wednesday. As Tulane continued to get more geographically diverse (not that it wasn’t pretty much so back then) I guess they got a lot of pressure about how tough it was to get home for T-day, which it was. Had some pretty great Thanksgivings at Tulane though. Once there was a bunch of us that were fairly tight, I think about 12, that were “stuck” there so we did our own dinner in the grand ballroom in JL. There is a full kitchen in the basement, and really turned out to be quite fabulous. Turkey, stuffing, oysters, salad, rolls, potatoes, couple of veggies, and about 4 pies. And wine. Drinking age was 18 then.

That is probably my favorite story on that topic, but a close second was my freshman year in my Honors Chemistry class. There were only 11 of us, so the profs knew us well. The one teaching that 5 week segment of the course (that is how they team-taught it back then) was a John Houseman (Paper Chase) type without the physical stature. One of my classmates raised his hand and asked the prof if we were really going to have a quiz(!) on Wednesday, and he replied “Why yes, Mr. Henley. I hope that isn’t going to interfere with your ski vacation in the Alps.”