Yes, although we certainly don't condone that sort of behavior. No, of course we don't. You were fishing. Well, I'm writing a note to make sure I am in the office this May 1, just so I can be here to help condemn that sort of thing. But as I was saying, myths are a natural part of the collegiate landscape, as common as brick walks.
Few institutions lend themselves to myth-making like colleges and universities.
The combination of centuries' worth of history, a powerful nostalgia for the campus's good old days, and a core population that churns through itself every four years produces an oral history filled with mysterious tales of hazy origins. The Washington College Magazine has mustered all its investigative resources and set out to examine a few legends closer to home, stories that have been told, retold, then told again for decades, yet never scrutinized.