The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-02

Today in Europe everyone is ex.
cited about Coronation Day. In
America, almost everyone is ex.
cited about graduation with thou.
sands upon thousands OF young
hopefliIs getting diplomas. In yes.
teryears, only colleges and univer.
sity graduates wore the tradition
al cap and gown although
high schools did 7 hand out diplo.
mas. Now, even kindergarten gra.
duates are given miniature ones.
As for the diplomas, the styles
have changed from the sheepskins
Of ancient days. Parchment gave
way to oiled paper, still in. scroll.
Now the graduates get little ones
in booklet form at many schools.
Presumably the reduction ! in size
is not only for the convenience of
job seekers who can whip out
diplomas ranging from .crayon
drawing days in the pre-primary
age, through getting a Phi. D. at
Podunkus, the miniature certificat-
es instead of the bulky diplomas
are handler in these times Of less
spacious living quarters.
And think what a collection Of
diplomas Herbert Hoover, EXPIRE
Sident. must have,
All those honorary degrees given
yearly by various universities! I
still can't remember which side
the tassle on the cap of graduation
regalia Is supposed to be. The day
] received my second degree, I
recall being told to Flip the cap
ornament from the A. B. to the
M. A. side, which no doubt put it
back in the high school gradua-
ton positionl / also remember the
afternoon session as being very
long and In the heat, a lot of the
proud parents dozed and didn't see
the fledglings get new wings at
all. In fact. the boy next to me,
Roland LeClerq, a graduate stu.
dent from Lille, France who had
been celebrating with some Of his
French colleagues with imported
wine, went sound asleep and when
II came time to file up for the
honors, We had . time arousing
hint
PICTURES In color Of the I'm
perial State Crown to be worn to-
day by England's lovely young
Queen are fascinating. According
to Time magazine, the jewel-en.
crusted crown contains Loss gems.
There's a huge ruby In the front.
1t Is called the Black Princes
Ruby and was worn at Agincourt
by Henry v. Noted the Royal
Coachman's name as being Fred.
erick Burgess and wondered IL he
could be kin to Frank Burgess
who was over here for some time
with the British Navy? Wonder too
II II is still the custom to smash
the glasses after drinking 4 toast
to the Queen7 May find out from
the Durells tonight. As under
stand it, the custom was adopted
so that no other name but Her
could follow in another
toast from the same glass. Rud-
yard Kipling has such . scene in
one Of his captivating stories Of the
days when Victoria reigned. i
and that brings up the headline In
= Sunday paper which read as
weather prediction for London, to-
day, a play On words which went:
'Cruwdy and Reign"
FRED WARNINGS hard once
had an asrocioua novelty tune
which featured = foghorn voice
choking cut "You scream, III
scream, we al scream for ice
cream. 0eehskegee ran rah, etc. "
Wei. il seems that in q story /
about the Gray Ladies entertain /
ing at TIE Old Folks bone reeens-
y. the item read that the Officers
Wives Club donased the cake ard
The Business and PrpgessiOnal We
mans club gave the ice cream.
Today fcand cut that there was
al error. The order is IL reverse.
The B. p. W. gave she cake. The |
0. W, c. debated TIE Ice cream.
aonJ knew whether the cake /
was Sponge, angelfooa er pound ]
cake. ard the ice cream may
asve been vanilla. ehocclafe CT