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THE GINGHAM DRESS

A good story that is true, how Sanford University got started. Can't > >> judge > >> the book by its cover especially in people. Al > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> > >> > >> THE GINGHAM DRESS > >> > >> > >> A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a > >> homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and > >> walked timidly without an appointment into the Harvard University > >> President's outer office. > >> > >> The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, > >> country hicks had no business at Harvard &probably didn't even > >> deserve to be in Cambridge. > >> > >> "We'd like to see the president," the man said softly. > >> > >> "He will be busy all day," the secretary snapped. > >> > >> "We will wait," the lady replied. > >> > >> For hours the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple > >> would finally become discouraged and go away. They didn't, > >> and the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb > >> the president, even though it was a chore she always regretted. > >> > >> "Maybe if you see them for a few minutes, they'll leave," she > >> said to him! > >> > >> He sighed in exasperation and nodded. Someone of his > >> importance obviously didn't have the time to spend with > >> them, and he detested gingham dresses and homespun suits > >> cluttering up his outer office. > >> > >> The president, stern faced and with dignity, strutted toward > >> the couple. > >> > >> The lady told him, "We had a son who attended Harvard for one > >> year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, > >> he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to erect a > >> memorial to him, somewhere on campus." > >> > >> The president wasn't touched. He was shocked. > >> > >> "Madam," he said, gruffly, "we can't put up a statue for every > >> person who attended Harvard and died.. If we did, this place would > >> look like a cemetery." > >> > >> "Oh, no," the lady explained quickly. "We don't want to erect a > >> statue. We thought we would like to give a building to > Harvard." > >> > >> The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and > >> homespun suit, then exclaimed, "A building! Do you have any > >> earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a > half > >> million dollars in the physical buildings here at Harvard." > >> > >> For a moment the lady was silent. > >> > >> The president was pleased. Maybe he could get rid of them now. > >> > >> The lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it > >> cost to start a university? Why don't we just start our own? " > Her > >> husband nodded. The president's face wilted in confusion and > >> bewilderment. > >> > >> Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford got up and walked away, traveling > >> to Palo Alto, California where they established the university > >> that bears their name, Stanford University, a memorial to a son > that > >> Harvard no longer cared about. > >> > >> You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat > >> those who they think can do nothing for them. > >> > >> > >> A TRUE STORY By Malcolm Forbes > >> > >> > >> I hope to keep this in mind whenever I start to judge. > >>
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