RE: Fw: Fwd: Fw: A true story (FASLSE)

[Guest guest]

Sorry to pop anyone's bubble... IT'S FALSE. For the full explanation

visit:

http://www.snopes.com/glurge/stanford.asp

Though a good read just the same. When you get these in the mail, always

check www.snopes.com. The site debunks and confirms many of these.

Darv

From: Stillsdisease [mailto:Stillsdisease ]

On Behalf Of Jack Nicoll

Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:58 AM

To: stillsdisease

Subject: Fw: Fwd: Fw: A true story

subject: RE: A true story

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 theHarvard

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 to 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

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Hello,

This is very interesting.

Jill

Subject: RE: A true story

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 theHarvard

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 to 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

Share life as it happens with the new Windows Live. Start sharing!

Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it

now.

__________________________________________________________

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[Guest guest]

Sorry...I just saw that tonight too..

me..42

RE: A true story

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 theHarvard

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 to 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

Share life as it happens with the new Windows Live. Start sharing!

Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it

now.

__________________________________________________________

Be a better friend, newshound, and

know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ