Be nice to everyone...........

[Jumptrout51]

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 in to the Harvard University President's outer office.
>
> The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no
> business at Harvard and probably didn't even deserve to be in Cambridge
>
> 'We'd like to see the president,' the man said softly. 'He'll be busy all
> day,' the secretary snapped. 'We'll wait,' the lady replied.
>
> For hours t he secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally
> become discouraged and go a way. 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 to ward 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 touc hed. 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 costs 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

[Flint River Pirate]

Man, if that is true it is a really good story.

[Jumptrout51]

Actually not true.
But should be.

Be nice to everyone.

[Flint River Pirate]

Actually not true.
But should be.

Be nice to everyone.

Have a wonderful night JT!