{"id":221,"date":"2003-05-17T18:47:36","date_gmt":"2003-05-17T22:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/"},"modified":"2010-10-19T18:48:25","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T22:48:25","slug":"remarks-phi-beta-kappa-induction-2003","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/remarks-phi-beta-kappa-induction-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarks: Phi Beta Kappa Induction, 2003"},"content":{"rendered":"<span id=\"Remarks_to_Phi_Beta_Kappa_Inductees\"><h1>Remarks to Phi Beta Kappa Inductees<\/h1><\/span>\n<p>Every year, just before commencement, we take the time to celebrate                    the achievements of the students who have been elected to Phi                    Beta Kappa, the most distinguished of all of the academic honor                    societies. We do this because Phi Beta Kappa is the ultimate                    expression of the values that Trinity holds dear at the moment                    of commencement: high scholarly and academic achievement, devotion                    to excellence, unabashed exaltation of performance standards                    that make no excuses.<\/p>\n<p>We need these kinds of reminders of the ultimate values of                    higher learning in an age that often diminishes the importance                    of high academic attainment. Popular culture is notoriously                    anti-intellectual, and too many children grow up thinking that                    there&#8217;s something un cool about getting good grades. This is                    particularly true for girls, who sometimes repress their academic                    potential in a misguided effort to be more attractive, or, at                    least, to avoid embarrassing the boys whose attention they desire.                    When boys and girls grow up with such mythologies, the repression                    of women&#8217;s potential for academic excellence becomes so ingrained                    that women&#8217;s lifelong achievements and earning capacity are                    seriously impaired.<\/p>\n<p>Women&#8217;s colleges continue to exist because women still need                    these places that celebrate their achievements, that expect                    them to excel, that hold out the best role models of women who                    were absolutely delighted to get A&#8217;s and show them around, including                    to their male friends. Places like Trinity that educate women                    of high ambition who go off to run the Congress and take possession                    of governor&#8217;s mansions and win Pulitzer Prizes and preside over                    corporate empires and blaze pathways in urban and rural communities                    of great need.<\/p>\n<p>Trinity College has long expected women to excel. Today and                    this weekend, as we send forth the 100th class ever to take                    Trinity degrees into the world, we are particularly proud of                    you, our newest members of Phi Beta Kappa, because the lamp                    of learning that you replenish today with your achievements                    shines brightly for all of us.<\/p>\n<p>May your light never diminish, may your example always be as                    clear and as strong as it is this afternoon. May your academic                    achievement here at Trinity ensure your lifelong satisfaction                    and fulfillment in high intellectual pursuits. Thank you for                    setting an example that is thrilling for all to behold.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remarks to Phi Beta Kappa Inductees Every year, just before commencement, we take the time to celebrate the achievements of the students who have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the most distinguished of all of the academic honor societies. We do this because Phi Beta Kappa is the ultimate expression of the values that Trinity holds dear at the moment of commencement: high scholarly and academic achievement, devotion to excellence, unabashed exaltation of performance standards that make no excuses. 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