Commencement 2007

The commencement ceremony began at 4:30pm in the Chapel of Lincoln College. Because there were only 17 seniors, they entered individually. The key speakers were Jeff Brown, Emma Smith, Helen Wintle and Peter McCullough. There was a cocktail at the Rector’s quad before we were asked to proceed to high table.

Bridget (on the left) is a graduating senior who lives in the Bahamas. I have spent two summer with her... Alaska and Oxford.

Commencement dinner was even more elegant than previous high tables.

The menu consisted of:

Fried brie salad,

Potato and beet soup,

Chicken with mushroom sauce,

Carrots, snap peas and potatoes

Chocolate mousse.

The first two courses were served with white wine and the last two with red. We also had a sweet sherry for an after dinner drink.

After dinner all the graduates, their families and friends congregated in Deep Hall, where we drank, talked and even played a bit of darts. Then people dispersed in small groups and hit a couple of nightspots around Oxford. I hung out with Chelsey, Maura, Pete and Mike and stopped by the kebab cart before going to bed and shared a “Special Burger”.

Here I am with Maura, in Deep Hall) before we headed out for the night!