Graduation–Wow!
It is said the day of Harvard graduation always rains. Were it true, the past day was a pretty friendly day. Though it was raining all day, at least it neither soaked us nor disturbed us in listening to President Summers’ solemn claim of our graduation. Rather, it did some good for the marching process. Because the rain limited the range that lawyers would usually be, it made small clusters among the slowly marching crowd. Personally I think it is a better environment for having a good talk than the class day party two days ago. After the lentitude and enjoyable marching, we finally reached the Tercentenary Theatre, which was actually an open area (what an odd name!). For the first time I saw so many Harvard students together. Robust, noisy and ambitious. A symbol of such features were the KSG students’ holding a small globe (It is a Harvard tradition for the schools to hold something in the air at the time their degrees are conferred). It was so vivid for the perspective, prospect and pride of Harvard students. I was holding a toy gavel. A little bit tedious. 
Our first speaker presented a lecture in Latin, which I had no clue to understand through listening. With the help of a wet booklet, I got a rough idea of its content. It traced the tradition of Harvard to Rome, which I think is ridiculous. Rome did not create much academic prestige in the Western tradition. In no aspect of academic achievements could it be compared with the Greek golden time. Plus it showed no respect to the knowledge or academia. Archimedes was killed by Roman soldiers. There is no reason for an academic institute to lift up such a name. Another funny thing was the president’s word “you still haven’t done yet”. When the dean of Education School asked for conferring, the students began to shout with enthusiasm, before the words of the president. So he said “you still haven’t done yet”. Intimidating, isn’t it? What if the next words were “by virtue of the authority delegated to me, because of your improper manner in commencement, you are required to stay for one more year”? 
After everything finished in the Tercentenary Theatre, we left for the Holmes Field for the Law School ceremony. Betsy Baker, our International Legal Study director, impressed everyone by her clear and exact pronunciation of all the names of LL.M.s. Bill Alford joined Dean Kagen to confer my certificate. We’ve all done!
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