Looking back at St Andrews from the end of the pier.
Every now and then I get an email from my alma mater the University of St Andrews. This week I got this one about the forthcoming General Council meeting:
During the last few years, the General Council (whose members include all graduates of the University) has met furth of St Andrews for its statutory winter meetings in order to encourage members who would find it difficult to come to St Andrews to interest themselves in the Council’s business. This year’s meeting will be held in … Dundee
So, to encourage members who would find it difficult to come to St Andrews they are meeting in Dundee.
Which is 12 miles from St Andrews! And 12 miles further north at that.
Ahh, St Andrews. I think every student has a photo from the end of the pier. The General Council meeting sounds less appealing though…
Well, it’s not really a university is it? More a small Technical College…
I’m sure as Hedge knows all too well, St Andrews is Scotland’s University, and Edinburgh a mere modern academic ankle-biter that can hardly claim half of Scotland’s University’s pedigree (although I did go to both of them myself!).
… and a academic institution based on secular principles too, unlike Scotland’s University which was founded by our Lord’s apostle, Saint Andrew, himself!
(I went to both too.)
By the way, this photo was taken last summer (2004). It was my first visit in years where the pier was open, having been closed for repairs for some time, I believe.
Reasons you are wrong…
1. The Sunday Times Good University Guide: Edinburgh 12th, St. Andrews 14th.
2. We have a proper medical school
3. You both had to come here to get a proper qualification
4. I study in Edinburgh
What other reasons could you possibly need?
The fact that you wrote an elipsis instead of a colon to prefix your list of reasons should be all the reason we need to prove that the University of St Andrews produces better graduates! 😉
I don’t study English. You can blame Dunfermline High School for the terrible grammar, spelling and punctuation.