two of 4 Yuba PhD's
OMG- the only 2 instructors that I remember from my 2 years at Yuba, and this brings to mind another story from John. If I recall the story correctly, in the early days of Yuba College, there were only 4 PhD’s on campus- John, Ed, someone in chemistry, and one other. Only one of the 4 (aka ‘other’) regularly touted his title and the other 3 were apparently offended by his gift of pencils engraved with “Merry Christmas from Dr. So and So”. After grinding the pencils down to “Merry Christmas”, the 3 took to gleefully addressing each other as “Dr” in the hallways. Can’t you just picture Ed and John passing each other with a proverbial tip of the hat and a verbal exchange of “Doctor”, “Doctor”? They thoroughly enjoyed this routine until they noticed the nursing program students straining their necks to see who was at the center of such respectful adoration