Memory
Honoring George Washington
Because Henry traveled on a number of occasions during the school year, it was necessary to make up some missed class work in his statistical mechanics course. Several two-hour sessions were scheduled, and one of them was to be on Washington’s Birthday, which was a university holiday. Perhaps to justify this action, he said that we could better honor George Washington by being at school studying and working than to take the day off. As a result, we honored George Washington that year as we devoted ourselves to higher things.