Following up on my post on over 100 law school commencement speakers: Chronicle of Higher Education, An Unwelcome Guest at Graduation:
[A]t the Stetson University College of Law [graduation ceremony], …students were on the stage, presenting the class gift, when a ripple of activity passed through the faculty section. A snake was slithering through their midst, between, under, and — in some cases — over their feet. No one screamed, … but a few professors were frightened.
Eventually it stopped at the foot of the stairs leading to the platform, and [Vice Dean Royal C. Gardner] and two other environmental-law professors stepped forward to investigate. After examining its colors, they concluded it was a non-venomous black racer. Mr. Gardner tossed his mortarboard over its head, seized it by the tail, and freed it in some nearby bushes. The ceremony proceeded with minimal disruption.
"A number of people thanked me for saving the faculty from the snake," he says. "I was actually trying to save the snake from the faculty."
(Hat Tip: Dorothy Brown.)
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