Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 23, 2023

Eli had the best of both worlds, a Harvard education and a Walden degree.

Wasn’t he Secretary of Education under Reagan & Trump?

Elihu Yale is the eponym of Yale University, Garry Trudeau’s alma mater.

Hey, I like the concept. "A “C” is good enough for me" is the mantra of the lowest bidder mentality. Welcome to my world today.

Get a Bachelors in ‘’Good Enough’’.

dropout or flunk out

I graduated with honors from college but throughout my early career only having the degree mattered, I could have gotten C’s and D’s and it wouldn’t have mattered (except to me). I did get my masters degree later and that mattered more.

I was at a graduation ceremony where George W. Bush gave a speech in which he said, “To all of the A students: congratulations! To all of the C students: you, too, can become President of the United States!” He’d make ol’ Eli Walden proud.

Speaking of campus statues, this was my favorite inscription on one: “Knowledge is good.” —Emil Faber, founder of the fictional Faber College, from the film Animal House

C used to mean meets expectations.

The concept behind “gentleman’s C” was that “Gentleman” aka frats don’t study and that professors would give them a C as a courtesy.

Tailor-made for Jeff, the slacker’s slacker, in the fine tradition of Zonker Harris, who eventually found his niche with his weed business, conflicting the heck out of slackers everywhere: should they shun him for finally working to make a living, or should they embrace his product? (Assuming they can find the motivation to get up off the couch).

I’ve been reading this strip since BD’s first tour. I never knew about Thad. Thank you DB Archives!

The “gentleman’s C” is now the “athletics’ A”.