Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 21, 1999
April 20, 1999
April 22, 1999
Transcript:
Zipper: I'd now like to draw your attention to this statue of our founder Thaddeus Eli Walden! Walden was a Harvard drop-out who vowed to found a college where academic mediocrity would be valued and cherished...in Walden College, his dream was realized, and to this day, Eli Walden is known as the patron saint of the gentleman's "C"! Jeffrey: Now that's an educator, Man! Zonker: Yup! And this was before grade inflation!
We’re going full bore with the Walden as inferior Harvard clone at this point. I wish he’d felt confident enough to use the actual Harvard. But I can see why he didn’t.