No more stuffing phone booths or goldfish swallowing contests or taking the dean’s car apart and reassembling it in his living room. In the words of the poet: All good things must come to an end.

This morning on “Sweetness and Light,” for graduation season, it’s a hazy recollection of the world of higher education, as we salute another successful batch of cogs about to enter the work force.

Join me for a program of processionals and scenes from campus life – including a shocking number of works based on student drinking songs. Composers represented will include Jean Sibelius, Johannes Brahms, Franz Liszt, Johann Strauss II, Sigmund Romberg, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and of course Sir Edward “Pomp and Circumstance” Elgar.

Hide the empties from the folks and join me in cap and gown. We’ll be churning out responsible citizens as they reel to the platform to claim their parchment on the next “Sweetness and Light,” this Saturday morning at 11:00 EDT/8:00 PST, exclusively on KWAX, the radio station of the University of Oregon!

Stream it, wherever you are, at the link:

https://kwax.uoregon.edu/

Please leave this field empty

DON’T MISS A BEAT

Every Sunday, you’ll receive just one email digest of the past week’s posts! Thanks for reading and listening.

Next, please check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.