espiritumcmaster
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Not sure where to post this, but here goes:
On first day of arrival at St. Hill in late 60's, I was made to wait for 20 minutes or so in the tiny Registrars office adjoining the stables. Amongst the brochures displayed on an end table was one with a B&W picture of Mary Sue Hubbard, stretched out on a coffin-like palette, arms folded across the bodice of her diaphanous gown, hair tightly curled about her face, with eyes firmly closed. The copy informed that "The Founder, a highly respected photographer, had personally taken this artful picture of his beloved wife." (I'm paraphrasing, but it was very much in that tenor.)
Once seated opposite the Registrar, I said how shocked I was to learn of Mrs. Hubbard's passing and asked when she'd left this mortal coil. The Registrar, to her credit, lost her TRs in a fit of giggles, explained that the Founder's wife was very much still with us and urged me not mention my assessment of the brochure again! Thoroughly humiliated and intimidated, I never did.
To my lasting regret, I don't recall pocketing one as a souvenir.
Lo, these many years later, I find it unlikely that I was the only newbie who thought the photograph bizarre, even macabre.
Anyone at EXSMB know what I'm talking about?
Better yet, anyone have a copy of "The Founder's loving photographic tribute to his beloved wife, Mary Sue?" It's got to be a real collector's item.
On first day of arrival at St. Hill in late 60's, I was made to wait for 20 minutes or so in the tiny Registrars office adjoining the stables. Amongst the brochures displayed on an end table was one with a B&W picture of Mary Sue Hubbard, stretched out on a coffin-like palette, arms folded across the bodice of her diaphanous gown, hair tightly curled about her face, with eyes firmly closed. The copy informed that "The Founder, a highly respected photographer, had personally taken this artful picture of his beloved wife." (I'm paraphrasing, but it was very much in that tenor.)
Once seated opposite the Registrar, I said how shocked I was to learn of Mrs. Hubbard's passing and asked when she'd left this mortal coil. The Registrar, to her credit, lost her TRs in a fit of giggles, explained that the Founder's wife was very much still with us and urged me not mention my assessment of the brochure again! Thoroughly humiliated and intimidated, I never did.
To my lasting regret, I don't recall pocketing one as a souvenir.
Lo, these many years later, I find it unlikely that I was the only newbie who thought the photograph bizarre, even macabre.
Anyone at EXSMB know what I'm talking about?
Better yet, anyone have a copy of "The Founder's loving photographic tribute to his beloved wife, Mary Sue?" It's got to be a real collector's item.
