Back when I attended Harvard University, one of the odder graduation requirements I faced was a mandatory swim test. We were told the demand was a legacy of Eleanor Widener, who had donated the school’s main library in honour of her son, class of 1907, who drowned on the Titanic.
回想我進入哈佛大學(Harvard University)的時候,我碰到的比較古怪的畢業條件之一是參加一項強制性的游泳測試。我們被告知,這個要求是埃莉諾•懷德納(Eleanor Widener)的一項遺願。她捐資興建了哈佛的主圖書館以紀念她的兒子,她的兒子1907年畢業於哈佛,在泰坦尼克號上溺水身亡。
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