[Editors] question of style
William T G Litant
wlitant at MIT.EDU
Thu Nov 18 15:55:50 EST 2004
I'm often not clear what century it is.
Bill
Quoting Debbie Levey <levey at MIT.EDU>:
> What's the convention for writing graduation dates when it's
> not clear what the century is? Throckmorton Jones '75 would be
> understood to be 1975, but how should his year be written if he were
> a very early grad from 1875? It looks awkward to use Throckmorton
> Jones (1875).
>
> Debbie
>
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