[Editors] question of style

[William T G Litant]

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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