St Patrick's Day Tale
And a foine day it is, too!
No better day to relate the tale of a colleague some refer to as "Wally" but will be Dr John to us, and the Irish master of John XXIII college at ANU. Applying for a position as chemistry tutor at Queens College, a stuffy protestant institution at the University of Melbourne, Dr John approached the master of John XXIII and told him Queens was asking for a reference. The master, a benedictine priest OP, knew the opposition well. He asked Dr John what he wanted him to say, then after a moment's reflection simply advised "I will tell them you're sober and industrious - the protestants like that!".
And indeed they did - as Dr John, tutor at Queens for many years, can attest.
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