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Valerie: Dr. Dolezal���s comments weren���t all serious all the time. I particularly enjoyed the funny editorial comments he made. In this Iliad paper, I translated something from the French and thought I had better include that in a footnote. He circled my name as the translator and wrote: ���I know her!��� He had a great sense of humor ��� if you like it very dry ��� even back in my day. I see that I had a particular penchant for what I thought were extremely clever titles for my papers. For example, I wrote, ���Everyman is Alive and Living in the 20th C.��� Next to which he scrawled, ���Foxy!��� All those little comments let you know that nothing escaped his notice, so you needed to think carefully about everything you said. Lexi: And so, when you earned a comment like, ���Very impressive,��� or ���An excellent read,��� as I finally did on the last paper I wrote for him, it meant a lot. Of course, it didn���t hurt that the paper was on A Tale of Two Cities! Valerie: You found a key to his heart ��� unlike me. I was a bit horrified to discover that I had written my senior paper on the Sexual Revolution and made all kinds of assertions about the demise of morals and religion. In my defense, it was the late ���60s, but it must have been painful for Dr. Dolezal (and everyone else) to read. Nevertheless, he typed out three pages of thoughtful, balanced questions and comments. Opposite page: Dr. Dolezal never missed senior graduation; Latin���s Forum features Dr. D���s accomplishments. This page: Dr. D���s copy of Shaw���s St. Joan; a photo of young Richard. Lexi: Thus, our review has led us to this conclusion: Dr. D���s comments were a perfect reflection of the teacher and the man. They prodded us to think more critically, to question assertions, to cite sources, to clearly state the thesis! Valerie: And they reflected his sense of fairness, of fun, of delight in sharing this great adventure of learning. Dr. Dolezal, these two generations of Romans would like to express their deep gratitude to you. We will never forget you. Thank you. ���He showed us what it meant to be a scholar; he expected excellence, but was not disappointed with less as long as you did your best; he loved literature.��� ���Valerie Wiley, Class of 1969 LATI N SCHOOL OF CHI CA GO 31