Show proud son sees widowed mother in cap and gown ITHACA N Y ewhen when the library tower chimes at cornell university peeled forth their congratulations to midyear mid year graduates jonathan hartwell harwood III aged 4 near burst with pride among the young women in aca demlo robes was his mother virginia oake harwood few fellows have th the e privilege of seeing their mothers graduate from college jonny know it but he was the ahe chief reason why his mother finished her course in the college of home economics jennys father fought in the invasion of normandy june 6 1944 and he never came back jennys dad graduated from cornell too in 1942 and his mother whose parents live in lockport N y left school in her sophomore year to marry him they have much time together lust just a couple of summers itu while dad was training at fort bragg then he was sent to england to train as a ranger and was made a captain then came D day people thought I 1 was crazy when I 1 decided to take my two and one half year old son to ithaca with me ma in inthe the fall fail of 1945 and continue college mrs harwood admits maybe I 1 was a little crazy but I 1 had to have something to do something to occupy my time and my mind I 1 could be a better mother to jonny I 1 felt if I 1 graduated from college and was prepared to earn my living the pension and insurance money made it possible for them to rent a small ithaca apartment and live in modest comfort and jonny j went to cornell too jonny attended the colleges nursery school he also will be graduated this year from nursery school to ten |