Another entry in the Bad Name Sweeptstakes

So what if the authorities in Wyoming announced the first new university in 20 years, which would incorporate some of the junior colleges of the state, and they said it would be called The Combined Universities of Wyoming.

Or (same story in Brisbane) . . . The Combined Universities of Queensland.

Just trying it out on more familiar (to me) places. Now then, according to an article in this week's Chronicle of Higher Education, authorities in Britain have announced the first new university in 20 years, which will offer on-campus and distance learning. It will be in the county of Cornwell, and will be called . . . (ta da) . . . The Combined Universities of Cornwall.
http://chronicle.com/free/2001/05/2001050901u.htm

 

Doesn't the Poet Laureate dash off a ditty for important government-related events? If Mr. Hughes can't make it down to Cornwall, I offer the following:

Knowledge, love and truth entwined
Nourish the intrepid mind.
For thy verdant fields we've pined.
Hail to thee, our fair Combined.

 

And if our correspondent in the Middle East decides to take a step up from his Century doctorate, I can envision the dialogue at the University Club in London:

"I'd like you to meet Fotheringill from Oxford. And that's Bufforpington from Cambridge. And there's Hynd from Combined."

I'll stop now.