"A Beautiful Mind": Resigning Your Pen?

In the movie, “A Beautiful Mind”, Dr. John Nash eventually wins the Nobel Prize. Shortly after this, there is a scene where his collegues walk over to congratulation him by turning in their pens to him. What is this? Is this a Princeton thing, or a Noebl Prize protocol?

Thanks,

  • Jinx

It’s a bizarre ritual made up entirely for the movie. No such pen ceremony exists at Princeton.

Yeah, thanks Friedo… My apologies to the SDopers! I didn’t recheck a previous post where this question was eventually addressed.

I should close the thread…if I could, I surely would, I surely would! - Jinx