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"Old Yale" articles from the Yale Alumni Magazine Year: 1970 Month: May Title: Comment Author: Bergin Abstract: Thoughts on spring and associated Yale traditions. Year: 1970 Month: June Title: Comment Author: Bergin Abstract: Commends retiring University offcials, including Charlie O'Hearn, athletics administrator, and Nelson Brooks, modern languages professor. Includes a poem by George Vaill, "Ode to an Avuncular Fixture," written in honor of Sidney Lovett. Year: 1970 Month: July Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A report of the retirement of Ben Holden as Secretary of the University. Includes an account of the new Secretary, Sam Chauncey. Page: 39 Year: 1970 Month: October Title: Time and Change"But What About the Football Team?" Author: Bergin Abstract: A report on the prospects of Yale Football for the 1970 season. Page: 48 Year: 1970 Month: November Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A memorial of Loomis Havemeyer, class of 1910S, a "pillar of the Sheffield Scientific School." Page: 42 Year: 1970 Month: December Title: Football, 1970"Sputtering Attacks, Bursts of Brilliance" Author: Bergin Abstract: A summary of the 1970 football season. Details victories over UConn and Princeton and laments the loss of The Game to Harvard. Page: 37 Year: 1971 Month: January Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A discussion of the number of Yale graduates in political life, and of the shift of University support from the Republican to the Democratic party. Page: 40 Year: 1971 Month: February Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: An account of recent construction on Cross Campus and in Sterling Library. Includes praise of the Linonia and Brothers in Unity Library. Page: 48 Year: 1971 Month: April Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: Memorials of Harry Hubbell, Professor of Classics, and David Potter, champion of American Studies and editor of the Yale Review. Page: 39 Year: 1971 Month: December Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: An account of a Yale-Dartmouth football match held in Hanover in 1971. Page: 32 Year: 1971 Month: March Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A memorial of Clare Mendell, Professor of Classics, Master of Branford College, and Dean of the University. Page: 40 Year: 1971 Month: May Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A report on Yale sportsmanship in swimming and football. Page: 39 Year: 1971 Month: June Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A brief reflection on the changes to the college system over the years, with memorials of James Grafton Rogers, first master of Timothy Dwight college, and Bill Cornyn, class of 1942. Page: 40 Year: 1971 Month: October Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: An account of Yale graduates who went on to be President of other universities. Also includes the prospects for the 1971 football season. Page: 40 Year: 1972 Month: January Title: The '71 Football SeasonWhat Went Wrong? Author: Bergin Abstract: An account of the 1971 Yale footbal season. Page: 39 Year: 1972 Month: February Title: Time and ChangeThe Battle of the Nile Author: Bergin Abstract: A report on the crew team's competition in Egypt. Page: 40 Year: 1972 Month: March Title: Time and ChangeOf Elms and Other Trees Author: Bergin Abstract: A short history of Hillhouse Avenue and the trees of Yale. Page: 37 Year: 1972 Month: April Title: Time and ChangeThe Modernized Bulldog Author: Bergin Abstract: A report on a recent poll of the class of 1975 as to race, religion, and political leanings. Page: 40 Year: 1972 Month: June Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A memorial of Thomas C. Chubb, author and class of 1922, with a meditation on the literary tradition and Yale. Page: 40 Year: 1972 Month: August Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: Praise of the institution of class reunions. Page: 32 Year: 1972 Month: October Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: An account of the French Department of the 1920's, with a memorial of Henry Richardson, longtime French professor. Page: 40 Year: 1972 Month: November Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A memorial of Ed Furniss, longtime Provost of Yale. Page: 53 Year: 1972 Month: December Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A memorial of Don Wing, class of 1926, librarian and cataloguer of Yale's 17th century collections. Page: 40 Year: 1973 Month: January Title: Well Done, Centennials! Author: Bergin Abstract: An account of the 1972 Yale football season. Page: 38 Year: 1973 Month: February Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: Reflections on the construction of the Yale Center for British Art. Page: 40 Year: 1973 Month: March Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A report on the banquet celebrating the centennial of the football team. Page: 32 Year: 1973 Month: April Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A report on a proposed summer term for Yale College. Page: 40 Year: 1973 Month: May Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: The author reports from Rome and compares the Italian university system to that of Yale. Page: 32 Year: 1973 Month: June Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: The author reports from London and meditates on cultural and athletic differences between Europe and the United States. Page: 45 Year: 1973 Month: August Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A report on the retirement of George Pierson, Yale historian. Page: 16 Year: 1973 Month: October Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: An account of undergraduate life in 1923, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the undefeated football season. Page: 40 Year: 1973 Month: November Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: An account of the Spanish Department of the 1920's. Page: 52 Year: 1973 Month: December Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: An update on the 1973 football season. Page: 40 Year: 1974 Month: January Title: The Football SeasonAll's Well That Ends Well. Author: Bergin Abstract: A history of the 1973 football season, includin a victory over Harvard in The Game. Page: 36 Year: 1974 Month: February Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: Reviews publications on Yale history, including Richard Warch's "School of the ProphetsYale College 1701-1740," John Whitehead's "The Seperation of Church and State," and Brook's Kelly's "Yalea History." Page: 32 Year: 1974 Month: February Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A meditation on the number of Yale graduates who have earned fame as entertainers, not bankers, including Rudy Valle, Ben Cutler, Lany Ross and Sleepy Hall. Page: 48 Year: 1974 Month: March Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A meditation on Yale in the 1950's. Page: 32 Year: 1974 Month: April Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: Thoughts on Yale in the 1950's. Page: 32 Year: 1974 Month: May Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A comment on the new academic schedule and its effect on Commencement and baseball. Page: 32 Year: 1974 Month: June Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A report on recent retirees from the university, including Richard Carroll. Page: 40 Year: 1974 Month: October Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A discussion of the election of Gerald Ford to the White House, and of the victorious 1934 football season. Page: 40 Year: 1974 Month: November Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A report on the contents of the Blue Book ("Course of Study Bulletin") for the 1974-1975 academic year. Page: 40 Year: 1974 Month: December Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A report on the incoming class of 1978. Page: 40 Year: 1975 Month: February Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: Compares the 1920's and the 1970's, with reference to athletics and the triumphs of the Yale hockey season of 1924-1925. Page: 32 Year: 1975 Month: March Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A short history of the changes to Old Campus, including the replacement of Osborn Hall with Bingham Hall, the destruction of Dwight Hall, and the creation of McClellan Hall. Page: 40 Year: 1975 Month: April Title: Yale Medals Awarded to Five Author: Abstract: Citations of the five alumni recipients of Yale medals in 1975Donald A. Schmechel, Maurice F. Hanson, Leighton Homer Surbeck, George W. Pierson, and Thomas G. Bergin. Page: 36 Year: 1975 Month: April Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A reflection on the changes to the landscape between Cross Campus and Elm Street over a fifty year period, including the creation of Berkley, Trumbull, and Calhoun colleges in place of the Freshman Oval and the Lampson Recitation Hall. Page: 40 Year: 1975 Month: May Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: An account of the "Colloquium in Honor of Jose Juan Arrom," longtime professor of Spanish. Page: 40 Year: 1975 Month: June Title: Who is the Taft Named For? Author: Johnson and Bergin Abstract: A debate in the letters section over the probable namesake of the former Taft Hotel on the corner of Chapel and High Streets-- President Taft or his brother, Horace? Year: 1975 Month: June Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A history of the changes to the Yale landscape brought on by the college system, including the demolition of the Old Gym and locales such as Longley's Lunch, Whitlock's Books, and the Collegiate Pool Parlor. Page: 40 Year: 1975 Month: October Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A discussion of the impact of World War II on the life of Yale, with reference to Polly Buck's memoir, "We Minded the Store" and the high number of Yalies at the Naval Air Combat Intelligence School under Clare Mendell and at the school of Military Govern Page: 40 Year: 1975 Month: November Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A brief overview of The Game in anticipation of its 100th aniversary, with a summary of the prospects of the 1975 football team. Page: 40 Year: 1976 Month: January Title: Fall Reunions Author: Beck and Sleeper Abstract: A report on the reunions of the classes of 1915, 1935, 1936, 1945, 1945W, 1956 and 1965 held during the fall of 1975. Page: 49 Year: 1976 Month: February Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A memorial of the author Thorton Wilder, class of 1920. Page: 40 Year: 1976 Month: March Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A discussion of Freshman English in the 1920's. Page: 32 Year: 1976 Month: May Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: Comments on Bill Buckley's novel, "Saving the Queen," with a meditation on Yale before the end of World War II. Page: 40 Year: 1976 Month: June Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A report on the retirement of George Dudley Vaill, Associate Secretary of the University. Page: 32 Year: 1977 Month: April Title: Time and Change"The Loss of Something Good" Author: Bergin Abstract: A lament over the new academic calendar that places graduation in early May, on the grounds that "it is perverse to provide coeducation and then withhold spring." Page: 39 Year: 1977 Month: June Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A reflection on the class of 1917, including its lifestyle, the impact of the first World War, and its planned donation to the class of 2017. Page: 32 Year: 1977 Month: October Title: Class NotesTime and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A summary of hopes and fears for the 1977 football season, including a left-handed quarterback and a match against Miami of Ohio. Year: 1977 Month: December Title: Class NotesTime and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A commentary on the search for a new President of the University and the difficulty of locating a candidate who meets all symbolic and logistical requirements. . Year: 1978 Month: February Title: Class NotesTime and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A review of William Sloane Coffin, Jr.'s memoir, "Once to Every Man," and of the second edition of William Buckley's "God and Man at Yale," an indictment of the secularization of the university. Year: 1978 Month: April Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: Heralds the appointment of Bart Giamatti as President of the University. Includes a celebratory poem by Homer N. Bigstag. Year: 1978 Month: October Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: spoon Year: 1979 Month: February Title: Yale's Uncle Sid Author: Bergin Abstract: A tribute to Sidney Lovett, longtime chaplain of the university. Details his experiences as Yale undergraduate of the class of 1913, a conscientious objector during World War I, a pastor in Boston, chaplain of Yale, and master of Pierson college. Page: 24 Year: 1979 Month: April Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A report on a variety of Yale-related events, including recent hockey and basketball victories, the announcement of the Yale-Greater New Haven Scholarships program, and the auctioning of the furnishings of the former Hotel Taft. Year: 1979 Month: October Title: Time and ChangeCoeducation's Hour Had Come Author: Bergin Abstract: An short history of coeducation and its impact on the daily life of the university. The conclusioncoeducation is "a Good Thing." Page: 28 Year: 1979 Month: December Title: Triumph and DiasasterThe Bulldog Tasted Both Author: Bergin Abstract: An account of the 1979 football season, which included "the greatest anticlimax of the whole Blue-Crimson rivalry" at the Game. Page: 30 Year: 1980 Month: February Title: Time and ChangeA Publication to be Cherished Author: Bergin Abstract: A review Richard Carroll's "The Buildings and Grounds of Yale University," with a reflection on former Yale landmarks such as Pierson-Sage Square and the old Yale Field. Page: 40 Year: 1980 Month: April Title: Time and ChangeThe College Plan Turns Fifty Author: Bergin Abstract: A short history of the origins and workings of the college plan on the fiftieth anniversary of the Harkness endowment to fund the building of the first colleges. Page: 20 Year: 1980 Month: June Title: Time and ChangeA Memoir of a Pedagogue Author: Bergin Abstract: A call for personal memoirs of Yale professors at the turn of the century, with mention of Bergin's upcoming publication of a memoir of Henry Romseman Lang, the first Benjamin F. Barge Professor of Romance Languages, entitled, "Lang at YaleFact and Fabl Page: 36 Year: 1980 Month: October Title: Time and ChangeEli's Tribe in Politics Author: Bergin Abstract: An account of Yale's participation in the nation's politics, from President Dagget's defense of New Haven against the British to those holding public office in 1980. Includes anecdotes about Presidential visits to the university. Page: 32 Year: 1980 Month: December Title: Waiter Would Be PleasedThe Elis Top the Ivy League Author: Bergin Abstract: Highlights of the 1980 football season. Page: 32 Year: 1981 Month: February Title: Time and ChangeSome Good Words for Doggerel Author: Bergin Abstract: A reflection on the popularity of light verse and French forms in the 1920's and 30's, with a hope for the reappearance of "bulldoggerel." Page: 36 Year: 1981 Month: April Title: Time and ChangeA Revisionist Considers April Author: Bergin Abstract: A meditation on the rising cost of tuition in relation to the average salary. Page: 25 Year: 1981 Month: June Title: Time and ChangeThe Hooiser Viewpoint Author: Bergin Abstract: An account of the author's move to Indiana University, comparing the faculty size, student life, and town-gown relations of New Haven and Terrahaute. Page: 24 Year: 1981 Month: October Title: Time and ChangeAve atque vale Author: Bergin Abstract: A retrospective of the political and academic events of 1980, including the retirement of Sam Chauncey as Secretary of the university and Harry Jacunski as baseball coach. Page: 56 Year: 1981 Month: November Title: Time and ChangeThoughts on Fellow Pilgrims Author: Bergin Abstract: A memorial for two alums, Gerry Swords, class of 1938, and Edward Silk, class of 1924. Page: 40 Year: 1981 Month: December Title: All's Well That Ends WellThe 1981 Season Was a Thriller Author: Abstract: Highlights of the 1981 football season, "The Season of the Great Rebound." Page: 26 Year: 1982 Month: March Title: Time and ChangeHow Boswell Came to Yale Author: Bergin Abstract: A review of "Pride and Negligence," Frederick Pottle's account of how the James Boswell papers came into the Yale collection. Page: 17 Year: 1982 Month: April Title: Time and ChangeA Venerable Brawl Author: Bergin Abstract: A short history of "The Game," the traditional football match between Yale and Harvard first played in 1875. Page: 34 Year: 1982 Month: June Title: Time and ChangeStar Wars Author: Bergin Abstract: A commentary on Yale's rating in the 1982 "New York Times Selected Guide to Colleges," with meditations on Yale's merits and on the similarity of choosing a college to choosing a spouse. Page: 60 Year: 1982 Month: October Title: Time and ChangeMerrily Down the Stream Author: Bergin Abstract: A reflection on the nature of crew as a spectator sport and a college activity. Page: 54 Year: 1982 Month: November Title: Time and ChangeSome Landmarks of the Old Elm City Author: Bergin Abstract: Thoughts on the passing of New Haven landmarks such as Wilson's restaurant, Whitlock's bookstore, and the Lincoln Theatre. Page: 40 Year: 1982 Month: December Title: The Season That Had to HappenThe Interrupted Years of Triumph Author: Bergin Abstract: Highlights of the (less than sucessful) 1982 football season. Page: 34 Year: 1983 Month: April Title: Time and ChangeDe senectute Author: Bergin Abstract: Reminiscences of Yale classics professors, including Harry Hubbell, G. L. Hendrickson, Frank Coker, Tute Farr and Lane Cooper. Page: 80 Year: 1983 Month: December Title: SportsHonorable But Not Victorious Author: Bergin Abstract: Highlights of the 1983 football season. Page: 30 Year: 1983 Month: February Title: Time and ChangeThe Noted Sons of Lit and Owl Author: Bergin Abstract: Reviews of two memoirs by Yale graduates"A Life with the Printed Word" by John R. Chamberlain and "Osborn on Osborn" by Robert Osborn. Page: 80 Year: 1983 Month: June Title: Time and ChangeJournalism's Informal School Author: Bergin Abstract: A review of The New Journal, an undergraduate publication at Yale. Page: 96 Year: 1983 Month: November Title: Time and ChangeHistory in Lines and Circles Author: Bergin Abstract: A reflection on the changes to Yale college between the graduations of the classes of 1887 and 1987. Page: 72 Year: 1983 Month: October Title: Not Just a Game But THE GAMEYale and Harvard Play for the 100th Time Author: Bergin Abstract: A history of the famous football rivalry between Harvard and Yale, from its origins as a rugby-style match in New Haven in 1875 to the anticipated 100th meeting. Celebrates a tradition that "has outlasted cuspidors, corsets and any number of European mon Page: 34 Year: 1984 Month: April Title: Time and ChangeSome Bright Spots in the Cruellest Month (not April) Author: Bergin Abstract: A history of the Schubert Theater on the occasion of the theater's reopening after renovations. Page: 96 Year: 1984 Month: December Title: SportsFrom the Depths to the Heights of Glory Author: Bergin Abstract: Highlights of the 1984 football season. Page: 38 Year: 1984 Month: February Title: Time and ChangeNotes on a Weekend Worth $5 Million Author: Bergin Abstract: Festivities surrounding the 1983 Yale-Harvard football match included a roster of former team captains and coaches. Despite high ticket prices and a loss to Harvard, The Game is declared a success. Game-related expenditures provided New Haven with over Page: 46 Year: 1984 Month: June Title: Time and ChangeThe cult of numbers; and farewell to a fine, ambitious man Author: Bergin Abstract: A review of George Pierson's book of Yale statistics, "A Yale Book of Numbers." Also includes a memorial of Homer Babbidge, class of 1946, Ph.D 1953, architect of the National Defense Education Act. Page: 96 Year: 1984 Month: November Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A short history of graduate study at Yale, with reminiscences of the Graduate School as it was between 1925 and 1929. Graduate students then were a small part of the student body, unfunded by scholarships and unseen by undergraduates. Page: 72 Year: 1984 Month: October Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A review of journalist John Field's "Rendezvous with Destiny," a history of the members of the class of 1937. Page: 58 Year: 1985 Month: April Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: Asks the question, why have tuition costs risen far beyond the rate of inflation? Notes both the high cost of "the Yale Experience" and the increase in alumni giving. Page: 88 Year: 1985 Month: December Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: Highlights of the 1985 football season. Yale was defeated by the highest margin ever in its away game against the Army Team. The anticipated match against UConn was cancelled due to hurricane Gloria. Page: 45 Year: 1985 Month: February Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A review of two publications on the subject of the role of music at YaleLuther Noss's "History of the Yale School of Music1859-1970" and Beekman Cannon's "Music and the Performing Arts in Jonathan Edwards College, 1933-1983." Page: 88 Year: 1985 Month: June Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A note on the history of Yale in its early years, including its founding in Saybrook, Connecticut, the move to New Haven, and the patronage of Eli Yale. Page: 96 Year: 1985 Month: March Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A recent publication on the history of the Saybrook college arras stirs memories of notable Saybrook fellows, including Angelo Lipari and Alfred Bellinger, both professors of classics, A. G. Keller, professor of sociology, and Sydney Mitchell, professor o Page: 72 Year: 1985 Month: May Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A letter from Leonard Beach, Ph.D. 1935, reflecting on the Yale Graduate School in the era of "Uncle Toby" and the giants of the English department in those days. Also includes highlights of the 1985 hockey and basketball seasons. Page: 72 Year: 1985 Month: November Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: Memories of former Yale Presidents, including Timothy Dwight II, Hadley, Agnell, Seymour, Whit Griswald and the outgoing Bart Giamatti. Page: 72 Year: 1985 Month: October Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A reflection on the changes to the world and Yale on the occasion of the sixtieth reunion of the class of 1925. Page: 132 Year: 1986 Month: April Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A review of Dan A. Oren's "Joining the Club," a history of the struggle of Jewish students to be admitted to Yale. Includes the author's memories of the Yale student body of the 1920's, strictly segregated not by religion but between private school stude Page: 96 Year: 1986 Month: February Title: EmeritiGuide to Dante; The Inferno holds no terrors here Author: Fink Abstract: Thomas Bergin, Sterling Professor of Romance Languages Emeritus, has served as a guide though Dante's "Inferno" and other classic works for generations of students in New Haven. The author, a student in Bergin's seminar on Dante offered by the New Haven Page: 34 Year: 1986 Month: February Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: Faculty salaries are higher than ever, growing by a factor of 6.7 percent from 1925 to 1985. However, higher income tax, cost of living, and college tuition fees diminish that apparent largesse. Page: 46 Year: 1986 Month: June Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: A memorial of George Dudley Vaill, class of 1935, longtime administrator, fellow of Branford College, and unofficial versifier of the university. Page: 96 Year: 1986 Month: March Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: Replies to letters to the author, including a suggestion that the football team be paid as bursary students for their practice time and memories of the class of 1896. Many of the graduates of that year remained at the university in administrative rolls, Page: 72 Year: 1986 Month: May Title: Time and Change Author: Bergin Abstract: Memories of places of refuge (such as the Linonia and Brothers in Unity Library) and beloved readings (from George Meredith to H. Rider Hagard, author of "King Solomon's Mines") of the class of 1925. Page: 80 Year: 1987 Month: December Title: The Admissions Office Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: History of the home at 149 Elm St, which housed the Undergraduate Admissions office in 1987. It is the oldest home in New Haven; originally home of James Pierpont. Pierpont family members remained until 1900, when the house was bought by Anson Phelps St Page: 79 Year: 1987 Month: February Title: The President's House: Home is Where the Power Is Author: Nelb, Tawny Ryan Page: 40 Year: 1987 Month: February Title: TGB, 1904-1987 Author: Giamatti, A. Bartlett Abstract: Obituary of Thomas Bergin. Page: 87 Year: 1987 Month: March Title: A Dickensian Delight Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A history of Hillhouse Avenue. Includes statement by Charles Dickens, in 1868, that it was the most beautiful street in America. Page: 31 Year: 1987 Month: November Title: Berkeley's Alpine Hideaway Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A history of the Swiss Room on the second floor of Berkeley College. Given by Robert W. de Forest. Page: 15 Year: 1987 Month: October Title: The Bowl's Beginnings Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A history of the Yale Bowl. Page: 59 Year: 1987 Month: Summer Title: Easy Reading Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A history of the Linonia and Brothers Room in SML. Includes brief history of the two debating societies after which the room in namedLinonia and Brothers-in-Unity. Page: 27 Year: 1988 Month: April Title: For which the Fence fell Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A history of Osborne Hall, on the corners of College and Chapel; replaced original fence. Dedicated on 1890, razed in 1926, replaced by Bingham dormitory. Page: 88 Year: 1988 Month: February Title: Street Hall blazed a trail Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A history of Street Hall, financed by August Street, located at the corners of Chapel and High Streets. It housed the School of Fine Arts, the first School to admit women at Yale; first exhibition opened in 1867. Page: 33 Year: 1988 Month: March Title: Sterling's Secret Camelot Author: Nelb, Tawny Ryan Page: 30 Year: 1988 Month: November Title: An intemperate encounter Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Account of Cary Nation's visit to Yale in 1902, and the hijinks of the "Jolly Eight." Also history of the photograph of Nation with Yale students, doctored to show drinking and smoking. Page: 19 Year: 1988 Month: October Title: Walter Camp's Daily Dozen Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Short biographical sketch of Walter Camp and history of the Daily Dozen fitness system. Page: 100 Year: 1988 Month: Summer Title: Nathan Hale's many faces Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A history of the Hale statue on Old Campus and brief bio of Hale. Page: 16 Year: 1989 Month: December Title: The Earliest Women Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Coeducation at the University started before 1969, the year that Yale College "went coed." Even before their official admission to the graduate and professional schools, women were permitted to enjoy some of the benefits of a Yale education by enrolling Page: 45 Year: 1989 Month: February Title: Medical beginnings Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: History of Sheffield Hall at the corners of Grove and Prospect. Built by James Hillhouse, sold to the University in 1814, it housed the University's first Medical School. Purchased in 1858 by Joseph Sheffield (funds from the sale were used to build a ne Page: 27 Year: 1989 Month: May Title: Forestry from the roots Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: History of the early years of the forestry school (founded by Gifford Pinchot), and of the summer forestry camp in Milford, Pennsylvania. Page: 19 Year: 1989 Month: November Title: A Riotous Place to Live Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Between the time when the Old Campus was the only undergraduate campus and the era of the residential colleges, a second campus flourished at Yale. Known as the Berkeley Oval, the University broke ground for the construction of Berkeley Hall in 1893, the Page: 80 Year: 1989 Month: October Title: A gem of a gym Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Erected in 1959, Yale's first gymnasium was a simple, rectangular hall. But by the 1880s Yale men judged it to be the poorest college gymnasium in the East. As Yale's prowess in football, baseball, and crew grew a modern gymnasium became a necessity. F Page: 93 Year: 1989 Month: Summer Title: The White Pipes of Spring Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: The issuing of clay pipes to graduating seniors on Class Day is one of the few traditions to have endured from the earliest days of Yale College to the preset. Before the institution of Class Day, seniors would meet for the last time in July, on what was Page: 20 Year: 1990 Month: May Title: How Blue Began Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Would a Yale by any other color be the same? It comes as a surprise to many that for over a century after Yale's founding, the institution claimed no signature hue. Although diplomas issued by Yale in the eighteenth century were tied with blue ribbons, Page: 22 Year: 1990 Month: October Title: Cryptic Inscriptions Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: When it comes to mysterious buildings, Yale has a hefty share, but, unlikely as it may seem, the Hall of Graduate Studies also has a claim to the status of architectural enigma. The architectural plan, overseen by James Gamble Rogers, called for a commod Page: 37 Year: 1990 Month: Summer Title: The Original Eli Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: In 1716, the trustees of the Collegiate School of Connecticut were deadlocked over relocation of the school from Saybrook to either New Haven or Hartford. In England, Elihu Yale's generous contributions to church and missionary societies brought him to t Page: 20 Year: 1991 Month: April Title: A Palace for Rowing Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: For those few survivors who remember its opening, in 1911, the George Adee Memorial Boat House remains a symbol of the great days of Yale rowing. Crossing the I-95 bridge northbound over the Mill River at the mouth of the New Haven harbor, it is just pos Page: 37 Year: 1991 Month: May Title: Reclaiming the City from Cars Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: For nearly six decades, the charming walkway between Branford and Jonathan Edwards colleges has caused town and gown pedestrians to pause, contemplate its striking vistas, and explore its length, linking High and York streets. But before James Gamble Rog Page: 34 Year: 1991 Month: October Title: The O'Neill Connection Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: George Pierce Baker, the founding father of the Yale School of Drama, arrived at Yale to establish the drama school after leaving Harvard, where his English 47 course in dramatic literature had evolved over three decades into the famous "47 Workshop." W Page: 21 Year: 1991 Month: Summer Title: From Innovation, Tradition Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: The pageantry of a Yale commencement instills a sense of history and continuity with the past in participant and guest alike. What appear to be ancient scholarly rites of procession, prayer, and address, performed in curiously cut and colored academic ca Year: 1992 Month: April Title: An Eternal Campus Home Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Thousands of members of the Yale family have found their final resting place in one of America's first planned urban spaces, the Grove Street Cemetery. James Hillhouse of the Class of 1773, who planted New Haven's once-majestic elms, designed the cemetar Page: 18 Year: 1992 Month: December Title: A Palatial Pad Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: On May 22, 1892, William Henry Vanderbilt, then a junior at Yale, died tragically of typhoid fever. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt II sought to assuage their grief over the untimely death of their son by giving Yale a memorial in the form of a grand c Page: 23 Year: 1992 Month: February Title: Happy Hooliganism Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: In 1913, the traditional Washington's Birthday Fence Rush was voted out of existence by the sophomore and freshman classes, bringing to an abrupt end a College rite-of-passage that had flourished at Yale for a century or more. The roots of this ritual wa Year: 1992 Month: March Title: Making a Medical School Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Medical education was launched at Yale in 1812, under the leadership of the eminent Dr. Nathan Smith, professor of the theory and practice of physic, surgery, and obstetrics. Under a strong faculty, including Benjamin Silliman, professor of chemistry and Year: 1992 Month: November Title: Revealing Small Worlds Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: The Yale Microscope of 1743 is the University's oldest surviving scientific instrument and may well be the first of its kind to have been brought to America. What moved the College into the serious study of science was a gift made in 1743 by Joseph Thomp Page: 19 Year: 1992 Month: Summer Title: Converts to the Wheel Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Yale cycling enthusiasts have played a leading part in the history of the intercollegiate sport. The saga goes back to 1866, when the French velocipede was introduced to America by Pierre Lallemont, who had immigrated to Connecticut from his native Franc Page: 31 Year: 1993 Month: April Title: Life after the White House Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: In the spring of 1913, William Howard Taft, Class of 1878, and the first Yale graduate to serve as president of the United States, readily accepted an offer from his alma mater to become Kent Professor of Law. Taft had missed a summons to Yale in 1899 wh Page: 18 Year: 1993 Month: December Title: When Glenn Miller Played Yale Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: In the midst of World War II, legendary bandmaster Captain Glenn Miller chose Yale as the base for his own tuneful assult on the Axis. Drawn to the University by the heavy concentration of military trainees on the campus, Miller assembled a corps of serv Year: 1993 Month: February Title: The Saga of Yale Station Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Yale Station has become the focal point of college life. The cultural significance of mail to Yale students is intertwined in the postal history of the nation. In fact, the Collegiate School's first campus in Saybrook was ideally located. When the firs Page: 15 Year: 1993 Month: March Title: That Wonderful Window Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Along the south wing of Linsly-Chittenden Hall on High Street is a window that goes unnoticed by most passersby. But for the fans of stained glass work of the great designer Louis Comfort Tiffany, it is a special treasure. Known as the Chittenden Memori Page: 15 Year: 1993 Month: May Title: Legacy of a Phony Fraternity Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Pre-dating spring break, spring weekend, or even Derby Day was the no-less-irreverent ritual at Yale called Omega Lambda Chi. The celebration evolved from the impromptu spoofing of fraternity elections in the 1860s into a grand May revel in the early 20 Year: 1993 Month: November Title: The Hideaway in Harkness Tower Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: So powerfully does Harkness Tower dominate the Yale campus that no one passing through the University is likely to miss it. But surprisingly few visitors have seen what lies tucked away at its base. There, just to the left as you pass through the main g Page: 72 Year: 1993 Month: October Title: The Era of the "Scramble" Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: In 1893, the mile-and-a-half trek from campus to the athletic fields became quite an event in itself with the installation of a trolley line direct to Yale Field, as the predecessor of the Yale Bowl was known. The cars were open-air, wood-and-brass rigs Page: 112 Year: 1993 Month: Summer Title: Making Book on Memories Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: From their simple beginnings as small volumes about the size of an examination "blue book," Yale College class books evolved by mid-century into monumentally grand, brass-clasped tomes, and by the end of the century became streamlined into the hefty produ Page: 96 Year: 1994 Month: April Title: The Sultan of Swim Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Bob Kiphuth didn't arrive at Yale as a legend. He was hired in 1914 as a gymnastics instructor. Four years later, the swimming coach fell ill, a quick replacement was needed, and has given the position. There is no record of Yale's response when Kiphut Year: 1994 Month: December Title: The Original Temple of Learning Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Dwight Hall, used today to accommodate a chapel and offices for many of the University's religious and charitable organizations, served first as the Yale University Library. Designed by Henry Austin in the early 1840s, it remains a provocative reminder o Page: 80 Year: 1994 Month: February Title: George Wilson Pierson, 1904-1993 Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: As an individual and a scholar Pierson was virtually synonymous with the institution, having attended both the College and the Graduate School, served as chairman of the history department, as well as director of the Division of the Humanities, and occupi Page: 88 Year: 1994 Month: March Title: Celebrating the Campus Cops Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Civilized as the campus environment was in 1894, it was not hazard-free. Although regulations were passed to keep intruders away, the problems were growing too big for the faculty. At Yale's request, two city policemen were assigned to the task. The st Page: 80 Year: 1994 Month: May Title: Sacrfice in Stone Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: More foot traffic passes through Memorial Hall than any other campus building. The circular "connector" between Woolsey Hall and Commons, its walls bear imposing marble tablets and sculptures in memory of the 1,020 Yale alumni who died in America's wars Year: 1994 Month: November Title: The Legacy of "Professor Billy" Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: William Lyon Phelps, the first president of the Elizabethan Club, that quintessentially Yale retreat for lovers of literature and cucumber sandwhiches, was also one of the most revered faculty members on Yale's lengthy roster of great teachers. Appointed Page: 80 Year: 1995 Month: April Title: The First Sociologist Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: In 1872, when a Professorship of Political Science was established at Yale, William Graham Sumner was elected to occupy it. Sumner was the son of an immigrant mechanic, had attended public school in Hartford, and graduated from Yale College in 1863. Whe Year: 1995 Month: December Title: The Way We Ate Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Many students complain about the quality and delivery of dining hall foods. The University is making a major effort to address the issue, but if history is any guide, even the best of solutions is likely to be temporary. Institutional food service began Year: 1995 Month: February Title: Secrets of the Spoons Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: When the Junior Proms vanished from Yale's winter calendar in the 1980s, so did one of the Colleges more peculiar traditions. For decades, the managers of the galas had been awarded oversized, carved wooden spoons. This custom went back to 1847 and orig Page: 96 Year: 1995 Month: March Title: Members Only Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Whether in fraternities, junior societies, senior societies, or now, sororities, undergraduates at Yale have shown a remarkably consistent taste for varying degrees of getting together behind closed doors. In the outside world, Yale's senior societies st Year: 1995 Month: May Title: Law School Beginnings Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: When the first building for the Yale Law School opened, on April 26, 1895, it was lacking both a name and its front half. The need for the new building had only recently become apparent. Instruction in the law at Yale started in 1801 with the establishm Year: 1995 Month: Summer Title: When the Shooting Stopped Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Yale's 244th commencement was celebrated with simple exercises on June 22, 1945, and many diplomas were handed out in absentia since their recipients were overseas serving in the war. In his baccalaureate address, President Charles Seymour reflected on t Year: 1996 Month: April Title: A Prominent Central Structure Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: From the Federal era to the Civil War, Yale's campus plan was embodied in the Old Brick Row. In 1893, President Timothy Dwight expressed his wish for "a prominent central structure including a gateway for entrance into the grounds" that would "add greatl Year: 1996 Month: December Title: Peripatetic Divinity Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: With its imposing Jeffersonian campus, completed in 1932 on the heights above Science Hill, Yale's Divinity School has an ageless quality about it. The school, however, has been through many moves. The Divinity School was established in 1822, when 15 gr Year: 1996 Month: February Title: Town, Gown, and Tussles Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Although in recent years Yale and New Haven have been growing steadily closer, in times past confrontation was common, and occasionally it got rough. In the wake of the American Revolution, local youths were already testing the mettle of the more privile Page: 88 Year: 1996 Month: March Title: Scholar, Collector, Teacher-Tinker Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Following quickly in the footsteps of Professor William Lyon Phelps, Chauncey Brewster Tinker, affectionately known as Tink, became one of the preeminent teachers of English literature at Yale. A member of the Class of 1899, Tinker's Yale career nearly c Page: 88 Year: 1996 Month: May Title: A True Struggle of Giants Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Eli oarsmen, by the mid-1880s, were enjoying an almost uninterrupted string of victories against Harvard. In 1896, the Yale crew itched to show the English teams their strength and decided to try their luck in the famous regatta at Henley-on-Thames. The Page: 80 Year: 1996 Month: November Title: The Rialto Fire Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Although the mood of Yale students remained subdued following the 10-3 loss to Harvard the weekend before, the entertainment news was hot on Sunday, November 27, 1921. That evening Hollywood's sensational new film, "The Sheik," starring Rudolph Valentino Page: 80 Year: 1996 Month: October Title: The Heisman Era Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Carmen Cozza, the winningest football coach in Yale history, announced his retirement in 1996. His announcement incidently coincided with the 60th anniversary of the season in which another towering figure, Larry Kelly '37, became the only man in the his Page: 112 Year: 1996 Month: Summer Title: Original Ivy Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: The tradition of ending Class Day with the planting of the class ivy began in 1852, when the planting of the ivy was included in the ceremony for Presentation Day, the forerunner of Class Day. The site for the planting lay at the foot of the southern tow Page: 96 Year: 1997 Month: April Title: The Man Behind the College Plan Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Edward S. Harkness, of the Class of 1897, transformed the educational system of the College, enabling it to extend into the 20th century the reputation for quality it had developed in the 19th. Although basically happy, Harkness felt that he could have m Year: 1997 Month: December Title: Clashing over "Conic Sections" Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A dispute over parabolas, hyperbolas, ellipses, and circles led to a student revolt that affected the dynamics of student-faculty relations for generations thereafter. It is remembered in Yale annals as the Conic Sections Rebellion of 1830. The required Page: 80 Year: 1997 Month: February Title: Tables of Trepidation Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A fortunate few at Yale have offices with a rare piece of equipmenta small but graceful octagonal table. These tables are examples of the original 19th-century student examination table, several hundred of which once filled Alumni Hall, a Gothic Reviva Year: 1997 Month: March Title: To Freedom's Fallen Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Among the most evocative of Yale's many memorials is the one honoring alumni who perished in World War I. Dedicated in 1927, it completed the Bicentennial Buildings erected in 1901-02. Following a competition, the design of the memorial was awarded to T Year: 1997 Month: May Title: His Heart Belonged to Baseball Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: The name Amos Alonzo Stagg is almost synonymous with American football. And rightly soHe was one of Yale's greatest players, and he went on to coach the game for 71 years, the longest coaching career in collegiate football history. But Stagg, who grad Year: 1997 Month: November Title: The College and the "Amistad" Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: From 1839 to 1841, New Haven was the focal point of the "Amistad" Affair, a milestone in the long struggle to end slavery in the United States. During those years a number of Yale alumni, faculty, and students joined with local abolitionists and others t Page: 80 Year: 1997 Month: October Title: A Century of Stover Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Stover made his stand in fiction, as the titular hero of "Stover at Yale," a 1912 novel by Owen Johnson '00. While Stover was a fictional character, the Yale he found-and rebelled against-was based heavily on Johnson's own experience as a Yale student. Page: 112 Year: 1997 Month: Summer Title: Dog of Destiny Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: The image of the Yale bulldog has inspired generations of Eli athletes and spawned imitators at scores of other schools. But even devoted Yale fans tend to know little about their hound's history. Andrew B. Graves, a member of the Sheffield Scientific S Page: 96 Year: 1998 Month: April Title: The Good Ship "Yale" Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: The walls of Woolsey Hall Rotunda are a powerful testament to the fact that Yale students and graduates have served their country in war since the revolution. But one hundred years ago, during the Spanish-American War, the University's very name was call Page: 80 Year: 1998 Month: December Title: A Toast to "Legal Inebriation" Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: History of drinking by students at Yale and how (and whether) their drinking patterns were altered by Prohibition. Includes description of how students celebrated the end of Prohibition. Page: 80 Year: 1998 Month: February Title: Yale on China Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Yale china was first manufactured in the 1930s. The colorful Staffordshire Wedgewood plates and bowls embellished with campus scenes now rank with the most sought-after Yale memorabilia. The plan for a distinctive Yale china was proposed by Edwin Oviatt Page: 96 Year: 1998 Month: March Title: In the Days of the "Blue Mittsters" Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: For a 20-year period between the world wars, boxing was a widely popular sport, and Yale was among the nation's most important amateur boxing centers. Eddie Eagan, who enrolled in the Sheffield Scientific School in 1919, won the amateur heavyweight champ Page: 80 Year: 1998 Month: May Title: The Greatest College Cheer Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: In movies of the white-flannels-and-raccoon-coat era, we frequently encounter enthusiastic collegians shouting "brek-ek-ek-ek" at sporting events. Behind that cinematic cliché is a real cheer invented by Yale students in the 1880s. In April 1903, 12 mem Page: 88 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/98_05/old_yale.html Year: 1998 Month: November Title: A "Jubilee" that Ushered in the Theatre Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Yale's theatrical tradition had to develop in the face of the College Laws, which forbid acting of any sort. The first undergraduate theatrical productions at Yale originated from performances devised to entertain those students left at school over the T Page: 80 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/98_11/old_yale.html Year: 1998 Month: October Title: Artist on the Gridiron Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Mention the name Fredrick Remington and most people think of the paintings and sculptures that documented life in the American West. But Remington's first published artwork, which appeared in a Yale newspaper, reflected another of the artist's passionate Page: 104 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/98_10/old_yale.html Year: 1998 Month: Summer Title: Tales of the True Fence Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: The tradition of the Yale Fence begin in 1833, when the picket fence fronting the Old Brick Row was replaced by a rail fence on which one could comfortably lean or perch. It soon attracted students in great numbers for the sharing of news and idle chatte Page: 96 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/98_07/old_yale.html Year: 1999 Month: April Title: Befor He Came to Dinner Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Summary of Monty Woolley’s career at Yale as a student (and friend of Cole Porter), assistant professor of drama, and director of undergraduate dramatics. Includes discussion of the falling out between Woolley and George Pierce Baker, Woolley’s departur Page: 96 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/99_04/old_yale.html Year: 1999 Month: December Title: The Birth, Near-Demise, And Come back of"Bright Colleg Years" Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: History of the song, “Bright College Years,” including brief biographical information on Henry Durand, who wrote the words to the song, and explanation of why the song almost fell out of favor during WWI because the tune was German in origin. Page: 80 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/99_12/old_yale.html Year: 1999 Month: February Title: An Architect of the moment Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Summary of Eero Saarinen designs of Yale buildings including Ingalls Rink, Morse College, and Ezra Stiles College. Page: 96 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/99_02/old_yale.html Year: 1999 Month: March Title: Peabody's " Bone-Digger" Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Brief biography of Othniel Charles Marsh, including education, Western expeditions and meeting with Red Cloud, dinosaur hunting trips, house in New Haven, and estate left to Yale. Page: 80 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/99_03/old_yale.html Year: 1999 Month: May Title: When Elis Ruled the Skies Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Summary of the first Intercollegiate Air Contest in 1920, including the three events of which it was comprised, and the pilots who represented YaleJuan Trippe, G. Willard Horne, and William A. Hanway. Trippe later founded Pan American Airways. Page: 88 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/99_05/old_yale.html Year: 1999 Month: November Title: Getting Yale on The Righr Track Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Summary of how Yale students and city of New Haven celebrated the inauguration of Arthur Twining Hadley on October 18, 1899, and describes train built by students and ridden around campus (Hadley was a railroad management expert). Includes description of Page: 88 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/99_11/old_yale.html Year: 1999 Month: October Title: Levi Jackson Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Biography of Levi Jackson, first African-American on the Yale football team, and first African-American captain of the Yale football team. Summarizes his athletic career at Yale, and his work at Ford Motor Company after graduation. Includes brief mentio Page: 104 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/99_10/old_yale.html Year: 1999 Month: Summer Title: Before the Fall Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Excerpts from letters written by A. Whitney Griswold when he was a student at Yale (class of 1929). Page: 104 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/98_07/old_yale.html Year: 2000 Month: April Title: Wilbur L. Cross Author: Governor Abstract: Biography of Wilbur Cross, including information on the various positions he held at Yaleundergrad, graduate student, instructor, professor, first Sterling Professor of English, editor of Yale Review, and dean of the graduate school. Also includes a bri Page: 96 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/00_03/oldyale.html Year: 2000 Month: December Title: Bring On the "Bruisers" Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: History of basketball at Yale, and Yale’s role in changing nine-man basketball to the current five-man sport Page: 80 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/00_12/old_yale.html Year: 2000 Month: February Title: The Lipstick Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: History of the “Lipstick” sculpture by Claes Oldenburg, first placed on Beinecke plaza, later finding a permanent home in Morse College. Page: 104 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/00_02/oldyale.html Year: 2000 Month: March Title: The Birthplace of Scientific Farming Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: History of the house at 52 Hillhouse Avenue, especially as built and occupied by John Pitkin Norton. Includes brief bio on Norton and his career as first agricultural chemist at Yale and proponent of scientific agriculture Page: 80 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/00_02/oldyale.html Year: 2000 Month: May Title: The Artenaeum- Yale's First Chapel Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: History of the Athenaeum, built in 1763 (when it served as the college’s first chapel) and demolished in 1893. Page: 88 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/00_05/oldyale.html Year: 2000 Month: November Title: Learning by Doing Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Summary of scientific education at Yale, with particular focus on Benjamin Silliman. Includes mention of the Franklin Institute, the American Journal of Science, the origins of Sheffield Scientific School, and Silliman’s role in aquiring John Trumbull’s a Page: 80 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/00_11/old_yale.html Year: 2000 Month: October Title: Re-running the Y-H-P White House Race Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Summary of elections (2000 and 1912) in which candidates for president and vice-president have been alumni of Yale, Harvard, and Princeton. Includes discussion of other Yale alumni who have run for one of the two top offices. Page: 104 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/00_10/old_yale.html Year: 2000 Month: Summer Title: The Meandering Milestone Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: History of controversy over the actual founding date of Yale. Includes description of the sesquicentennial celebration in 1850. Page: 104 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/00_07/oldyale.html Year: 2001 Month: April Title: Fore! Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: History of golf at Yale, including the golf courses built and used. Page: 96 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/01_04/old_yale.html Year: 2001 Month: December Title: The Tale of Yale's Governor Ingersoll House Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: History of the house at 143 Elm (corner of Elm and Temple), originally built by Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll. When his son inhabited the home while governor of Connecticut, it became known as the Governor Ingersoll House. It was later home to the Yale Univers Page: 80 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/01_12/old_yale.html Year: 2001 Month: February Title: Nathan Hale Slept Here Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: History of Connecticut Hall, its construction and various renovations, and names of notable persons who lived there. Page: 104 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/01_02/old_yale.html Year: 2001 Month: May Title: Secrect Garden Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Brief history of landscape gardening at Yale, with focus on Beatrix Farrand, who directed the landscape design and planting of Yale’s grounds from 1922 to 1945. Page: 80 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/01_05/old_yale.html Year: 2001 Month: November Title: Henry Parks Wright Yale's First College Dean Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Brief biographical essay on Henry Parks Wright, Yale College’s first dean. Includes mention of Wright Hall (now Lanman-Wright Hall) and its dedication to Wright. Page: 88 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/01_11/old_yale.html Year: 2001 Month: October Title: James Hillhouse For New Haven for Country, and for Yale Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Biographical essay on James Hillhouse, Yale 1773; Yale University treasurer; U.S. representative and senator; commissioner of the Connecticut School Fund; and supervisor of the construction of the Farmington Canal. Page: 104 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/01_10/old_yale.html Year: 2002 Month: April Title: John Hay Whitney Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Brief biography of John Hay Whitney, class of 1926. Yale benefactor, Broadway producer, ambassador to England, philanthropist. Page: 96 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/02_04/old_yale.html Year: 2002 Month: December Title: When Yale Schooled for War Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: About the forced early graduation of the class of 1943 due to WWII and the ensuing use of the campus for military training programs. Page: 88 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/02_12/old_yale.html Year: 2002 Month: February Title: An Unsung Hero of Medical Research Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Summary of the career of Ross Granville Harrison, who discovered a way to grow cells outside of the body. It is considered to be one of the ten greatest discoveries in science Page: 96 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/02_02/old_yale.html Year: 2002 Month: May Title: Yale and the Origins of Intercollegiate Baseball Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A description of Yale’s role in the origins of modern day intercollegiate baseball starting with the development of the game before the Civil War, through the first match against Wesleyan in 1865, and into the 1870s. Page: 80 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/02_05/old_yale.html Year: 2002 Month: November Title: Rudy Vallée, the First Crooner Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A brief history of musician and entertainer Hubert Prior “Rudy” Vallée, 1927. Hollywood star in “The Vagabond Lover” and well known radio host, Vallée entered the U.S. Coast Guard in WWII. Page: 80 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/02_11/old_yale.html Year: 2002 Month: October Title: The Battell Connection Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A history of the founding of the Yale School of Music and Battell Chapel thanks to the initiatives of Robbins Battell, Irene Battell, Ellen Battell Stoeckel, Gustave Stoeckel. Also describes their role in starting the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. Page: 104 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/02_10/old_yale.html Year: 2002 Month: Summer Title: Derby Day Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A history of Derby Day, a spring fling of revelry celebrating Yale boat races. Describes the first event in 1923, the formal attire of the early years, weekend events, and transportation. Page: 104 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/02_07/old_yale.html Year: 2003 Month: April Title: A Social Center for the Scientifics Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A history of the dedication of Byers Hall by Martha Byers to the Sheffield Scientific School and Yale in 1903. Page: 80 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/02_04/old_yale.html Year: 2003 Month: February Title: History on Ice Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A history of how Malcolm G. Chase brought hockey to Yale and the U.S. and of Yale’s first victories over Johns Hopkins (1896 February), Harvard, and Columbia. Page: 96 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/03_02/old_yale.html Year: 2003 Month: March Title: An Eccentric Economist Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Yale professor Irving Fisher contributed to mathematical economics, the national bureau of health, the eugenics movement, and the Rolodex, but is best remembered for his faulty prediction that the 1929 market was at a stable plateau. Page: 80 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/03_03/old_yale.html Year: 2003 Month: May Title: 'High Flight' Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A brief biography of John G. Magee Jr. (admitted class of 1944), who wrote the perennially quoted poem ‘High Flight.’ Page: 80 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/03_05/old_yale.html Year: 2003 Month: November/December Title: Wonah’ilayhunka, Class of 1910 Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A biography of Wonah’ilayhunka, who changed his name to Henry Cloud after converting to Christianity. Cloud’s schooling includes Santee Mission School, Mount Hermon School, and finally Yale, where he became its first Native American college graduate in 1 Page: 108 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/03_11/old_yale.html Year: 2003 Month: September/October Title: Heart of Glass Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A description of the stained glass windows at Sterling Memorial Library and G. Owen Bonawit, the New York City master craftsman who produced the 3,301 images in just over a year. Bonawit also designed windows for four other buildings at Yale. Page: 112 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues2003_09/old_yale.html Year: 2003 Month: Summer Title: Pomp? Circumstance? Yes, It All Started At Yale Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: How, by the invitation of Yale music professor Samuel Sanford, Edward Elgar’s famous “Pomp and Circumstance” came to be played at a U.S. commencement for the first time in Woolsey hall in 1905. Page: 104 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/03_07/old_yale.html Year: 2004 Month: January/February Title: King and Kingman Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A description of the events surrounding Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.’s honorary doctor of laws from Yale in 1964, including the controversy and opposition concerning the award. Yale President Kingman Brewster honored King for, among many qualities, h Page: 112 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2004_01/old_yale.html Year: 2004 Month: July/August Title: Aloha blue Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: Yale’s role in beginning the first Hawaiian missionaries, ranging from the education of Henry Obookiah to Hiram Bingham Jr. Also, Ellery Joe Quain Chun, 1831, and his role in the development of the “aloha shirt.” Page: 70 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2004_07/old_yale.html Year: 2004 Month: March/April Title: What Yale brought to the fair Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: For the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Yale displayed the world’s first reconstruction of a pterodactyl. It was a replica of a skeleton collected in 1871 by O.C. Marsh and today hangs in the Peabody Museum’s Great Hall of Dinosaurs. Page: 72 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2004_03/old_yale.html Year: 2004 Month: May/June Title: Yale’s first student Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A biography of Yale’s first student, Jacob Heminway, and a history of Yale’s first few years. Page: 68 Link: http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2004_05/old_yale.html Year: 2004 Month: September/October Title: How the secret societies got that way Author: Schiff, Judith Ann Abstract: A history of secret societies and Tap Day at Yale. 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