Morse, Stiles beat out Taft and Webster
Some of the letters were addressed to “Whit,” others to “President Griswold.” They came from offices just a floor away in Woodbridge Hall, summer homes on Jupiter Island and even a table at the Links Club in Manhattan.
But the missives, now part of Yale’s archives, all shared a common purpose. The year was 1958, and influential Yalies were weighing in on what the University’s two new residential colleges should be called.
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By BulldogRoar (Unregistered User)
6:27pm on April 1, 2008
Could Yale not honor its Nobelists in one of the new colleges? Perhaps with an "Onsager Gateway" or a "Sinclair Lewis courtyard"? Other than that, I throw my vote to honoring Kingman Brewster, the President who did more to transform Yale in the 20th century (as President Levin may well for the 21st), from a white, rich, New England prep school to a co-ed, diverse and global presence today. Besides, as anyone from my era knows, when he couldn't be bothered to get off the can to be tapped by Skull & Bones, he cemented his legend forever. That, and when Spiro Agnew called him "dangerous." Who better?
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Boring or not, Taft would be a great choice for one of the new colleges.