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Universitas Yalensis

The Yale University Library has a very interesting online exhibit worth visiting called Building a University: 1919-1940. It tracks various plans for the improvement of Yale’s campus during the first half of the last century.

Yale is a truly beautiful place, and home to works by some of my favourite architects (James Gamble Rodgers and Betram Grosvenor Goodhue). I remember upon visiting Yale that the Sterling Memorial Library was so comfortable that I feel asleep. (More likely I feel asleep because I was reading Toni Morrison for school, horrible drivel!).

I do rather admire Yale though. Of all the New World Universities it probably ties with the University of the South.

Published at 7:37 pm on Thursday 15 July 2004. Categories: Architecture.
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WHAT IS “ULMUS YALENSIS”? I have found this on a very old black&white drawing with a “wigged colonial walking through a puddle, followed by a slave toting this gentleman’s books…I believe th signature on the drawing is RuFosby. or RuEosbi?

— B BERRY 3 Apr 2007 1:46 am
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