Reunion: Miscellaneous Pictures – Yale Class of 1969

[This will be a spot where reunion attendees can contribute miscellaneous pictures — of close friends (as Derry does next], of meaningful places or activities they explored during the weekend (as Brad does below) , or … basically ANY interesting, relevant pictures.]

Roommates

Derry Allen:

Campus Walking Tour

Brad Gascoigne:

I took the walking tour at 9AM Saturday morning, starting at Phelps Gate and progressing to J. E. and Branford courtyards. There is a lovely sculpture in J.E.’s courtyard which I really liked. Did you know that Jonathan Edwards matriculated at Yale at age 13, graduated first in his class, married the daughter of a wealthy New Haven merchant, and served as a minister in Northampton, MA and then Stockbridge, MA before returning to New Haven. Seven of Yale’s first eight presidents were ministers. In one of the president’s papers, I believe Timothy Dwight’s, there is a notation that the congregation “wanted another glass.” Our tour guide deciphered this to mean that another sermon was desired as an hour glass was turned upside-down at the start of the morning’s sermon and sermons typically lasted an hour! They wanted a second hour!