<p>Y’all are clueless. (Not the girls - the other y’all.)</p>
<p><a href=“http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/exhibits/esr/index.html[/url]”>http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/exhibits/esr/index.html</a></p>
<p>Should answer the woman and the history question at once.</p>
<p>As I recall (can’t find a link), MIT was founded around the time of the Civil War but the opening of the Institute was delayed due to said War.</p>