Yale combines hip trendiness with arcane tradntionalism

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>Proposition:</p>

<p>Yale is often seen as a artsy, more urban, hipper school than its peers (Princeton and Harvard). Its students are more trendy and stylish. The students also go to naked parties, write sex columns and books (Chloe does Yale), are more artistic, do more drama and theatre, and sing more.</p>

<p>In addition, Yale is also often seen as a most traditionalist, insular, and arcane of the schools. With senior societies, traditional clubs like Mory’s, residential college traditions, secret rooms and passageways, the gothic architecture, the lingering feel of an Eastern Estasblishment, Yale can be seen as a highly traditional, old fashioned schools.</p>

<p>These two worlds often intersect in curious ways, which makes Yale extremely unique (artsty and minority students embracing societies, gay students going to Mory’s and singing the traditional drinking songs, public hazing and initiations of all sorts of students, etc.) This contrasts to the dominant view of Harvard (which is just seen as an extremely good school full of intelligent students) and Princeton (seen more of a prep/snob school).</p>

<p>Comment…</p>

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<p>what’s Mory’s? </p>

<p>maybe a stupid question…but oh well</p>

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<p>The residents of those other two schools look into their alma mater’s with the same depth you’ve looked into yale. Likewise, a good number of them would reduce yale to some 6 word generalization as well. For outsiders without preference, no more depth is given to one than the other. Judgments abound: Harvard is too work-oriented, Yale is in a ****ty city, Princeton’s too cloistered.
Based on that I would have to reject your proposition. </p>

<p>And besides, Columbia beats all three (ooooh snap!)</p>

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<p>Mr<em>sanguine: Mory’s is a club for Yale students and faculty (any Yalie can join) that’s almost 150 years old and is featured in the first line of the traditional Whiffenpoof song: “To the tables down at Mory’s…” Here’s an article about Mory’s from the alumni mag (<a href=“Yale Alumni Magazine”>http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/99&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;04/morys.html), plus some background on the Whiffenpoofs: <a href=“Whiffenpoofs”>Whiffenpoofs;

<p>As for the OP’s proposition, I believe that Yale’s culture genuinely is a terrific mix of new and old, or “hip trendiness” and tradition, but perhaps not uniquely so; I’m sure other schools (even Columbia ;)) have their arcane attributes too.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure that this is true per capita, but even if it is, if you look at quality as well as volume, I think Harvard more than holds its own vs. Yale in the singing department.</p>

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<p>“Fair Harvard has her crimson…old Yale her colors too…but for dear Pennsylvan-i-aaah…we wear the red and bluuuu-uuu-uuu-uuue…”</p>

<p>Every Ivy has its traditions. (and groovy college sogns) They’re old schools, after all :-)</p>

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