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Throwback Thursday: Hush Hall
By Mark Alden Branch ’86
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12:00am October 17 2024
One hundred years ago this week, students woke up to find workers preparing the foundations for a new residence hall on Old Campus that had never been announced. A storm of protest ensued when the plans were revealed for a near-twin of Connecticut Hall. (This image is from the October 17, 1924, Yale Alumni Weekly.) Students didn't like the secrecy, the intrusion on Old Campus open space, or the mimicking of the singular Connecticut Hall. Graffiti on the construction fence identified the project as "Hush Hall—For God, for country, and for symmetry." It would eventually become known as Edwin McClellan Hall in recognition of a gift from McClellan's widow.
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McClellan Hall, Old Campus
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