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Memories

Recollections of Yale, across the decades. Send your own memories to be considered for posting to yam@yale.edu, with subject line “For Memories.”

  • Harold Bloom and the “Orc Cycles” (Mar. 1997)

    Studying poetry in Harold Bloom's elite seminar. Harold Bloom and the “Orc Cycles”March 1997by C. D. B. Bryan ’58 Part of a... Read on
    C. D. B. Bryan ’58 | March 1 1997 02:09pm

  • Defying Dink (Mar. 1997)

    A Yale education, outside the classroom. Defying DinkMarch 1997by Lewis Lapham ’56 Part of a series entitled "The Yale of My Day" that... Read on
    Lewis Lapham ’56 | March 1 1997 02:04pm

  • From White Shoe to Combat Boot (Mar. 1997)

    Life at Yale, in wartime. From White Shoe to Combat BootMarch 1997by John Finney ’45W Part of a series entitled "The Yale of My Day"... Read on
    John Finney ’45W | March 1 1997 11:55am

  • New Haven On Stage (Mar. 1997)

    New Haven's 1930s and 1940s theater scene. New Haven On StageMarch 1997by Max Wilk ’41 Part of a series entitled "The Yale of My Day"... Read on
    Max Wilk ’41 | March 1 1997 11:51am

  • Distant Thunder (Mar. 1997)

    The shrinking distance between Yale and the real world. Distant ThunderMarch 1997by Roger Starr ’39 Part of a series entitled "The Yale of My... Read on
    Roger Starr ’39 | March 1 1997 11:47am

  • Young Lords and Lower Classes (Mar. 1997)

    The revolutions of a Yale career. Young Lords and Lower ClassesMarch 1997by Oliver Jensen ’36 Part of a series entitled "The Yale of My... Read on
    Oliver Jensen ’36 | March 1 1997 11:39am

  • A very short career in Yale boxing (May/June 2005)

    I had to go out for boxing as a Yale freshman. There wasn’t any question. I demonstrated no significant ability to box; but my older brother... Read on
    John H. Downs ’41 | May 1 2005 01:38pm

  • "Dar Schicken to Yale": a wartime seder (Mar/Apr 2005)

    This is a story about philosemitism at Yale 60 years ago. At that time, Yale policy did not forbid either quotas for the admission of Jews or... Read on
    N. Joel Ehrenkrantz ’45W, ’49MD | February 28 2005 10:50pm

  • Rules of bathroom engagement (Feb. 1998)

    At the beginning of the fall semester, I woke up one morning to find a creepy-looking pair of cardboard eyes staring at me from the far corner of... Read on
    Sandy Christopher ’99 | February 1 1998 11:47am

  • Learning to love the swing dorm (Dec. 1999)

    Like many Yale students, I’ve always prided myself on my residential college spirit. I adore Branford’s courtyard (the most beautiful in... Read on
    Frances Brown ’02 | December 1 1999 08:32am

  • Booking the big one (Summer 1999)

    For the last three years I have watched other Yalies graduate. From an outsider’s perspective, Commencement looked like a happy weekend that... Read on
    Sandy Christopher ’99 | July 1 1999 08:09am

  • Seeking God in Davies Auditorium (May 1999)

    Discussions in the common room at two in the morning: We’ve all had them. These are the moments of pure intellectual curiosity we think of when... Read on
    Ariel Adesnik ’99 | May 1 1999 07:51am

  • On the town in the Elm City (Mar. 1999)

    Contrary to popular stereotypes, Yalies do like to have fun. And even though many have probably opened and closed Sterling Memorial Library more often... Read on
    Sandy Christopher ’99 | March 1 1999 06:39am

  • The wages of excess (Apr. 1999)

    While Dartmouth inspired the classic fraternity film Animal House, and Princeton has more recently made the national news for its “Nude... Read on
    Sandy Christopher ’99 | April 1 1999 08:44am

  • The perils of total TV (Feb. 1999)

    Every new year at Yale brings some sort of change to undergraduate life. Some changes, like the decision to limit the number of courses an... Read on
    Sandy Christopher ’99 | February 1 1999 08:38am

  • Spandex chic (Dec. 1998)

    The mythic Yale man of years past excelled both in the classroom and on the playing fields. And while some might fear that Yale’s days as a... Read on
    Sandy Christopher ’99 | December 1 1998 08:32am

  • You’ve gotta chalk the walk (Nov. 1998)

    Every day, the Yale campus is inundated with flyers, posters, table tents, and notices in the Yale Daily News advertising a staggering assortment... Read on
    Sandy Christopher ’99 | November 1 1998 08:25am

  • Me and my e-mail (Apr. 1994)

    The University has just spent millions of dollars to renovate Yale Station. A horde of architects and designers has created a sort of “mail... Read on
    Gregory Raskin ’94, ’98MD | April 1 1994 11:21am

  • Carry me back to old New Haven (Mar. 1994)

    Yale, where obsessive-compulsiveness is a virtue, lack of sleep a badge of honor, and excess in all things the rule, is described by almost everyone... Read on
    Annie Murphy Paul ’95 | March 1 1994 11:13am