Yale University; Historical implications in a modern society,

Marcus D’IorioHistory of Higher Education, HIED 66600

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• Roots can be traced back to the 1640’s when a group of clergymen mounted an effort to establish a college in New Haven, CT.

• However the school was established in nearby Saybrook, CT instead in 1701.

• The mission was to education students for the “Public employment both in Church & Civil State”

• 1716, New Haven, CT outbid Saybrook for the school, and it moved to its current Home.

• This fulfilledthe dream of a New Haven, CT founder John Davenport.

The Founding

• The university serves as the largest employer in they city, and helped to develop the economy and growth of both New Haven, and the New Haven Harbor.

• Named after Elihu Yale for his donations to the fledgling school.

• In 1750 Connecticut Hall which is now considered the oldest building in New Haven was built. It is also designated a National historic Landmark.

• The university today encompasses over 260 buildings and 13 million square feet.

Foundation Today

• The university is responsible for influencing the spread of Christianity as they produced missionaries that have served across the world.

• 1st church at an American college

Historical Impact

• 25 members of the continental congress were from Yale.

• 4 graduates of Yale singed the Declaration of Independence. Lyman Hall (B.A. 1747), Philip Livingston (B.A. 1737), Lewis Morris (B.A. 1746), and Oliver Wolcott (B.A. 1747)

• Other Patriots from Yale include Nathan Hale (B.A. 1773), Noah Webster (B.A. 1778), Joel Barlow (B.A. 1778), and Timothy Dwight (B.A. 1769).

Patriotism

• Students at Yale supported the Revolution, and formed militias to defend against the British Troops invasion of New Haven, CT in 1779.

Revolution & Students

• Yale university was the 1st college to have a planned campus.

• John Trumbull in addition to James Hillhouse (B.A. 1773) developed the 1st plan. Across the city it was received with positive review.

Origins of the planned College Campus

• Benjamin Silliman, Sr. (B.A. 1796, faculty 1799–1853), who was a facutly member taught what is recogizned as the 1st modern science course in the United States.

• The course...Chemistry

• Today Yale has 1,200 on-campus science labs, covering over 40 disciplines each with specialized equipment specific for the discipline.

Modern Science Courses

• In 1931, Yale revolutionized the way medicine was taught, in that they moved from a compulsion or competition style to the modern concept of guidance and stimulation.

Modern Medical Schools

• In 1824, the Yale Law School is founded. To this day it remains as one of the best schools of law.

• 1832, saw the opening of the 1st college art museum in the western hemisphere.

• The graduate school was 1st founded in 1847, and between the scientific and engineering schools was became an early scientific schools in the United States.

• Yale would be home to many schools that where the 1st in the country including Public Health.

Academic 1st

• 1830’s saw the enrollment of the 1st Latin American student.

• The 1st degree to a Chinese man was award to Yung Wing in 1854. He was the 1st Chinese man to earn such a degree from an American University.

• Yale, has been home to many influential students who rose to become Presidents and Prime Ministers in their respected home countries.

International Students

• The 1st doctorial degree from a university in the United States, was 1st awarded at Yale University in 1861. This degree was a Doctor of Philosophy.

• Today Yale offers 74 different Doctorial programs.

Doctorial Degrees

• Walter Camp (B.A. 1880) the father of modern football developed the game while an undergrad.

• In addition, Amos Alonzo Stagg (B.A. 1888) developed basketballs rules, in addition to developing the basics of football apparel and plays.

Modern Sports

1889: The 1st college mascot.

Handsome Dan

• Students invented the frisbee in 1920. They would yell Frisbee when tossing it as an effort to warn people.

Frisbee?

• 1st opened in 1933 and finishing construction in 1963. the system was modeled off of the system at both Oxford and Cambridge.

• Fun Fact: Each residential college can occupy up to a full city block.

Residental College Model

• The war brought Yale into a military training center, in 1943. War effort research was done in the labs.

WW2

• Yale could be considered the “party” school which the youth at the time gravitated to. The students would engage in activities even though many were sons of the elite.

• Yale, had a conduct system in place to help control issues such as playing cards, going out to the local taverns, property destruction, and more.

• Many towns in CT are named after graduates of Yale.

The historical impact

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