OT: Favorite College Campuses

[MilfordHusky]

That is the School of Hard Knocks

Hard Knocks and Hard Rocks.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Among the Ivies, as noted, it may depend on what one thinks about urban campuses. I attended Brown and Penn. Both have nicer campuses than they used to. I recall some controversy at Penn after the administration decided to spend a few million on landscaping circa 1980, but I thought it was a good idea. I've been on all 8 Ivy campuses, some extensively, though just a quick drive-through at Dartmouth. In my opinion, Princeton is clearly the top and Yale may be second. Different strokes for different folks. I haven't been on every campus in the nation, and I know there are some beautiful ones, but I rate Berkeley and Stanford in my top 5 or so.

 

[CL82]

This place has the makings of a nice campus.

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Only three guys “graduated“ and they may have been swept out to sea.

 

[Jackcatscal]

This place has the makings of a nice campus.

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Probably has a heck of a swim team.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Only three guys “graduated“ and they may have been swept out to sea.

Must be a tough place with such a low graduation rate!

 

[Jingo]

I went to a small liberal arts college in Meadville, Pa named Allegheny College. It was a small town and the campus had a nice mixture of historic and contemporary architecture. I have not been there in nearly fifty years but my memories are pleasant. I had close friends who went to UVa and that was a beautiful campus. I watched a lacrosse championship game there , but lacrosse was still a new sport then!

I was at Allegheny College from 1960-65 with a short stint [1963] working in the West Texas oil fields [Lubbock] .. at Allegheny, I spent a lot of time at Conneaut Lake, Sonny's Bar [downtown] & George's Bar [up on the hill]! haha .. after college I moved back to Queens with my Allegheny wife and had two daughters .. yes, Allegheny, a beautiful, idyllic campus anchored by Bentley Hall [1815].
Famous Allegheny alumna Ida Tarbell, THE pioneer of investigative journalism in the United States, dismantled the Standard Oil monopoly of John D Rockefeller in the early 1900s. Her 'muckraking' style inspired me to write several novels in my Gotham Chronicles series: 1) Quagmire in Queens 2) Brouhaha in Brooklyn and 3) Mayhem in Manhattan. Go Gators!

 

[Jingo]

Connecticut College is an academically prestigious "Little Ivy" school located along the Thames River and bounded on the west by a 750-acre arboretum and botanical garden.
Long Island Sound and the ferry, from Orient Point, is just to the south.
BEAUTIFUL!

 

[Bama fan]

I was at Allegheny College from 1960-65 with a short stint [1963] working in the West Texas oil fields [Lubbock] .. at Allegheny, I spent a lot of time at Conneaut Lake, Sonny's Bar [downtown] & George's Bar [up on the hill]! haha .. after college I moved back to Queens with my Allegheny wife and had two daughters .. yes, Allegheny, a beautiful, idyllic campus anchored by Bentley Hall [1815].
Famous Allegheny alumna Ida Tarbell, THE pioneer of investigative journalism in the United States, dismantled the Standard Oil monopoly of John D Rockefeller in the early 1900s. Her 'muckraking' style inspired me to write several novels in my Gotham Chronicles series: 1) Quagmire in Queens 2) Brouhaha in Brooklyn and 3) Mayhem in Manhattan. Go Gators!

When I was at Allegheny, a few years behind your time, they mentioned that President William McKinley had been a student there. He attended but did not graduate from there due to health and money problems. He and I shared that money problem thing preventing us from graduating from the college. Of course, I had other things distracting me then too. But it was a good school for a liberal arts education.

 

[Jingo]

When I was at Allegheny, a few years behind your time, they mentioned that President William McKinley had been a student there. He attended but did not graduate from there due to health and money problems. He and I shared that money problem thing preventing us from graduating from the college. Of course, I had other things distracting me then too. But it was a good school for a liberal arts education.

Within a year of dropping out of Allegheny, McKinley joined the Union Army. Amazing that a man of his background became president of the United States! Actually, quite impossible without the mentoring of #19 Rutherford B Hayes, his commander during the Civil War, eh?
When McKinley was assassinated in 1900 or so, he was succeeded by Teddy Roosevelt.
Although McKinley was [obviously] more prominent, fellow alum Ida Tarbell was much more impactful for me.
I went to Brooklyn Technical High School, then Allegheny, then back to Queens where I raised my family. How about you? Alabama?

 

[Bama fan]

Within a year of dropping out of Allegheny, McKinley joined the Union Army. Amazing that a man of his background became president of the United States! Actually, quite impossible without the mentoring of #19 Rutherford B Hayes, his commander during the Civil War, eh?
When McKinley was assassinated in 1900 or so, he was succeeded by Teddy Roosevelt.
Although McKinley was [obviously] more prominent, fellow alum Ida Tarbell was much more impactful for me.
I went to Brooklyn Technical High School, then Allegheny, then back to Queens where I raised my family. How about you? Alabama?

I went back to Pittsburgh and another college. I worked in the steel industry there and moved to Alabama in 1985 for a different position in a steel mill outside of Birmingham. And Ida Tarbell was an interesting character and a fine inspiration.