When my parents took me around to pretend to look at colleges (we all knew I was destined for their alma mater) we saw a wonderful Gothic building at Yale. We stood speculating as to whether it was a Catholic cathedral or an Episcopal one.
It was the gym. > >On Oct 14, 2011, at 10:33 AM, nathan tankus wrote: > >> Doug Henwood said...."I was at >> Yale from 1971 to 1975 when the English department was really cooking - >> Bloom, >> Hartman, de Man, Derrida sometimes. You may find that gang to be full of it >> - I >> didn't, and still don't - but it was intellectually very alive. And so were >> conversations over lunch." >> >> is it possible that you're experience is colored by the fact that the >> department in your major was really good > >It was. But I also got introductory macro from James Tobin, which was pretty >cool. And I had an excellent German prof, and took a music class with a >fascinating composer of some repute, Jonathan Kramer (held in a classroom that >Paul Hindemith once taught in). It was pretty great all around. > >The physical environment was wonderfully posh, and the libraries jam-packed >with books. > >Doug >_______________________________________________ >pen-l mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
