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Sunday, May 26. 2013

Kenyon College, founded by Episcopal Bishop Philander Chase in 1824. It's considered one of the "Hidden Ivies" or "New Ivies."

Alumni will be relieved to know that even Kenyon now offers a useful major in "Womens' and Gender Studies" but, other than a little token faddish nonsense, it's a serious and rigorous place.

Posted by Bird Dog in Education, Our Essays at 05:00 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Paul Newman, Bill Watterson (cartoonist, creator of Calvin and Hobbes) and Jonathan Winters all attended Kenyon.

#1 peter on 2013-05-26 07:59 (Reply)

"Gender studies" really grinds my gears. Women live longer than men, own most of the economic assets and do most of the purchasing in this consumer economy, earn the majority of graduate degrees, and, yet, colleges still feel compelled to maintain these ridiculous majors out of some misplaced urge to "equalize emphasis on what would otherwise continue to be a male-centric culture", as a professor once described it to me. What the hell is "male-centric culture" anyway? Now, these foolish people are reaching positions of authority; Cornell just appointed one such "scholar" as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences! The mind boggles.

Anyway, rant over. Thanks for the Kenyon (and environs) photos. Congratulations on concluding your tuition obligations!

#2 MTF on 2013-05-26 08:23 (Reply)

With no research behind it, my guess is that the word 'philander' meant something different in the year 1824.

#3 buddy larsen on 2013-05-26 08:51 (Reply)

I was thinking the same thing

#3.1 Rosalie on 2013-05-26 10:30 (Reply)

Then it meant simply whhat the Greek says: lover of man (with not homosexual implication). The name was fairly common in those days.

#3.1.1 bob sykes on 2013-05-26 16:22 (Reply)

Thanks for posting this. It's a great struggle letting go of the things of this world.

#4 Pat on 2013-05-26 08:52 (Reply)

The 'illuminated manuscript' style them old Dark-Age logotherapists developed, is certainly a sophisticated concept. One need not be able to read to understand the meaning pictured, and thus gain the message that learned and serious people worked very hard to make these objects to be seen by following generations the draftsmen would never know.

#5 buddy larsen on 2013-05-26 11:30 (Reply)

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