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The Jim Thorpe House is a historic house in Yale, Oklahoma.. In 1917, Jim Thorpe bought a small home in Yale, Oklahoma and lived there until 1923 with his wife, Iva Miller, and children, one of whom, Jim Jr., died at the age of two.
Official seal used by the college and the university. Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.
Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University.Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, when its schools were confederated and the institution was renamed Yale University.
The Yale University coat of arms is the primary emblem of Yale University. It has a field of the color Yale Blue with an open book and the Hebrew words Urim and Thummim inscribed upon it in Hebrew letters. [1] Below the shield on a scroll appears Yale's official motto, Lux et Veritas (Latin for "Light and Truth").
Hewitt University Quadrangle, commonly known as Beinecke Plaza, is a plaza at the center of the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut. It is the home of the university's administration, main auditorium, and dining facilities.
Connecticut Hall on the left and Welch Hall on the right. The Old Campus is the oldest area of the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut.It is the principal residence of Yale College freshmen and also contains offices for the academic departments of Classics, English, History, Comparative Literature, and Philosophy.
St. Elmo Society, or Elmo's, is a secret society for seniors at Yale University. [1] It was founded in 1889 as part of the national fraternity, Delta Phi (ΔΦ). [2] [3] St. Elmo's is a member of the “ancient eight consortium” which includes the seven other original societies at Yale: Skull and Bones, Scroll and Key, Berzelius, Wolf's Head, Book and Snake, Elihu, and Mace and Chain.
The Yale School of Medicine is the medical school at Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was founded in 1810 as the Medical Institution of Yale College and formally opened in 1813. [2] The primary teaching hospital for the school is Yale New Haven Hospital.