“Yale's greatness carries an urgent need to guard against the fall of excellence into exclusivity, of refinement into preciousness, of elegance into class and convention.” NeedsFallClassGreatnessExcellenceCarrieConventionsEleganceUrgentRefinementYaleExclusivity Author:Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.
“Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of openness, of social justice and of equal opportunity.” OpportunitySocialJusticeEqualAchievementIntellectualIdealsSocial JusticeDemocraticOpennessRefinementAmerican LifeYaleEqual OpportunityAccommodationsCrucibleDemocratic Ideals Author:Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.
