NOTES FROM THE CLASS OF 1977
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Greg Hall's Essay on the Harvard Yale Game has moved to Class History (Yale 73-77 Link)
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Great Expectations (My Life as a Person)
by Cara Worthington Fekula Hyson '77
Originally published in the YAM, November 2001

I have never forgotten one of the arguments made by Yale alumni against coeducation. It had always been expected that Yale would produce 1,000 leaders a year. How could this tradition continue if women were admitted? So here I am 25 years out, wondering if those traditionalists were right. Have I and my fellow Yale alumni of my vintage lived up to Yale's expectations? And perhaps, more importantly, have I lived up to my own? ... READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE
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Mother, Volunteer, Assistant Director: An introduction to a new AYA staff member
Jennifer Julier '77
Originally published in the Blue Print

What does a mother of two, living in New Haven and dashing between school, dance lessons and lacrosse games, do with her spare time? Volunteer for Yale, of course! Since I graduated from Yale in 1977, there has been very little time when I was not involved in Yale-related activities of one kind or another. I began by interviewing high school students applying for admission from the Albany, New York area, and then kids from Hamden High School when I returned to the New Haven area. Before long I was involved in giving out book awards and scholarships on behalf of the Yale Club of New Haven, convinced that dedication to the university was as good an extracurricular activity as I could find.... READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE

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