Yale University and Harvard University are bitter rivals, especially in rowing competitions. In some years, Yale University always loses, but as soon as the president appears on the field, the coach will put his foot in the water and tell the players that the president is coming. Yale players were very excited and won the game. It is said that as long as the principal goes, Yale will win the game, so people think he is a lucky man, so people who travel to Yale will touch the shoes on his statue. His shoes were touched in order to bring him good luck. In addition, in 1879, Zhong, an overseas student from China, joined the rowing team of Yale University in the United States as a helmsman and led Yale University to win the national championship for two consecutive years, which is the earliest record of China people participating in modern sports.
The "women's watch" designed by Lin Ying, a graduate of architecture department of Yale University, is dedicated to all the girls in Yale University. In the past, girls were not allowed to study at Yale University. Later, with the rise of feminist movement, girls were allowed to enter Yale University. This table records the ages and numbers of all the girls in Yale University. Lin Ying is the niece of famous architect Lin.
There are always many tourists in front of the sculptures of Theodore Dwight woolsey. Maybe everyone wants to bring good luck to themselves.
With more than 4 million books, Sterling Memorial Library is the largest library in Yale University. Built in 193 1, the architectural style is Gothic.
There are many languages and pictures in front of the library. It is said that this passage in Chinese is an original work by Yan Zhenqing. Brother Qing and his brothers devoted themselves to the people and ministers, dominating others, or capturing their masters or beheading them. The reinforcements stopped and were trapped in the thief's court, and no one was around. Counting his crimes, his hands and feet are attached to the blade, and loyalty and righteousness are visible in color. This is unprecedented in ancient times, and I am very grateful. "After verification, this is part of Yan Zhenqing's book" Yanshi Temple Monument "in which Emperor Tang Suzong praised Yan Zhenqing's cousin Yan Gaoqing.
Nathan hale, American national hero, 1755- 1776, graduated from Yale university. He was an intelligence agent of General George Washington and was arrested and executed by the British army. Before his execution, Hale said a sentence that has been passed down to this day: "My only regret is that I didn't give my second life to my motherland." My only regret is that I have only one life to give to my motherland. The house on the right of the bronze statue of Hale is the dormitory where he lived when he was studying at Yale University.
Haknista. Located in the west of Yale's old campus, a typical Gothic building was built in1917-1921and donated by Anna M. Harkness in memory of her son Charles William Harkness.