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Local historian urges town to broaden horizons when it comes to school names- As the parcel in the northwest section of Cheshire becomes ever closer to becoming a new, modern elementary school, there are many considerations being set out before the public.One of those items under consideration is the name of the. ....
Celebrating 150 years of Yale women We profile 20 extraordinary alumnae from all of the university s schools to represent a century and a half of achievement. Nov/Dec 2020 Illustration by Christina Dallorso Kortz An imagined view of Lucinda Foote, who in 1783 was deemed “fully qualified” for Yale “except in regard to sex.” View full image In 1783, Yale president Ezra Stiles conducted an exam to determine whether a student from nearby Cheshire was qualified to enter Yale College. The student, who was only 12 years old, had learned some Cicero and much of the Aeneid in Latin, as well as the Gospel of St. John in Greek. The test was rigorous. Stiles chose passages from each work and asked for English translations. He also threw in a few quotations from other ancient texts. His judgment: the student had made laudable progress and was, he noted in his diary, “well fitted to be admitted into the Freshman Class.” Her name was Lucinda Foote. She wou ....