tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post112111316891527819..comments2023-08-10T05:32:21.163-04:00Comments on An Examined Life: Harvard on the HockingVitae Scrutatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12808120163472036743noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-22584772682753869332010-12-16T19:53:35.771-05:002010-12-16T19:53:35.771-05:00Miami was known as the "Yale of the Old West&...Miami was known as the "Yale of the Old West" when Ohio was considered the west. <br /><br />Much of the campus is a replica of buildings at Yale University in New Haven, CT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-1121274673372739072005-07-13T13:11:00.000-04:002005-07-13T13:11:00.000-04:00Miami of Ohio has been known (at least by Miamians...Miami of Ohio has been known (at least by Miamians) as "the Harvard of the Midwest" so I think that trumps "Harvard of the Hocking". Do all universities call themselves the Harvard of something or is that just an Ohio thing?<BR/><BR/>The way I rationalize it is that at some point back in the 1800s Ohio U & Miami U actually <I>were</I> competitive with Harvard. Times change.<BR/><BR/>--Miami gradTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118362963139092279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-1121144143944877162005-07-12T00:55:00.000-04:002005-07-12T00:55:00.000-04:00If you could convince your board of trustees that ...If you could convince your board of trustees that there had been an error of oral transmission somewhere along the line, and it was really supposed to "Harvard on the Anchor-Hocking" maybe you could at least get some nice pyrex bakeware out of it.<BR/><BR/>And here you were trying to talk me into letting my daughter go to OU!!<BR/><BR/>-- A graduate of Indiana University (the University of Iowa of the "I" states east of Iowa.)Kathy Hutchinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851875819094837357noreply@blogger.com