Also in the LIFE photo archive: photos of Wesleyan students and professors volunteering at the Connecticut Valley Hospital for the mentally ill in 1965:
And a series of 1968 photos of Wesleyan’s then-president, the dapper alumnus Edwin D. Etherington, at home with his family:
Etherington was the president of the American Stock Exchange before taking over at Wesleyan, and was a staunch civil rights advocate who got Wes to admit women and increase minority student enrollment. Plus he’s got a serious Don Draper thing going on:
Sorry, Roth’s got nothing on this guy.
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love you 12:23
love you 12:23
Quack quack
Quack quack
I’d tap that…
I’d tap that…
Funny how if we were ducks, there wouldn’t even BE classes.
Funny how if we were ducks, there wouldn’t even BE classes.
Funny if genders were reversed how sexist that comment would sound
Funny if genders were reversed how sexist that comment would sound
This lesbian is still voting for Roth as Zenith’s best-looking prez.
This lesbian is still voting for Roth as Zenith’s best-looking prez.
well, if by fucking things up, 1:12pm, you mean admitting women (eventually, in numbers equal to men), I guess I’m glad he fucked things up.I LOL at the Don Draper vid. I even see a little bit of “Madmen” in those old photos.
well, if by fucking things up, 1:12pm, you mean admitting women (eventually, in numbers equal to men), I guess I’m glad he fucked things up.
I LOL at the Don Draper vid. I even see a little bit of “Madmen” in those old photos.
as opposed to bogart the sous chef
as opposed to bogart the sous chef
he kinda reminds me of bogart (the actor)
he kinda reminds me of bogart (the actor)
Etherington was brought to wesleyan (from the American Stock Exchange) to continue the economic prosperity that was seen during Butterfield’s presidency. He did a very good job of fucking everything up. Respect though for the civil rights stuff…
Etherington was brought to wesleyan (from the American Stock Exchange) to continue the economic prosperity that was seen during Butterfield’s presidency. He did a very good job of fucking everything up. Respect though for the civil rights stuff…