Pastor Mike took us over to see some of Yale University and told us some of the history. He said that a man named Yale from the New Haven area bid for establishing the school in the area by promising to bequeath his extensive library to the school. Like several other Ivy League Schools it started as a school to train ministers and lay leaders in Connecticut. The architecture of the oldest buildings reflect that. It is amazing stonework. We went to the Sacred Books Library where on display is an original Gutenburg Bible encased in a special thermo controlled display case.
We went to another building that is a memorial for former students who have died in service either to their country or while serving as missionaries. There is a monument in a center court to the number of women who were allowed in the school. At first there were none for many years, then gradually they were allowed in. Why were there no women when Yale started? It was a seminary and women could not preach then.
There are currently some 200,000 students and Yale is the area's largest employer. However, there is not a real outreach to the students on campus, according to Pastor Mike. Yale has a rich, Bible-based history, but sadly soon forsook it in favor of modernism.
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