My visit to Yale University was
out of the ordinary. We went to the
University’s Battell Chapel, on a Sunday in mid-January, for a memorial service
of a family friend. He was a Yale alum (Class of 2008) in his late 20s who clearly loved Yale and was loved by his
classmates. His friends and family came
out in full force to celebrate his life.
His former Yale classmates spoke beautifully and eloquently about their
friend and their time together. They
sang a cappella, as they had with him in Yale’s Society of Orpheus and
Bacchus (SOBs), the second-longest-running a cappella
group in the nation... or, as they prefer to put it, 20 male friends who love
to sing and have fun together. I could see and feel how these Yale students built strong, lasting friendships while working hard and playing hard at Yale.
Before the memorial service,
we took the self-guided tour
of Yale and visited the Yale Art Museum.
Here are some photos from our tour.
