Mister McIntosh Says
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." ~ Walt Disney
My Visit to Kenyon College
Parick McGoohan in The Prisoner
After taking my eldest daughter to attend Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, last week, me and the rest of my family feel very fortunate. Fortunate yes, but, Irene worked very hard to get into a good college and she has succeeded marvelously. We had never heard of Kenyon before her cousin was accepted there a couple of years ago.
Kenyon is intertwined with Gambier, a little village that seems to exist in the center of the college. I joked that it reminded me of “The Village” in the British TV series The Prisoner starring Patrick McGoohan. While we were there we bought a dozen ears of corn and a hand-made quilt from some Amish families that had brought some buggy loads of goods to sell.
Kenyon is part Hogwarts, part Harvard. Seriously. It’s old, and very cool. I feel some pangs of regret that I didn’t get to experience life at a college like this right out of high school. But, our kids seem to be getting ahead faster and better than their parents did, and isn’t that what it’s all about?
Middle Path is the main drag across campus
And just for Ms Laycock, here is a picture of a Gargoyle on Mather Hall.
Gargoyle on mather Hall
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August 31st, 2009 at 4:30 PM
This sounds like it was wonderful. I too feel some regret that I did not attend college until my early 40′s, but I enjoyed it then as well. I regret that my children did not experience college after high school also, but, you know, they have all made me proud as a mother and a grandmother. And yes, we want the best for each generation. Nana
September 11th, 2009 at 7:00 AM
I love the fall scenery and your word choice, “part Hogwarts, part Harvard.”
September 14th, 2009 at 1:03 PM
Just wanted to know if when you tried to leave the “village” were you chased by a 10 foot ball?
Seriously however, the pictures look like what I have in my mind when I think of a small liberal arts collage in the east. I know Ohio is only the “east” to someone who considers Nebraska as the mid-west.