The Un-Quaker Commandant
From Friend to Leatherneck.
The Carriage House, Pre-LGBT
Old Penn, Nov|Dec 2017
Bygone Gazettes
Old Penn, Sept|Oct 2017
Strange Brotherhood
The hidden chapter of wartime human experimentation in the DKE house.
A Principled Man
Nathan Mossell M1882 overcame great odds to become the first African-American graduate of Penn’s School of Medicine. He went on to found Philadelphia’s first black hospital—an achievement he never really wanted.
House Proud
Window, Jan|Feb 2014
Trowel, Cloak and Dagger
Excavating Gordion was not the most exciting thing Rodney Young did.
Tracing the Class of 1811
The Class of 1811 in profile.
True, but Funny?
Architect's joke on Woodrow Wilson.
Old Penn Vol. III, 1904-05
Third in a 110 part series.
Old Penn Vol. II, 1903-04
Second in a 110 part series.
Old Penn and After
Every so often, for one reason or another, I have occasion to look through old issues of the Gazette and its predecessor, Old Penn. I’m always fascinated, for reasons both contradictory and complementary.
Who’s Who?
Thomas Eakins’ The Agnew Clinic
Print Run: The Daily Pennsylvanian Celebrates 125 Years
Milestone mashup: DP celebrates 125 years
Objects of Memory
Window, May|Jun 2009
Old School Politics
Window, Jan|Feb 2008