Berkeley on the Brazos

[Sally Donlon]

And we refer to Tulane University in New Orleans as "Harvard of the
South."

Sally O. Donlon


On Mar 4, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Alice Faber wrote:

> When I was at UT in the late 70's, the expression was "the Harvard of
> the Southwest".
>
> Charles Doyle wrote:
>> Perhaps the smallness of the Web presence is partly attributable
>> to the fact that Austin is NOT "on the Brazos"; it's on the
>> Colorado River!  What's on the Brazos is (shudder) Texas A&M.
>>
>> Way back about the mid-1960s, a magazine--Harper's, I believe--ran
>> a feature article on UT and the aspirations for the university
>> that were harbored by its president, Harry H. Ransom.  The article
>> was titled, "Cambridge on the Plains."
>>
>> --Charlie
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>> ---- Original message ----
>>> Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 14:47:52 -0500
>>> From: William Salmon <william.salmon at YALE.EDU>
>>> Subject: Berkeley on the Brazos
>>>
>>>
>>> "Berkeley on the Brazos" refers to the University of Texas at
>>> Austin or sometimes the city of Austin.  Strangely enough, it has
>>> a very small Web presence--I was under the impression it was a
>>> pretty common way for the rest of Texas to refer to its central
>>> island of left-leaners.
>>>
>>> Anybody know when/where this originated?
>>>
>>> WS
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