Yale - Woolsey Shoe

by Madeline Ellis

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Yale - Woolsey Shoe

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Madeline Ellis

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Photograph - Photography

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"Mitchell tells his tours that this foot-rubbing tradition is as old as the Woolsey statue�s presence on Old Campus, where it has stood since 1896. According to campus lore, the foot was supposedly made famous because in all his years as president of the University, the crew team never lost a race that Woolsey attended. As the foot that launched a thousand ships � a thousand fast ships � Woolsey�s foot thus became a symbol of luck."

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June 23rd, 2014

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