[muir_redwoods]

That's partly bacause most schools were religiously affiliated. Yale was a seminary when it began.

[Temple Owl]

Swarthmore was a Quaker institution.

[RightWhale]

That's the thing. Especially the institutions of higher learning.

[StonyBurk]

Indeed--yet today it sends task forces to the AirForce academy to document complaints against Christians-Go figure.None of our public institutions I am aware of have
remained true to their foundations especially among the schools that trace a history back prior to the War Between the States.