<ol>
<li>Football game attendance often exceeds 111,000 </li>
<li>Founded in 1817</li>
<li>Considered one of the original eight Public Ivies.</li>
<li>One of the largest research expenditures of any American university</li>
<li>Nickname is “Harvard of the West”</li>
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<p>1) Top departments are neuroscience and oceanography.
2) The highest ranked public school without Division 1 sports.
3) A major was invented here. (bonus points for what it is, it’s not one of the 2 in #1.)</p>
<p>The poem that became “America the Beautiful” was written by Katharine Lee Bates, English professor–and president–of Wellesley. The man who wrote the music was an organist, not a professor. So you’ll have to come up with another clue. </p>
<p>(I don’t get the multi-tasking thing…who is known for being particularly single-minded? Inquiring minds want to know! )</p>
<p>Edit:
ACK! She was a visiting prof at Colorado College when she wrote the poem. And now single-mindedness makes perfect sense. </p>
<p>-Football players typically don black uniforms at home
-Private
-Participates in a major athletic conference at the D-1 level
-Founded by baptists who used to make the students spend half of each day doing manual labor</p>