<p>is that true? can anyone verify that?</p>
<p>No mention here:</p>
<p>You, will, I believe, find that Penn is pretty much officially agnostic. In fact, I've been told it is the only Ivy that does not have a divinity department.</p>
<p>There were some quakers among the ofunders of the university, but it was specifically founded as a secular institution, free from religious influence (to the degree that was possible in the 1700s).</p>
<p>Our mascot is the Quaker, but that's pretty much it... =)</p>
<p>It's not, although Philadelphia has a lot of Quaker history so Quakerism is around generally... however, if you are quaker-phobic, no worries, there aren't that many of us (plus, we're awesome!)</p>
<p>I don't know of anyone who actually IS a quaker, though I suppose there's someone....
No, it's not really "Quaker" at all these days. That was SO 250 years ago.</p>
<p>heyyy be nice. I'm quaker (along with 600,000 other people) and i promise you we dont drive buggies and wear all black and sell oatmeal. that's the amish. and the shakers were the weird sexual utopian ones who liked to make furniture and sing "tis a gift to be simple" - not the quakers.</p>
<p>The only times I hear "Quaker" are "Go Quakers!" and "Quaker Consortium" which is basically a reciprocal agreement between Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore to allow their students to enroll in the other school's classes.</p>
<p>I'm no quaker, I'm far too fond of using violence to achieve objectives.</p>