Davenport College
Motto	Camera principis, mare liberum. House of leaders, sea of liberty.
Named For	John Davenport
Established	1933
Colors	black, white, maroon
College Master	Richard Schottenfeld
College Dean	Craig Harwood
Undergraduates	460
Called	D'port
Location	248 York Street
Homepage	http://www.yale.edu/davenport

Davenport College (colloquially often referred to as D'port) is one of the twelve residential colleges of Yale University. John Davenport ( April 9, 1597 &ndash May 30, 1670) was a Puritan clergyman and co-founder of the American colony A residential college is an organisational pattern for a division of a University that places academic activity in a Community setting of students and faculty usually Its buildings were completed in 1933 mainly in the Georgian style with a gothic façade. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Georgian architecture is the name given in most English -speaking countries to the set of Architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840 See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. A facade or façade (fəˈsɑːd is generally one side of the exterior of a Building, especially the front but also sometimes the sides and rear The college was named for John Davenport, who founded Yale's home city of New Haven, Connecticut. John Davenport ( April 9, 1597 &ndash May 30, 1670) was a Puritan clergyman and co-founder of the American colony An extensive renovation of the college's buildings occurred during the 2004-2005 academic year as part of Yale's comprehensive building renovation project. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Davenport College has an unofficial rivalry with adjoining Pierson College. Pierson College (PC is a residential college founded in 1933 at Yale University.

Buildings and architecture

The College

Davenport College, Upper Courtyard viewed from the Crosspiece. Harkness Tower can be seen in the background

Davenport College, Upper Courtyard viewed from York St. Harkness Tower is a prominent Gothic Revival structure at Yale University in New Haven Connecticut, United States. Gate.

Davenport College was, like many of Yale's residential colleges, designed by James Gamble Rogers and is privileged with two distinct styles of architecture: The York Street façade is constructed from gothically-detailed sandstone while the remainder of the college has been built in the red-brick Georgian style of the colonial era. James Gamble Rogers ( March 3, 1867 &mdash October 1, 1947) was an American architect best known for his academic commissions See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. Georgian architecture is the name given in most English -speaking countries to the set of Architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840 This "hybridization" is meant to complement the monumental gothic streetscape of York Street, on which the western façades of the Branford and Saybrook College complex along with Jonathan Edwards College stand opposite the gothic-inspired Yale Daily News building and University Theater; the gothic exterior of Davenport, with its fine carvings and ironwork, completes this pattern. Branford College is one of the 12 Residential colleges at Yale University. Saybrook College is one of the 12 residential colleges at Yale University. Jonathan Edwards College is a Residential college at Yale University. The Yale Daily News is a Newspaper published by Yale University students in New Haven Connecticut since January 28, 1878 On the inner, Georgian face, the college entrance is marked by a graceful adaptation of the eastern façade of the original Massachusetts Statehouse, in which the British imperial lion and unicorn have been replaced by a pair of yales. The Old State House is a historic legislative building located at the intersection of Washington and State Streets in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The yale (also "centicore" Latin "eale" is a Mythical beast found in European mythology.

The enclosed space of Davenport College features three courtyards: the traditional Kumble Court (usually referred to as the "upper courtyard"), the lower courtyard and a recently created stone courtyard in front of the dean's suite, the result of the annexation of a former Theater Studies building during the 2004-2005 renovations. The upper courtyard is mostly grassy open space and ideal for pick-up games of various sports. A half-story terrace and two house-like residential units (one dubbed "The Cottage") flank the upper courtyard to the north. The smaller lower courtyard is given over to flower gardens and a shaded hammock. Traditionally, the college's sophomores live in the suites bordering the lower courtyard, while most of the juniors and seniors of the College live around the upper courtyard. The Cottage is exclusively occupied by seniors—generally elected by their classmates—and serves as a social hub for the college, subsidized by the Master's Office.

Separating the two main courtyards is the Crosspiece, a north-south component of the Davenport-Pierson complex which serves as the administrative heart of Davenport College, housing both the Dean's and Master's Offices and a classroom space as well as carrels and reading rooms extending from the college's Spitzer Library. The crosspiece formerly held a second library in the top floor which has since been converted to student housing, with the book holdings moved into the expanded Library

Indoor spaces of architectural note include the Davenport Common Room, the aforementioned Spitzer Library and the Dining Hall. The Dining Hall features light broad-wood floors, ornately carved wooden wall details and a coffered, barrel-vaulted ceiling from which hangs Davenport's pièce de résistance, an elegant Waterford Crystal chandelier. Waterford Crystal is a Trademark brand of crystal Glassware produced in Waterford, Ireland, and in recent years (largely as sub-brands The plaster ornaments "JD" on the ceiling call to mind the monogram of the college's namesake, the Rev. John Davenport. John Davenport ( April 9, 1597 &ndash May 30, 1670) was a Puritan clergyman and co-founder of the American colony According to college alums, the Common Room, located directly across from the Dining Hall, has witnessed a return to its original design scheme since renovation, with furniture, upholstery and layout remarkably similar to that of an earlier Davenport.

In recent years the student run snack bar "the Dive" located under the College Common Room has served as an important gathering and social space for Davenporters. Abutting the kitchen is a modern, smartly decorated living room—complete with entertainment center—and game room, featuring a foosball table and two pool tables, one of which is a recently restored 1920s Brunswick "Regina" model. Table football, also known as foosball, table soccer or baby foot, is a table-top game that is based on Association football (soccer

The Davenport basement also includes a fully-stocked letterpress print-shop, a pottery studio, a dance studio, and a small theater with stadium seating, all shared with students in Pierson. Letterpress printing is a term for Printing text with Movable type, in which the raised surface of the type is Inked and then pressed against a smooth Pierson College (PC is a residential college founded in 1933 at Yale University. Davenport students also have access to shared facilities on the Pierson side of the basement, including music practice rooms and an exercise room.

Welch Hall circa 1895. From Yale Yarns: Sketches of Life at Yale University by John Seymour Wood. (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1895. )

Freshman housing

Davenport College freshmen live on the Old Campus with the rest of their Yale College class, with the exception of students from Silliman and Timothy Dwight. The Old Campus is a complex of buildings at Yale University on the block at the northwest end of the green in New Haven, Connecticut consisting Silliman College is a Residential college at Yale University. Timothy Dwight College, commonly abbreviated and referred to as "TD" is a residential college at Yale University named after two university presidents Timothy Currently, Davenport College freshmen live in Welch Hall, which is located across from Connecticut Hall on Old Campus. Harmanus Welch Hall is a freshman dormitory at Yale University in New Haven Connecticut, USA. Connecticut Hall is a Georgian-style building on the Old Campus of Yale University in New Haven Connecticut.

Mascot

The D'port Gnome.

For a while after Davenport College's inception into the Yale residential college system, students were known as "hybrids," a reference to the hybrid style of the college's architecture. It is unclear when this name fell into disuse, but certainly by the 1990s Davenport students were without a title or figure to rally behind.

In 1998, then junior Thomas Shaw, upon returning from a semester of mountaineering, brought back from the California Redwoods a five-and-a-half foot tall, several hundred pound carved wooden gnome as a gift to the college. The North Coast (also Redwood Empire or Redwood Coast) is a region of the U A gnome is a Mythical creature characterized by its extremely small size and subterranean lifestyle The gnome, with its green painted shirt and yellow pants, quickly developed a following in the Davenport community, and was soon proudly adopted as the college's official mascot. The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common

The gnome was first placed in the college's courtyard, but after abuse from drunken students and repeated theft from neighbor and unofficial Davenport rival Pierson College, the gnome was relocated inside. Pierson College (PC is a residential college founded in 1933 at Yale University. It graced the entrance of the administrative offices in Crosspiece for the first semester of the 2005-2006 school year, but was moved to the Davenport Dining Hall halfway through second semester so that it could play a more prominent role in the college.

College cheer

Davenport, Davenport, we are here!
We don't need no stinkin' cheer!
Davenport, Davenport, we are here!
Beer beer beer beer beer beer beer!

Notable alumni

• Sherrod Brown, United States Senator (D-Ohio)
• George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States
• George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
• Barbara Bush, daughter of President George W. Sherrod Campbell Brown (born November 9 1952) is the junior United States Senator from the state of Ohio, and a member George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. For the wife of George HW Bush see Barbara Bush. Barbara Pierce Bush (born November 25, 1981) is the elder of the fraternal Bush
• William F. Buckley, Jr., prominent conservative columnist
• Jefferson Mays, Tony Award-winning actor
• Garry Trudeau, artist/writer of Doonesbury comic strip
• Sarah Lyall, London correspondent for The New York Times
• David McCullough, American historian and best-selling author
• Thornton Wilder, American playwright and novelist
• Michael Gerber, humorist and author
• Samantha Power, foreign policy specialist

External links

• Davenport College
• Davenport Pops Orchestra