Morse College of Yale University 5" Fruit Dish Bowl In Deo Non Armis Fido 1961

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This listing is for a hard to find 1961 Morse College IN DEO NON ARMIS FIDO Syracuse China 5" X 1" fruit bowl or dish. With the Morse College logo on the bowl this is free from any damage from a smoke free home. Some historical information about this piece:
" In his report on the year 1955-56, Yale President
A. Whitney Griswold
announced his intention to add at least one more residential college to the system Yale had launched only two decades earlier. "We have the colleges so full that community life, discipline, education, even sanitation are suffering," he stated. This news bred wild rumors about four or five new colleges being added to Yale's system. Nothing substantial was announced until the spring of 1959 when
Eero Saarinen
'34 was chosen as the architect, and the Old York Square behind the
Graduate School
became the designated site. The Old Dominion Foundation, established by
Paul Mellon
'29, provided money to build two "radically different" colleges, which would alleviate the growing strain on the older colleges"