Saybrook College is one of the 12 residential colleges at Yale University. It was founded in 1933 by partitioning the Memorial Quadrangle (built in 1917-1921) into two parts: Saybrook and Branford. Old Saybrook is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. ... Harvard Colleges residential houses and Yales residential colleges have established sisterly relationships, much like the Oxbridge sister colleges. ... Adams House is one of the 12 undergraduate houses at Harvard University, located near the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Yale redirects here. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... The Memorial Quadrangle at Yale University, which now consists of Saybrook and Branford colleges, was commissioned from James Gamble Rogers to supply much-needed student housing. ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... Branford College is one of the 12 residential colleges at Yale University. ...

Each student room is decorated with panes of stained glass from G. Owen Bonawit. Unlike many of Yale's residential colleges that are centered around one large courtyard, Saybrook has two courtyards -- one stone and one grass, hence the college cheer beginning "Two courtyards, stone and grass: two courtyards kick your ass." Strictly speaking, stained glass is glass that has been painted with silver stain and then fired. ... G. Owen Bonawit is an artist whose studio created thousands of pieces of stained glass in the early 1900s at Yale University, Duke University, Northwestern University, and others. ...

Saybrook College was one of the original Yale Residential Colleges. Its name comes from the original location of the university, Old Saybrook, Connecticut. The college has the highest student-to-land-area ratio of any of the colleges. Some students believe that Saybrook (or the combination of Saybrook and Branford) most resembles Gryffindor House in the Harry Potter books. Old Saybrook is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. ... In the Harry Potter series, the Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry is divided into four houses, each bearing the last name of its founder - Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. ... Cover of the first book in J. K. Rowlings series: Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (British/Canadian/Australian/Irish version) The Harry Potter books are a series of fantasy novels by English writer J. K. Rowling. ...

Saybrook students are known on campus for "the Saybrook Strip," a ritual performed during football games when one minute is left in the third quarter. Both male and female college residents strip down to their underwear (some brave seniors remove all their clothing during The Game) to accompaniment by the Yale Precision Marching Band, which formerly played The Stripper or Sweet Child o' Mine but now chooses different tunes from game to game. Half-time festivities at The Game, Yale Bowl The Game (always capitalized) is a title given to several U.S. college football rivalry games, but most particularly the annual contest between the Harvard University Crimson and the Yale University Bulldogs. ... The Yale Precision Marching Band is the official marching band of Yale University. ... The Stripper is a famous piece of music composed by Rose, it evinces a jazz influence and is famously used in stripteases. ... Sweet Child O Mine is a song by the hard rock band Guns N Roses. ...

The college was renovated during the 2000-2001 year. This article is about the year 2000. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Notable alumni

• Oliver Stone (did not graduate) - director
• Maya Lin '84 - artist
• Janice Kaplan '76 - best-selling novelist
• Kellie Martin '01 - actress

William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946), known simply as Oliver Stone, is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director and screenwriter. ... It has been suggested that Confluence project be merged into this article or section. ... Kellie Noelle Martin (born October 16, 1975) is an American television actress. ...

External links

• Saybrook College Home Page
• Saybrook College Orchestra