And it is well to note that on Mr. Buckley's strict definition of a Christian such men as Jefferson, Emerson, Lincoln, and Yale's own William Howard Taft would fail to qualify. But in fact there ...

News of the inauguration of William Howard Taft, class of 1878, as the 27th president of the United States — Yale’s very first — was met with pride and jubilation on campus. Despite a fierce winter ...