Liberal Arts

EVA GARCIA: Welcome back to Kenlycast, the only Kenly podcast where extra-credit is not only a bonus but a requirement for listening in.

As time marches on, so does the progress of time? Where were we? So, yeah, Kenly, not a bad dude, but also not the greatest. I mean, he's no Lincoln and he's no Lee. And for an institution that didn't allow women until 1920, which, actually that's pretty good. Like that's six years before Sarah Lawrence was established, so, yeah, good on you Kenly College for being ahead of the curve on that one. But, yeah, the reason, the real reason they let women in wasn't because they were super progressive or anything, it's because they needed the money. World War I had like totally ravaged the population and there were not a lot of dudes looking to get their education when they were worried about starting families. And those who were dealing with PTSD and the influenza pandemic that wiped out a lot of potential student bodies.

However, there were a lot of spinsters looking to make something of themselves and Kenly capitalized on this new demand for higher learning for ladies. In order to go co-ed, two additional dorms were built to house the new students. I mean, it was the roaring twenties but it was still the twenties and like, way before the sexual revolution was even a thing. And it took like another thirty-seven years for Kenly to be like, naw, we don't want to be associated with that creepy ass secret society BS anymore. They wanted to appear more modern and liberal and tried to rebrand the college as a bastion for free thinkers and exploration. But, there is still some really jacked up shit in the student code of conduct. If you haven't seen the original charter and code of conduct shit you should check it out in the library's special collection. It's creepy as fuck. I mean like there is a section on how Puerto Rican you can be to be a member. Like, what?

Appearances

 * Tom Clancy's The Division 2