At first I was very surprised by the fact that City College was once called the "Harvard of the Poor," but after thinking about it for a while I was not surprised. As I have often heard, the CUNY system is considered one of the best systems in the country. After reading both articles I was amazed at how many radical thinkers there was in the past. It seems that presently noncomforming ideas are horrifying. I was also surprised by the number of publiclly known Intellectuals, and find it very depressing that there are no current day counterpart to these Intellectuals. It seems that everything is backwards nowadays compared to how it was like almost seventy years ago. In the late 1930's and early 1940's the people who attended City College were people who went to college for the sake of learning. Now the majority of college students are in college for the sake of making money.

Also what I found interesting was that I have heard the expression "Harvard for the Poor" from my mom when I was applying for colleges. But the term was not applied to City College instead my mom was talking about Cooper Union. I thought it was very funny how both City College and Cooper Union was and is considered the "Harvard of the Poor." Both are called that because they both are great schools for a very low price.

 Yes, I also drew a picture. I didn't want to take one because I felt that people may find me suspicious.

This picture was drawn from http://cooper.edu/assets/Images/stock/_resampled/ResizedImage600400-cooperunion4241.jpg