Chicago summed up

[muckefuck]

Thank you, Internet! This quote has been stuck in my head (in slightly mutated form) since I graduated, but I haven't been able to source it before.

Ellis E. Reid, presiding judge of the First Municipal District of the Cook County Circuit Court, said, "U of C is funny. They're not prejudiced, they're elitist. They have nothing against your color, as long as you're a genius," said Reid, a black 1959 graduate of the school.

Now if I could only find out who described the College as "the largest gathering of neurotic adolescents since the Children's Crusade", I would be content.

Comments

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

What an elite brain you have!

So, what's your favourite quote about the Grey City? (Or would you prefer that not be on the record...)

[mollyc-q.livejournal.com]

Actually, the Liebling quote is one of my favorites, if not the #1, thus my shock and delight at running into it just now. There's another really good one, a contemporary of Liebling's, I have to think about the others - trust me this discussion will continue - and perhaps not on the record.... Its funny last night I was skipping through friend entries and blog's and ran into GregorSf's account of a homophobic fundraising call from the Alumni Association for Owen and the AA's subsequent inability to adhere to Do Not Call Restrictions. It was a fully justified jaunt on to a war path.

[mollyc-q.livejournal.com]

I thought there was an H.L. Menken quote on Chicago - I think I am mistaken.... Actually there is the Elaine May, Mike Nichols quote: "Hyde Park, Where Black and White are arm in arm against the poor....."