XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: tonycooper214@gmail.com   
      
   On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 02:16:13 -0400, Rich Ulrich   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 05:11:51 +0000, HenHanna    
   >wrote:   
   >   
   >>Why are some uni's        The University of xxxxxxxx   
   >>        and others        xxxxxx  University ?   
   >>   
   >   
   >It seems pretty natural to me to say University of xxxx when   
   >xxxx is a place. It does not work well for a person's name   
   >   
   >Similarly xxxx University is natural when the xxxx is a person's   
   >name, though I feel only a little strain to this ordering for a place.   
   >   
      
   My alma mater is now "Indiana University".  It was founded as "State   
   Seminary" in 1820, became "Indiana College" in 1828, and "Indiana   
   University" in 1838.   
      
   While a late-comer compared to Harvard, Indiana only became a state in   
   1816.   
      
   >Wikipedia -- Harvard   
   >   Founded October 28, 1636, and named for its first benefactor, the   
   >   Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of   
   >  higher learning in the United States   
      
   Harvard was not recognized as a university until 1780.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)