"Trinity Men Must Stay on Campus": An Extract from the Hartford Courant

"Trinity Men Must Stay on Campus": An Extract from the Hartford Courant

Trinity College and the Influenza Pandemic of 1918

The Hartford Courant, too, reported that “members of the Trinity College S.A.T.C. have been ordered to remain upon the college grounds until further notice because of the epidemic of Spanish influenza in the city.” It wasn’t clear if other members of the Trinity community were restricted under the order. Trinity was not alone in taking action: the Courant reported later in October that “Smith College [re]opened Friday after the quarantine caused by the influenza epidemic” and that the Loomis School had five cases and closed for a week

Hartford Courant Digital Archive

October 9, 1918

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