Last LookBest foot forwardWill rubbing President Woolsey's toe bring good luck? Theodore Dwight Woolsey, Class of 1820, president of Yale from 1846 to 1871, has presided over Old Campus for 130 years. Of more recent vintage: the suggestion that rubbing Woolsey’s toe (the shiny one) brings good luck. Offered up by decades of tour guides and refuted by generations of older alumni on social media, the toe remains a draw. Who are we to step on the fun?
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