Question: Are both Lafayette College and Southern Methodist University a private institute?
Context: Southern Methodist University Press (or SMU Press) is a university press that is part of Southern Methodist University.  It was established in 1937 and is the oldest academic publisher in Texas.  The press releases eight to ten titles each year and is known for its literary fiction.  It was scheduled to suspend operations on June 1, 2010.  The provost of SMU announced in 2011 plans to reorganize the press with a smaller budget and different goals. The Southern Methodist University Mustang Band, known as the "Best Dressed Band in the Land" because of its 32 unique uniforms, is the marching band of Southern Methodist University.  Long known as “the Hub of SMU spirit,” the 80 member band represents the University at football and basketball games, produces the Pigskin Revue during Homecoming, and performs at special University- and community-related events.  Founded in 1917, the Mustang Band is currently under the direction of Don Hopkins and assistant director and music arranger Tommy Tucker. The 1959 Southern Methodist University Mustangs football team represented the Southern Methodist University in the 1959 college football season.  The Mustangs offense scored 147 points while the defense allowed 133 points.  At season’s end, the Mustangs were not ranked in the national standings. Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a private research university in Dallas, University Park, and Highland Park, Texas.  Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates satellite campuses in Plano, Texas, and Taos, New Mexico.  SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church.  Of the university's 11,643 students, 6,411 are undergraduates. James Lindsay Embrey, Jr., also known as J. Lindsay Embrey (September 23, 1925 - November 11, 2005) was an American real estate developer and philanthropist.  He was a primary benefactor of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.  He served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Southern Methodist University from 1970 to 1987.  In 1978, he established an endowment for students majoring in engineering at the University.  s of 2013 , this endowment has provided scholarships for over 2,000 engineering students.  In 1991, he was named emeritus of the Board of Trustees. The 1990 Southern Methodist University Mustangs football team represented the Southern Methodist University in the 1990 college football season.  SMU opened with a 44-7 win over Vanderbilt, but struggled the remainder of the season still recovering from the Death penalty.  The Mustangs offense scored 197 points while the defense allowed 426 points.  Forrest Gregg, who was retiring after the season, was carried off the field following a loss to Arkansas in the final game. Madison A. "Matty" Bell (February 22, 1899 – June 30, 1983) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator.  He played for Centre, captain of its 1918 team.  He served as the head football coach at the Haskell Institute (1920–1921), Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin (1922), Texas Christian University (1923–1928), Texas A&M University (1929–1933), and Southern Methodist University (1935–1941, 1945–1949), compiling a career college football record of 143–87–16.  His 1935 SMU Mustangs, which have been recognized as a national champion, went 12–0 in the regular season before losing to Stanford in the Rose Bowl.  Bell was also the head basketball coach at Texas Christian for six seasons from 1923 to 1929, tallying a mark of 71–41.  He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1955.  After retiring from coaching following the 1949 season, Bell served as the athletic director at Southern Methodist until 1964.  He died in 1983 in Dallas, Texas. Dr. June Schlueter is Charles A. Dana Professor Emerita of English at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.  Her areas of specialty are Shakespeare, Early Modern England, and Modern Drama.  She is married to Dr. Paul Schlueter, who is a specialist in English literature.  Dr. Schlueter has taught at Lafayette College since 1977 where she has taught: Modern Drama (American, British, Comparative); Shakespeare; The London Theatre (in London); Drama Survey (Greeks through Shakespeare, Restoration through Modern); Tudor and Stuart Drama; introductory writing and literature courses; British literature survey; Major American Writers; introductory writing and literature courses; interdisciplinary courses on the McCarthy era and on literature, science, and technology; advised student dramatic productions.  From 1993 until 2006 she was Provost of Lafayette College.  Dr. Schlueter has served on the Board of Trustees for Fairleigh Dickinson University. Lafayette College is a private liberal arts college based in Easton, Pennsylvania, with a campus in New York City, NY.  The school, founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter, son of General Andrew Porter of Norristown, and the citizens of Easton, first began holding classes in 1832.  The founders voted to name the school after General Lafayette, who famously toured the country in 1824–25, as "a testimony of respect for [his] talents, virtues, and signal services... in the great cause of freedom". The 1968 Southern Methodist University Mustangs football team represented the Southern Methodist University in the 1968 college football season.  The club was victorious in the 1968 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl.
Answer: yes