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...outdoor ceremony in Tercentenary Theatre. While the fall inauguration ceremonies are usually full of pomp and circumstance—the new president receives ancient symbols of office including two silver keys, two seals of the University, the earliest college record book, and the Harvard Charter of 1650??Sunday's official changing of the guard passed with little fanfare...
Harvard assumes, not always without reason, that its American undergraduates possess scant knowledge of European and Ancient History. To fill this void, the college offers courses such as History 10a, “Western Societies, Politics, and Cultures: From Antiquity to 1650?? and History 10b, which does the same job from 1648 up to the present...
...short, specific anecdotes that intensely examine events in Harvard’s “seedy” history and its significant place in the broader story of American history. He tells of a time when traveling Dutchmen confused Harvard for a tavern, and when William Stoughton, Class of 1650??who donated ?1000 to the building of Stoughton Hall—helped convict George Burroughs, Class of 1670, during the Salem witch trials. Schlesinger describes how students were already debating about slavery during Commencement in 1773, how U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, Class of 1880, revolutionized the rules...
Cole bested the second-place finisher in the 1650??Dave Ashley from Princeton—by just under 30 seconds and broke his own EISL record by 0.61 seconds. In relay competition, Cole’s critical third leg in the 800-yard freestyle relay put Harvard in first place for good. His efforts earned him the Phil Moriarty Award as the meet’s outstanding swimmer...
...three professors teaching History 10a: “Western Societies, Politics, and Cultures: From Antiquity to 1650?? Kishlanksy said that he and his fellow professors met with their TFs weekly to monitor grading through common readings of papers and exams...
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