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...president of Harvard, I find myself in a rather touchy situation. While planning our 350th anniversary celebration, to be held a year from September, it occurred to me that it would befit tradition for the other President to make a speech. The White House people were very polite, explaining that the President liked the idea but that they could not confirm a date that far away. Assuming he could come, they added rather pointedly, would Harvard award him an honorary degree? Well. Such awards, of course, are decided by a sacred convocation and are hardly tossed around loosely. When word...
That's at least what happened when the Times splashed a piece on Wednesday's national page discussing "reverberations that reach to the White House" caused by Harvard's invitation to President Reagan to speak at the University's 350th birthday in September...
...September 1986, Harvard will throw itself a 350th birthday party, promising to attract thousands of the nation's richest, most conservative, and most elite for a gala a la the Royal Wedding...
Despite its 350th May 1 birthday, Harvard Square won't get to eat its cake until December. Square movers and shakers have decided to postpone commemorative festivities until then, when the revelers have recovered from the recent spat of public parties...
...added that a stamp which commemorates the 350th anniversary of higher education in America--and not specifically Harvard--is a possibility...