Word: 350th
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DEREK BOK and his most important administrators were supposed to have supped with 600 of Harvard's most celebrated and generous alumni and faculty Thursday night at an enormous dinner commemorating the University's 350th anniversary...
Harvard's failure to adequately protect Memorial Hall from protesters in advance was embarrassing as well. Despite the massive security forces assembled here for the 350th, the police, under the direction of Harvard University Police Chief Paul Johnson failed in its most fundamental task: preventing the University from being humiliated during its big bash...
That order never came for two reasons. First was the behavior of the party-goers. Enraged at this affront to themselves and the celebration of Harvard's 350th, a significant number of the prestigious guests lost their cool and tried to take control of the situation themselves. Many verbally harassed the blockaders and others tried to make their way bodily into the building...
...only did their activity severely restrict Bok's options, but it was a sad commentary on the 350th. The only contact that these best and brightest would have with the present student body was a childish shouting match in which the two groups matched their self-righteousness...
...white 350th organizers and Harvard officials may well try to downplay the events of Thursday night as a slight aberration in an otherwise gratifying celebration, something besides a big dinner was spoiled Thursday night...