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Over the past few months, Harvard's 350th anniversary machine has matched the success of the best public relations firms. Its dozens of press releases promote a sanitized version of history and take little note of controversy over 350 years of Harvard past. The University Archives has refused to release photographs of student protests. And, to provide the perfect backdrop for alumni snapshots this week, Harvard has scrubbed its walls, trimmed its lawns, and even planted several new, fully grown trees to fill in bare spots in the Yard...
...there have been mistakes, things may have gotten out of control, and it may be easy this week to forget that Harvard's prime business is education, not entertainment. And when all the chocolate 350th shields have been eaten, and the officially sanctioned pens have been drained of their ink, Harvard will be left in relative peace once again--a bit prettier, a bit richer, and a year older, but probably none the wiser. Despite recalling its birth as the beginning of higher education in America, the University sadly missed this opportunity to re-examine either itself or education...
Harvard will establish a fellowship fund for local public school teachers to study and teach at the Graduate School of Education as its gift to the community in honor of the College's 350th birthday, University officials announced yesterday...
...This is our 350th birthday, and in celebrating it we don't want to lose track of Cambridge and Boston's participation in it," said Harvard President Derek C. Bok at yesterday's press conference. He praised the cities' contributions to Harvard, and apologized for "the various loud noises and other annoyances we have produced over the past 350 years...
...This is a program we hope will long outlast the 350th," said Harvard Vice President for Government and Community Affairs John Shattuck. "We have often--too often--taken for granted what the community means...