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President Derek C. Bok, sporting a crimson-colored bow tie, Sissela Bok, and Francis H. Burr '35, chairman of the 350th Anniversary Cooutsideon, met the Prince and then proceded into Memorial Hall. The president greeted the Prince with a slight bow and flashed a wide grin in response to media requests for a smile...
...well-attired guests said they were anxiousto see the Prince and happy to be helping Harvardcelebrate its first 350th years. They also saidthey would be skipping the party on the Charles...
...fireworks and mylar become dangerous when they are smoke and mirrors obscuring the uncomfortable truth that the present cannot bear close scrutiny. The 350th celebration generates nostalgia for a Harvard past that never was and funds for a Harvard that is not what it should...
Harvard is 350 years old and is throwing itself a party. And, oh what a party. Derek Bok's on Time magazine, John Harvard's on his own postage stamp, chrysanthemums are on the steps of Widener, and the special 350th seal is on just about everything else...
...350th planners are trying to protect the nearly 30,000 attending Harvard's party from these truths. But that should come as no surprise to alums: Each received a letter last spring that subtly instructed against voting for three Board of Overseers candidates who called for Harvard's divestiture of South Africa-related stocks. A university that believes graduates must be told how to vote should have no qualms about sheltering them from unpleasantnesses...