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...time went by, memories of Hitler's Germany, the atomic bomb and wartime rationing faded from memory. The '49ers studied, played House football and attended dances. With the Class of 1949, Harvard put WWII firmly in the past...
Cronin's, a large bar that once occupied the site that now houses the Holyoke Center, loomed large in the memories of many '49ers. The bar was especially popular after football games, when fans would crowd the Square's watering holes...
After spending months and even years fighting overseas, the returning veterans were older than typical college students and not looking for the same type of experience. The '49ers were, overall, an exceptionally studious group of young men determined to improve the post-war world and their prospects...
Memories of a class divided are what stand out in the minds of many younger '49ers today. Going to school with older and worldlier men, they say, made their experience at Harvard unique...
They worked hard and they played hard. The'49ers were a group that cared deeply about theiracademics, their politics-and their sports...