Word: adamses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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If God had wanted all those funny buildings around Plympton St. to be a House, he would have made them look like one. Adams House, in article and everything else, is a makeshift affair, but its very makeshiftness makes it perhaps the most stimulating and by far the most lovable...
Adams has three main residential sections-Randolph, C-Entry and Westmorly. The Randolph courtyard looks dandy in the rain especially when seen to the rhythmic accompaniment of the heating pipes. Randolph's marble sinks add a touch of gentility, except when they fall apart as they occasionally do. For those...
Westmorly with its large leaded windows and C-Entry with its two-bedroom doubles (individual washbasins and medicine chests, mind you) are honest to god elegant. Wherever you live you'll be close to Tommy's and Cahaly's, which to the true Adams House type is all that matters...
That is of course assuming that the arty bohemian Adamsite really exists. Actually, more Adams graduates in the Class of '65 went to business school than from any other House. But there are still enough of the drama wonks, CRIMSON editors, and solitary swimmers to keep the fine House drama...
An important aspect of this American tradition of voluntarism, Adams said, is the exclusion of religious elements from public-school education, and the denial of public funds to parochial and church-related schools.