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During the rally, the group of dissenters, amidst chants of "Hell no, we won't go," and "Chicano Studies. Black Studies: here today, here to stay," marched to the Large Commons Conference Room, where Rivera. Warren and several other administrators were having lunch...
...Harvard men were as famed then for their courage and ingenuity as they are now. Undaunted by this presidential setback, one particularly dedicated Collegian editor proposed that the group simply cease publication of that paper and start up a new one. Everyone loved the plan; amidst great secrecy, the group produced the first issue of the Advocate. The year was 1866, and a Harvard tradition was born...
...Amidst her blatant passion for Sloan, various other subplots unfold--including the homosexual relationship between Ed and Sloan and the father's recognition of Sloan. All these developments climax in one explosive monologue by Sloan, revealing his depraved and destructive past. Samols leaves us breathless from this speech and his ensuing violence, which finally lead Kath and Ed to a brutal fight over Sloan...
...whom the yard dormitory is named, Hollis led a campaign to restock the Harvard Library after it was entirely destroyed in the famous Massachusetts Hall fire of 1764. Bond decided to track down as many books as possible from the Holliscollection, which over the centuries have become lost amidst the millions of volumes Harvard owns...
...general rule, the older grads are more interesting, if much less recognizable. And in one short piece, a tribute to Perry Miler, Robert Coles '50 succeeds better then the rest in being both eloquent and moving. As for the rest, tremendous vignettes of outstanding personalities and scenes are scattered amidst not so tremendous stories of club punches. The Signet Society is the most prominent character in the whole tome (not surprising, since these distinguished graduates are mostly writers by trade, and the Signet is reputedly literary). Probably, it is this stress on the congeniality of that yellow building that prejudiced...