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For transfer students, being a part of Dudley House culture was not a choice but an obligation.
Students said that the Palfreys are widely loved among Adams House by residents, citing, for example, the Palfrey’s institution of “drag night”—an annual ritual during which the housemasters perform skits alongside cross-dressed students.
Outgoing Quincy residents also fondly recalled their own Masters’ quirks: House Master Deborah J. Gehrke has become known for her ping pong playing—an activity that Marcelo Cerullo ’10 called “competitive but cute.”
In 1960, student housing—an essential component of the Harvard undergraduate experience—was on the verge of major transformation.
Lingering in the background of these developments were Harvard’s efforts to purchase the Bennett Street Yards, a prime stretch of riverfront property owned by the Massachusetts Transit Authority. The negotiations stretched from 1955 to 1966 and pitted the University against Cambridge City Council officials—particularly...