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This past week, Harvard College alerted 57 sophomores that they had not actually won the Detur Prize, a $35 book embossed with the Detur and Harvard seals given for first-year academic achievement. These 57 students had been notified in August that they would be recipients of this award. This confusion over the winners of the Detur Prize alerts us to two major problems here at Harvard...
...August 3, 1852—a mere 150 years ago—Harvard and its long-standing academic rival Yale competed in the nation’s first intercollegiate sporting event—a crew race held on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. True to form and satisfying to our modern mock-hatred of New England’s finest safety school, Harvard prevailed over Yale and began a sports rivalry for the ages...
...Room.” Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth Studley “Ibby” Nathans threw a kegger for all Proctors. Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ‘68, especially pleased with the decision, connected the “Chastity” dance with his August letter encouraging undergraduates to slow down...
Award-winners are notified in August, and upon returning to campus can select one book valued up to $35 from The Coop as a prize. The front cover of the book is embossed with the Detur and Harvard seals and the inside cover is adorned with a personalized Detur Prize bookplate...
...manager of Unofficial Publications, Olson led the creation of The Guide to Getting In, a guide to college admissions to be released nationwide in August...