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...Over the past few weeks, the Isis Club has compiled a detailed electronic “punch book?? in which members evaluated potential inductees. The comments in the punch book appear to illuminate the criteria that particular Isis members apply when evaluating prospective members—but do not reveal which of the applicants actually will be offered admission. The archives accessed by The Crimson do not contain a record of the in-person discussions held by club members as they pared their punch class down...
...despite the humor of the book??or perhaps because of it—Dumas said her writing is not appreciated...
...Last week, it was discovered that the “punch book?? of the Isis Club, a female final club, was accessible in the public domain, and, predictably, many curious Harvard students accessed this sensitive information. A punch book contains comments about every current “punch” (the students who wish to join the club) and, as one could imagine, the comments are rarely based on any sort of merit. The Isis’ book is rife with vapid and positive evaluations, as well as harsh critiques based on punches’ accessories, shrill vocal...
Like this version of the book??s hero, Shenk is humble, recognizing his own limits as a historian. Referring to some historians’ claims that Lincoln was homosexual, Shenk doesn’t rule out such a possibility, but writes that “with people in history, our understanding is limited by available texts. Intuition and common sense can help, but only if they’re leavened by an awareness that the world we see ‘onstage’ is different from the world we live in.” The fact that...
...more about Lincoln’s admirable character traits than his mental illness. Shenk’s eloquent explications of Lincoln’s speeches—as well as anecdotes of Lincoln’s kindness and good sense of humor—become more intriguing than the book??s argument that his great asset was his melancholy...