Word: boylston
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...harkens back to the Greeks—beginning with the fifth century B.C.E. Sophists, or even earlier. Long ago, thinkers highly valued verbal persuasion and deemed it a central facet of education. The field of rhetoric changed and developed during Roman rule and onward, until Harvard itself established the Boylston Professorship of Rhetoric and Oratory in 1806. It was Francis J. Child, the second professor to hold the position, who shifted the job once and for all toward literature and away from public speaking. Now, Harvard’s commitment to rhetoric is almost nothing more than a memory...
...April information session in Boylston Hall, Leopold emphasized that “this program was not designed for Harvard College.” Still, the 27 Harvard College students admitted represent an increase over last year’s number, when 22 entered the program...
Starting tomorrow and lasting until the end of October, when it may prove difficult to congregate outside given Cambridge’s inclement weather, the chairs and tables will be placed near the Science Center, Memorial Hall, the Old Yard, Lehman Hall, and Boylston Hall. Harvard University Dining Services will set up Crimson Cash-friendly food stands featuring organic offerings and Mediterranean foods at many of the new seating areas...
...last shuttle currently leaves from Boylston Gate for the Quad at 3;45 a.m. on weekdays, but the proposal would have pushed the final run two hours and 15 minutes earlier...
...Should you decide to visit Mather or the Quad, the exotic locales that throw most of the legitimate House parties on campus, you’ll want to use the shuttles. They leave from outside Lamont (Mather), Boylston Gate (the Quad), and behind Annenberg (both). On weekends and after midnight on weekdays, shuttles can take you all the way from Dunster to Pfoho, stopping at most of the useful points in between. When riding that late night bus with 50 other partygoers (watch out for vomit!), be grateful that the College decided against a plan to drastically reduce shuttle service...