Word: bursars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Test, Frank Corliss '27 is not half so elusive. Students see him more often than they think, some on their way to and from classes, others when they decide to catch up on studying before hourlies. He's the Lamont Library book checker--the man who asks for your bursar's card as you rush to the reserve desk, and inspects your books when you leave the building...
Lamont has required users to show their bursar's cards for only the past four years. "We used to have trouble with outside people who came in from the Square," Corliss says. "We couldn't ask them for I.D. if we asked no one else. Now, if they don't begin to reach for their cards, we ask for them...
Throughout the day, a few people are bound to forget their bursar's cards -- but that's no problem. A girl comes into the library who's forgotten her wallet. Corliss whips out his clipboard, and she's signed in. A grad student comes in just to drop off some reserve books, so he doesn't have to show his card. A slightly nervous guy enters with two non-Harvard friends whom he wants to "show around"; Corliss lets them through immediately without any formalities. He's a nice...
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) students, like undergraduates, will have a new sticker on their bursar's cards this year as part of a new athletic department effort to more easily and accurately identify people using the University's athletic facilities...
...Previously, monitors couldn't tell the difference between a Law School bursar's card and an undergrad unless they read the fine print. With the new stickers, though, identification will be easier," Morris said yesterday...