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...what of the Barker Center itself? Hadn't I read all the articles about the controversy over whether to preserve the historic Freshman Union, butter patties on the ceiling and all, or to rip it down in the name of progress and the need for more office space? I had, throughout the planning stages and construction of the Barker Center, favored the preservation of the Union for preservation's sake alone, not having ever eaten in the Union but feeling rather that History is History and should be left as is. All of that feeling went out a shiny, clean...
...really need to empty that space in order to fill it with yet another bank, yet another office, or worse still, a fast food restaurant with just as much grease but none of the claustrophobic charm? I don't think so. Let's leave it. It may not have butter patties on the ceilings, but probably almost as many Harvard freshmen have eaten there as they have in the former Union. Besides, I like the smell of greasy fries just about as much as the fragrance of sawdust mixed with fresh paint...
...success; in Malibu, Calif. His Mio in Winterset (1936) simmered with earnest indignation; his Penguin in TV's Batman was gloriously over the top. He played the gentle George in Of Mice and Men, the careworn coach in Rocky and even did a gravelly voice-over for Skippy peanut butter. Meredith defended his quirky choices, saying, "I'm a man moved by the rhythms of his time, so I'll just take amusement at being a paradox...
Though scores of first-years had passed through the Union's old distinguished dining room, in its last years it had grown tawdry. The famous butter-patted ceiling was looking more dirty than distinguished; the paint was peeling off the walls; the rotunda was encased with God-awful green-blue floral curtains; and the tray return area was a steam-filled Rube Goldberg contraption...
...plaster casts of the ceiling, minus the butter, hang on the second floor walls. Beside them are cases that once housed collections, including one of collegiate baseball paraphenalia...