Word: copey
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Elsewhere in the CRIMSON are far more eloquent testimonials than we could ever pen to one of Harvard's most distinguished and best loved figures. That his former pupils, writing years after graduation, still retain a vivid picture of Copey as an individual, and still appreciate his peculiar abilities as a teacher, is to those who know him praise more fitting than surprising...
Those who had the privilege of studying with Copey will long remember him as one of the greatest in a justly famous and fast vanishing group of humanists. While remarkably familiar with every nook and cranny of English literature. Copey was not--nor would he claim to be--a scholar in the strictest sense. But there is something in the fact that yearly the Harvard Club invites Copey to New York to give a Christmas reading; there is something in Copey's annual intimidation of a thousand freshmen--in the position Copey carved out for himself over a long span...
...repeat, testimonials in addition to those written by Copey's pupils must seem futile. But the CRIMSON takes pride in joining the celebration of the birthday of a man who, despite the varied demands of an active career, has always given successive CRIMSON boards the benefits of his interest and advice...
...completes this June the 25th year of service to his University. This appointment is a token of recognition which has long been accorded him by a host of graduate and undergraduate friends. To those who, beside the fire in Hollis 15, have taken part in his genial friendship "Copey" stands out as one of the best influences at Harvard...
...urged young men to look beyond the College gates and not to stagnate in the back eddy of undergraduate content. And that his words have had results is witnessed by the occupations of his friends today. Wherever men are striving hard, wherever there is action and life, "Copey's" friends are taking part, more strongly and more nobly because they are his friends...