Word: copey
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Late in April, the University announced a relaxation in entrance requirements to facilitate veteran admission, the Law School having already taken that step by itslf.e. And in the same week, as Copey celebrated his 85th birthday, the College reported that Kirk land House, occupied by the Navy since the summer of 1943, would be opened to civilians this summer...
...There," he said, covering the caption with one hand. "Do you know who that is?" One glance at the drawing and the Freshman looked scornfully up at Vag. "Why of course," be said. "That's Copey...
...Copey fans all over the country have sent congratulatory messages and gifts to the self-styled "champion survivor" of the Faculty, who was 84 yesterday...
...last of Harvard's living traditions, Copey expects to be round when students return to complete their interrupted education. The College will be unchanged, he predicts, but it will not include a great many men now expecting to come back...
...different generations, there were different men. First it was Billy the Postman, the first mail-carrier the Yard ever knew, who made the sagging wooden steps his lecture platform, and the students, then upperclassmen, his audience. Then Copey captured the imagination of the literary community with his intimate soirees in 13-15, gatherings that were to be the inspiration for men such as Reed, Lippmann, and Des Passos...