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Because of its seclusion, its distance, and its single entrance, this anomaly in brick is all that many people see of Eliot. But once inside, one discovers that Eliot does have a plan. Viewed from the inside courtyard--the largest among the houses--"the triangle with its tip chopped off" becomes apparent as one senses the design of the almost perfectly symmetrical and well proportiontd building...
Eliot is unfriendly in the sense that its members do not say "hello" to each other in the courtyard; unfriendly also in the sense that one may easily not know those living next door to him, let alone those in the same entry. Although it is definitely unfriendly in this sense, it is perhaps more friendly than any other house in another sense. In general, Eliot friendships, once made, are not artificial. One is a friend not in the sense that he lives upstairs and "it's proper to say hello to him." Eliot men, on the whole, are friends...
Physically and numerically with 452 members, Eliot is the largest house. Outside of Adams, it has the largest rooms in the system. Its stately and heavily paneled dining room--connecting through French dooms to the patio in the courtyard--is both pleasant and spacious, even though it is served by the Central Kitchen...
Physically, Lowell is one of the most attractive Houses. In the spring, Lowell men sport about a beautiful courtyard that never fails to bring out a rash of photo enthusiasts. The library is one of the largest of the Houses and the seven squash courts are in continual demand. There are practice rooms for musical instruments and Lowell's musical bent finds outlets in the Opera given each spring and in a large record library...
...infamous concentration and extermination camps for the greater glory of Hitler's Nazi Reich. Within three years after V-E day, 91 of them were tried for a deluge of crimes-in some cases up to 1,000 murders apiece -and then were hanged in the courtyard of Lower Saxony's yellow-walled Hameln prison. They were buried on the spot in plain coffins in a common unmarked grave. Most were ex-warders from nightmarish Belsen, including suet-faced ex-Commandant Joseph Kramer, the "Beast of Belsen," and his 21-year-old girl assistant Irma Grese, whose particular...