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...become something of a legend. Since only those sitting next to him can make any sense out of his speeding talk, there is no little scramble for the advantageous positions at High Table. His enormous popularity among Cambridge society, his three or four-hour conversations standing in the Lowell courtyard late at night, and his refusal to make morning appearances have brought forth the rumor that he never gets up before noon. He denies this strenuously and insists that he rises at 9 a.m. every morning. He admits, however, that he is haunted by the tragedy of Descartes, who contracted...
...second event, Class Night, is set for the night of June 21 in the Eliot House courtyard, with a charge of $1 per person. On June 22, the day before Commencement, there will be an informal dinner, costing $1.50, also in the Eliot House courtyard...
...territory finally came back to the University in 1946, and the customary bustle of academic activity began again. The only parts of Museum tradition that have not been revived since the war are the Harvard Dramatic Club's Christmas passion play, and the goldfish in the courtyard pond. But the building's remaining activities and inhabitants are as diverse as its styles of architecture. Classes in German, Swedish, and Norwegian share the rambling classrooms under the eaves on the third floor with the microphones and wire recorders of Professor Packard's speech department. The second floor is inhabited...
...heart, khaki-clad troops put up wires for military phones. At the Central Police Station black-clad police cracked down on Red underground agents and others charged with troublemaking. Gaping crowds gathered to watch Shanghai's tumbrils rumble past. On a typical day, in the yellow brick courtyard of the police station, swift sentence of death by shooting was meted out to three prisoners for plotting to overthrow the government. One was Wu Shih-wen, 36, from far-off Manchuria. According to custom, Wu knelt to write his last words. He admonished his wife: "Please marry again...
Lowell House revived its pre-war tradition of senior book awards to its top men at High Table last night. In addition, Housemaster Elliott Perkins '23 presented Robert B. Clark '48 with a toy horn as "the man who has incited the biggest and beat riots in the small courtyard...