Word: day
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...day in 1927, Ralph Bunche, then a graduate student at Harvard, walked in and asked for a job. Phillips hired him; the future diplomat's first assignment consisted of scrubbing the floor. "Mind you," Phillips asserts, "he did as good a job scrubbing that floor as he did as mediator in Palestine." Bunche only worked in the store for a year, but his ability impressed his employer greatly...
Memorial Hall flourished for over half a century on a voluntary basis. Each student had a certain seat he occupied for all meals. Serving 1000 men a day under the vaulted arches of the nave, the association charged an average weekly rate of $3.95. Class wars still occurred and even bloody fights among the colored waiters, but the food was considerably better than Harvard Hall's. Menus offered roast rib of beef, braised pork tenderloin with robert sauce, "Creme d'Menthe Punch", and "Jelly Roll Pudding, Wine Sauce...
After school closes in the spring, the association holds an outing to which most of the members and their employees go. After noon of this day, stores and offices in the Square are closed for business. Athletic events of the day include a golf tournament, horseshoe contest, softball game, and touch football games...
...night a banquet in held, at which the prizes for the day are awarded, and a show is held...
...especially concerned with the parking and traffic situations in Harvard Square. For the past few years the group has attempted to secure land adjacent to the Square for parking facilities. Lack of adequate space has developed because commuters to Boston leave their cars in the Square for the day and use the subway to travel into town...