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Last month, a state representative submitted a bill that would force Harvard to provide 25 full fellowships for Indian scholars. The bill asserts that in a 1693 agreement, the University consented to "rent free" studies in return for permission to demolish Indian College...

Author: By Steven Luxenberg, | Title: Harvard May Have Broken Treaty | 4/14/1973 | See Source »

...bill State Representative Charles F. Flaherty Jr. asserted that in a 1693 agreement, Harvard consented to provide "rent-free" studies to Indian scholars in return for permission to demolish Indian College...

Author: By Andrew P. Corty and Steven Luxenberg, S | Title: Steiner Says University Fulfills Indian Obligation | 4/12/1973 | See Source »

...only a handful have followed suit. So the bootleg market rises, the plundering goes on and the split between scholars and collectors widens. All of which brings to mind the words of Alfred Jarry's monarch of absurdity, Pa Ubu: "Hornstrumpot! We shall not have succeeded-unless we demolish the ruins as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Hot from the Tomb: The Antiquities Racket | 3/26/1973 | See Source »

Harvard's varsity hockey team emerged Saturday night from a 19-day exam break to demolish NYC city club team St. Nicholas, 10-1, in an exhibition game scheduled primarily as practice for tonight's semifinal Beanpot contest against arch-rival Boston University...

Author: By Elizabeth P. Eggert, | Title: Varsity Icemen Crush St. Nick's, 10-1; Harvard Will Battle Terriers Tonight | 2/5/1973 | See Source »

...been built on the still unexcavated ruins that lie about 20 feet below the surface. Says Georges Fradier, a Frenchman who heads UNESCO'S "Save Carthage" mission in Tunis: "If the building boom goes on, Carthage will be really destroyed-this time for good. Nobody is going to demolish a new city in order to dig up an old city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Servanda Est Carthago! | 7/24/1972 | See Source »

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