Word: desk
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bright day last June a small white-haired man crossed the path between Matthews and Grays carrying a bulky, brown scroll under one arm. Entering an office he laid the scroll on the secretary's desk, gazed at it for a moment and walked out. With this simple act ended one of the strangest traditions in recent Harvard history...
...little desk in the main hall sits Dugald Livingstone. He must watch all Claverly men and be sure they don't sneak anything...
...Livingstone's desk is a little yellow notice, announcing the change. It is signed by the resident tutors...
Installation of a sign-in desk system for bringing in female guests marked another step in Claverly's climb toward a dignity on a par with that of the Houses, some felt last night...
...tardy 37 times, and the year before in New York, 32 times . . . I once went to his school in New York. When I put my head in the door, someone fired a book at me. All the kids were standing up screaming. The teacher was shouting and banging the desk...