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...thing about tradition, though, is that, at its best, it fosters community and bridges the gap between the past and the future. What made Sunday's installation of Masters Eck and Austin so successful (besides the glorious weather and the tasty food) was that as a new ritual, it mixed history and promise, memory and hope. It was, for a few moments in the sun on Sunday, a mind-expanding experience, as we heard stories of some good times past and anticipated similar ones in the future...
...ceremony assembled members of the Harvard administration and of the Lowell Senior Common Room, many of whom gave toasts to Eck and Austin. One tangible symbol of tradition was the presentation by the Lowell House Committee of the official "Lowell salt," a silver, Stanley-Cup-shaped salt shaker whose presence is required at high table...
...passing. Mellon Professor of the Humanities Emeritus and former Master of Lowell Zeph Stewart was one of those raising their glasses to the self-named "Lady Masters of Lowell House." Noting a link between past and present leadership, he offered a blessing in Sanskrit, a language both he and Eck love. Other speakers invoked the names of past Lowell leaders, including first senior tutor Pope Professor of Latin Emeritus Mason Hammond and first master Julian Lowell Coolidge. Plummer Professor of Morals Peter J. Gomes spoke eloquently of the importance of teamwork in the Masters' residence and used the Greek word...
...Eck and Austin themselves each shared their enthusiasm for the occasion; Austin reflected the jovial atmosphere by recounting a phone conversation with an elderly woman who called her when the appointment was announced. After expressing some shock at how far Harvard had come to be able to appoint "Lady Masters," the woman on the phone concluded with, "You go, girl...
McAfee said that Noble's parents, who live in Sante Fe, N.M., arrived in Boston early this afternoon and spent the day at the hospital. McAfee, House Co-Master Diana L. Eck and several of Noble's friends joined them, though the intensive care unit where Noble is staying does not allow visitors outside the immediate family...