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...ceiling, light shines in through the windows, and the busts and portraits of Harvard legends line the walls. Located on the second floor of University Hall, the room has been renovated to look identical to the way it was 100 years ago, when former University President Charles W. Eliot, Class of 1853, presided over Faculty meetings...
...occasionally, there are those titans who do away with tradition and help shape history. One of Harvard’s greatest figures was President Eliot, who governed the University from 1869 to 1909. He expanded the student body and eliminated the College’s fixed curriculum of Latin, Greek, logic, and other prescribed subjects, replacing it with a free-for-all elective system. Of academic subjects, he said, “We would have them all, and at their best...
...current moment, the energy here can only be described as tepid, at best. FlyBy wants to give first shotouts to Dunster, Mather, and Eliot for currently having the biggest representation. Other houses here include Pfoho and Currier. FlyBy gives a hearty boo to all you houses who are MIA: Leverett, Kirkland, Quincy, Adams, Cabot, Lowell, and Winthrop. WHERE YOU AT??? At any rate, hopefully we'll find some humor today, though I doubt we'll top probably the finest of housing day moments...
...have an early front-runner for best poster (and also for best t-shirt). The timely political reference, the integration of the elephant, and a slogan that perfectly personifies the house...Eliot is definitely in the lead right...
...trend alert. The dark blue/purple that serves as the base color for a large number of house shirts (Leverett, Eliot, Kirkland, Lowell, Cabot, if memory serves us correct) is not a good look. Shouldn't you want to stand out in a crowd? Cabot House, however, gets a few points for this reasonably clever shirt (FlyBy doesn't ask for much...