Word: exams
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Final exam times will not be changed unless additional snow forces Harvard to close again, he said...
Gardner explains that Edwards simply makes himself available to proctor any exams Gardner's office sponsors. "He's certainly had more experience with us than any other proctor," so Gardner always assigns him to Memorial Hall. Gardner guesses that Edwards has been doing this sort of thing for about ten years and adds, "I understand they call him 'Mr. Exam...
With such an unconventional relationship with the University and with such choice exposure to students, Edwards has become part of the folklore of Harvard. The various names he goes by are part of the student contribution to his legend. The titles "Mr. Test" and "Mr. Exam" and the slightly more clever "Doctor Proctor" are those more frequently used by students. But he has gone by more obscure names in the past...
...name that stuck for a while, recalls Susan E. McGee, registrar for Harvard Extension, is "The Pepsi Man" or "Mr. Pepsi." This name comes from Edwards' practice of drinking large bottles of cola while he waits for the exam to end. McGee knows people who have run across old Harvard friends in New York City or other parts of the country and been asked, "How is the Pepsi Man these days...
...exam period ends, but the legend lives on. Some day he may move on, as did his predecessor, John F. Adams, to an administrative position within the official University structure. Perhaps some day he will retire to publish his memoirs. But in the meantime, Harvard students will continue their love-hate relationship with Bill Edwards. They will continue to love the sense of continuity and curiosity he creates; they will continue to resent the authority he stands for when he finally barks out, "The exam is over." Bill Edwards has been at Harvard for the better part of a decade...