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...hundreds of grants approved by SACthis year, SAC members say this grant was one ofonly one or two to be challenged by theFoundation's Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC),which tabled his request...
...pranks over time grew more and more serious. The "doctors" of Med. Fac. stole many religious and rare books from Harvard, blew up the water pump in front of Hollis, and stole exhibitions from museums. At a bonfire that they started, a bystander was trampled and killed by horses drawing the fire engine sent to put out the fire...
Despite all of these serious ^"pranks,^' no member of the Med. Fac. was ever caught. Most believed that this was not because the Harvard administration did not know who the members were. On the contrary, Harvard in all likelihood knew exactly who the "doctors" were. More importantly, Harvard knew who their parents were. Because of the prominence of the members' families, the administration was fearful to call attention to the society by punishment. If the members of Med. Fac. were expelled, many of the most prominent alumni of the university would be angered. In essence, the "doctors" could...
...member of Med. Fac., Robert Joy, was tackled by an observant freshman as he was running from Phillips Brooks House with a stolen tablet that was on exhibition. He was jailed by the Cambridge Police. Until this member of the Med. Fac. was caught, the Harvard administration had blamed the crimes on Cambridge townspeople, claiming that these townies had created Med. Fac. as a way to scapegoat innocent Harvard men. When the Cambridge police caught this member in 1905, however, the truth about Med. Fac. was exposed...
...administration was put in an even more difficult place because many members of the student body and the faculty demanded that the members of the Med. Fac. be punished. If they were expelled, however, many wealthy alumni of Harvard would be alienated. In the end, President Eliot agreed to allow the members of Med. Fac. to graduate only in return for an assurance that the club be disbanded...