Word: finley
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Eventually the Houses came to be an accepted part of the routine of Harvard life if only out of financial necessity for an increased number of students. People, Finley said, "saw that the Houses were going to be places originally not crowded, and done in real style. Meals were served by waitresses and it was really quite grand." If getting into a particular House makes a difference now, then it made one's social world...
However, though the question often arose as to whether the Houses were performing the function for which they were originated, until the late 1950s no heavy indictments were leveled at the Houses. Finley termed the '50s a "very, very happy period. Nobody ever failed to get into medical school or law school. I don't want to boast, but we [at Eliot] had 28 Rhodes when I was there. I think we only missed once. But that's only symbolic...
...Houses altered the atmosphere of House life more than any other factor. Whitla said women living in the Houses "got rid of the hated parietal rules, which had been a burr under the saddle of so many people. And it improved the tone of the House and dining hall." Finley agrees: "The introduction of girls was a very monumental step in an intellectual direction. Conversation is politer because girls are not so bullish...
...Finley's day, masters had a tremendous say in choosing potential Olympic champions. Rhodes scholars or paleontologists. "I used to interview everyone, read about them in the Freshman files, and find out who their friends were," Finley said, slyly revealing what he considered his secret to a successful Eliot House...
...deal, ended the most extravagant bidding war in baseball history. The financial fireworks were set off three weeks ago when an arbitration panel ruled that Hunter, who won 25 games and the Cy Young Award in 1974, was a free agent. The reason: A's Owner Charles O. Finley had defaulted on part of Hunter's $100,000-a-year contract. Instantly, Hunter's home town of Hertford, N.C., became the unlikely mecca for owners eager to place their bids. By early last week Hunter's lawyers had weighed the 24 offers and picked four...