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...Watertown, Mass. 62 Hurley, William T., III '61 G 19 6.0 200 Taunton, Mass. 64 Keating, James P. '59 G 20 5.9 198 Pittsburgh, Pa. 65 Barthelmes, Richard B. '61 G 19 5.11 185 Hamden, Conn. 66 Wilson, Roger K. '61 G 19 6.1 190 Sioux Falls, S.D. 67 Finley, Alexander '61 G 19 6.0 190 Washington, D.C. 68 Weidler, Jerry L. '60 G 20 6.3 220 Sumner, Iowa 70 Pillsbury, Robert L. '61 T 18 6.0 200 Norwood, Mass. 71 Nelson, K. Eric '61 T 19 6.2 210 Washington, D.C. 72 Anderson, Harold...
Master Perkins, whose service to mankind in the pronouncement of truths has been awesome indeed, has perhaps even exceeded himself with the assertion that these low fellows are engaged in a plot that "strikes at the roots of the House system." And Master Finley, whose record in the field of verities also cannot be underestimated, has observed with his usual good humor that "one student told me he had a little more privacy but a lot less hot water...
...often man does what he knows not! Certainly, I do miss the hot water; but, Mr. Finley, far more important, so very far more important, has been the vacancy I feel in the depths of my being, the loneliness, indeed the despair I sense at the loss of hearty House fellowship that lies in the soul of Harvard College, founded...
Many of those who did move out were reportedly disillusioned. "One student told me he had a little more privacy, but a lot less hot water," said John H. Finley '25, Master of Eliot House...
...will also use part of our Ford funds to hold the annual House dinner," Finley said. "Last year we had T.S. Eliot, and, although it's hard to beat that, we hope to do as well this year...