Word: freshmen
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Over the years, freshmen were not content to use the union simply for its culinary offerings. Several of the outrageous antics that Harvard became known for started in the union...
With the introduction of the housing system in 1930, the Harvard Union became the Freshmen Union--a haunt for still wet-behind-the-ears Yardlings. The Union was to be for the freshmen what each of the houses are for the Upperclassmen--a place to eat, socialize, and kick back...
Legend has it that the famous "live goldfish swallowing," so popular among college students of the late '40s, began at the Freshman Union. Reportedly, two Harvard freshmen swallowed two live goldfish in full view of the class of '47, and from there, the fad swept the nation...
...Black Professor of Economics C. Peter Timmer '63, then a sophomore, and several friends decided to give the gun a new home in the main dining hall, Timmer said. "We were quite proud of ourselves," Timmer said. "The thing must have weighed over half a ton." Timmer discourages other freshmen from attempting the same stunt, suggesting that, "there must be better pranks...
...pats of butter lining the 50-foot ceiling are another example of freshmen antics. But only a few freshmen today claim to know how the unused condiments got up there. Theories range from snapping serviettes to simply flinging the card-board squares skyward. Rob D. Smith '90 even suggests artificial levitants. "My guess is that helium balloons were used. You balance a pat of butter on the top of a balloon, and let it go. I don't think there's any other way," he said...