Word: galbraith
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...objective of the housing committee was toget the greatest number of students from the leftside of the sheet, and the fewest from the right,"Galbraith said...
...Galbraith contrasted house admission policy of a half a century ago with that of today. Admission into houses then was based on a form filled out by prospective residents...
...form consisted of a series of columns, each representing a different prep school. At the left side of the form were Exeter and Andover. The column on the far right side of the sheet was an "x," which signified whetheror not the prospective was Jewish, Galbraith said...
...Galbraith reminisced about student life atWinthrop in the 1930s. Consumption of alcohol wasmuch greater then than now, he said, citing a wildparty in Winthrop in which a drunken student dovethree floors out his C-entry room and died...
...Galbraith praised the present student bodywhich he called studious. "From an aristocracy,Harvard has moved on to a still substantiallyimperfect meritocracy. This is great progress," hesaid...