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...alums, "The Slackers B" i the grandchild of a long forgotten Harvard institution, "The Gentleman's C." Before World War II, remembers Russell H. Peck '43, "there were lots of nice, pleasant, capable, wellborn folks who didn't think it was good to work too hard." These were the "gentlemen," wealthy young men for whom Harvard was simply a pleasant interlude between prep school and prominence. According to Edward M. Tuckerman '43, they were the "party boys." Mentally transported into the world of his youth, Tuckerman slips into the present tense. "They don't work hard, they just...
...skating community, the mess underscored the fact that the sport is no longer a sheltered world of quaint skills. It is far, far from the old days when folk traced patterns on the dark ice of country ponds and competition was a genteel affair involving ladies and gentlemen...
...Gavel bangs.) Gentlemen: We meet at a moment when the prestige of maleness is in decline...
...Ladies and gentlemen," he said, "I submit toyou, this is your legacy. We damn well have theright to pat ourselves on the back...
...Gentlemen: I have, I must confess, serious doubts about the efficacy--or even the integrity--of the "classic" exam period editorial, "Beating the System," you reprinted recently. I almost suspect this so-called "Donald Carswell '50" of being rather one of Us--the Bad Guys--than one of you. If your readers have been following Mr. Carswell's advice for the last 11 years, then your readers have been going down the tubes. It is time to disillusion...