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...Gold Coast, students lived in the lap of luxury surrounded by all that money could buy. Local realtors jumped at the chance to rent exclusive apartment houses on Mt. Auburn Street catered to the needs of the extremely wealthy. Claverly Hall, Apley Court and Randolph Hall and Westmorely Court (today, part of Adams House) housed the College's rich kids. These students were the members of the social clubs, the clientele of the mirrored bars and marbled restaurants of downtown Boston and the owners the flashy Mercedes and Renaults parked along Mt. Auburn...
...boys of the Gold Coast were members of the elite--well-dressed, well-bred and well-endowed. Their world was classic yet cosmopolitan, restrained yet debaucherous. Henderson writes...
...social throng of the Gold Coast would go from spot to spot in Boston--to the best and most expensive locales to meet other young persons of quality. When in the luxurious atmosphere of their rooms, boys parted with exorbitant amounts of money to continue their high stakes reveling far into the night. Many Golden Youth kept scrapbooks of their social lives during the turn of the century--records of parties and club dinners and inordinate activities. They saved: scrolled Hasty Pudding invitations, silk-tasseled dance cards for exclusive parties, gold engraved menus for Porcellian dinners boasting aged port...
...Gold Coast was an exclusive club, and the Harvard administration had other priorities. In fact, rather than try and combat the social chasm between the rich and the poor, Harvard magnified the disparity by relegating the poorer students to the Yard. Living in the Yard meant many things: no heat, no running water and a strong feeling of social inferiority. This rooming system created a caste system within the student population...
...article illustrated Gold Coast living with sketches of young men lounging in their rooms, smoking cigars and generally enjoying the fruits of leisure...