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...women’s movement was far removed from their college experience.Still, some women imbued nontraditional motives into traditional practices in order to gain independence from Radcliffe’s restrictive rules and mores.In addition to the beauty pageant, in 1959, only Radcliffe women had curfews and dining hall chores. Women were not allowed to wear pants in the evenings below the second floor of their dormitories. They were also supervised by a number of “house mothers.”Few of these house mothers had advanced degrees, as opposed to Harvard’s academically focused...
...always opposites that attract. Mancuso, 24, and Donahue, 22—who got engaged last month after almost a year of dating—are both vegetarians who enjoy exercising, listen to similar music, and say they rarely argue. The couple met through a study held at William James Hall and went on their first date last May. Over dinner at an Indian restaurant, the pair bonded over their shared taste in music. Mancuso, who had spent the past few years playing 300 nights a year with his band, GBD Band, admired Donahue’s Beatles t-shirt...
...residents recalled the novelty of the House’s avant-garde art, which Busch characterized as “Picassoesque.” Yet in the November 28 edition of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin, Harvard alumni expressed disapproval of the artistic quality of the mural decorating Quincy dining hall. Gordon G. Sampson 1910 and Bernard A. Merrian 1909 agreed that the “graffito resembled the doodling of inmates in a mental hospital.” Despite its controversial décor, Quincy House led in popularity, with 29 percent of freshmen identifying it as their preferred place...
...pushing his Program for Harvard College—an $85 million campaign to up the number of undergraduate Houses from seven to 10—sought to acquire a stretch of prime river-front property owned by the Massachusetts Transit Authority. But from his corner of City Hall, Councillor Alfred “Big Al” E. Vellucci moved to block tax-exempt Harvard’s expansion, hoping instead that private investors would develop the land and augment the city’s coffers.But before either party could have its way, the MTA (now called the Massachusetts...
...Jeremiah P. Ostriker ’59 walked from Matthews Hall to the Freshman Union for breakfast, he would sprinkle radish seeds alongside the pathways of Harvard Yard. His freshman year roommate Ethan D. Bolker ’59 said that Ostriker—now a Princeton professor and noted astrophysicist—was curious to see if the plants would grow. Sure enough, when the grass began to blossom in the spring of 1956, it was dotted with radishes. “He’s always had a sense of humor about him,” said...