Word: harvardiana
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Ladies and gentlemen, the Harvard University Band. (Out to "Harvardiana," face Harvard stands...
Gaudete, vos feminae antiquae! O vos fortissimae invictaeque-Susania Antony, Elizabetha Cady Stanton, Elizabetha Blackwell, nostra Elizabetha Agassiz-quae pro suffragio, pro dignitate muliebri, pro educatione puellarum et doctrina quae pueris foret aequa fortissime contendistis. In universitate Harvardiana, in patria, in orbeterrarum, status feminarum plerumque inferior dudum habetur. Mulieres se contemnere didicerunt. Copiae et honores et titulihominibus dati tamen feminis sunt negati . . . Arma nondum licet deponere, meae sorores, nee proeliurn tarn Ion-gum tamque difficile nobis est relin-quendum. Ubique flagrat iniqua virorum dominatio...
After the game, win or lose, the Band serenades the Crimson gridders outside of Dillon Field House with their football game repetoire of "Ten Thousand," "Harvardiana," "Gridiron King," and so on. Then they "march" up Boylston Street to the Square leading any stragglers that care to join them. The major consequence of these post-game parades is a quasi-massive traffic jam in the middle of Saturday afternoon. No one seems to mind, though...
Brown admits that some areas of the Coop's merchandising are due for a re-evaluation. Last fall the Coop's stock of certain novelty items, such as the "Peanuts" and Harvardiana items on the first floor, came under fire from the alternate slate. These items do sell well and have a reasonable mark-up, Brown claims. Areas needing scrutiny, however, include such merchandise as men's clothing. "Students are just not buying suits and hats any more. Perhaps we ought to see if we can't use that space to offer clothing more in tune with current tastes." Brown...
Harvard is still aimed primarily at alumni. There is still "The College Pump," written by someone named Primus IV, and still "Harvardiana." There are still the special offers (a set of bronze John Harvard bookends, a coffee table with the Seal in the middle), and the alumni notes and obituaries (which are set in two different typestyles so you can tell them apart...