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Peripetetic Harvardian...
...dinner with a group of undergraduates this spring, Edwin Garrigues Boring, Edgar Pierce Emeritus Professor of Psychology, was commenting with delight on the University's provision of special funds for professors emeritus. "That's so Harvardian," he exclaimed, but then checked himself: "Of course I'm not really a Harvard man; I've only been here since 1922." Despite being such a newcomer to Harvard, Boring guided the Department of Psychology for a generation, a distinction he shares only with William James. Beyond that, as author of two classics in psychology for a generation, a distinction he shares only with...
...been painted red, yellow, and blue shades. The doors, girls learned later, symbolized President Bunting's reorganization of the nine 'Cliffe dormitories into three "Houses." Many 'Cliffies were resentful, thinking the President was determined to impose on them a Harvard blueprint for living. Gaudy doors, the initial - but un-Harvardian-feature of the system, were certainly not appreciated...
...long '66 will persist in its extracurricular inclination no one can say. Certainly by November hour exams some of the enthusiasm will have been replaced by proper Harvardian cynicism...
...proctors are restless tonight, no less so than the undergraduates. The sound of heels in a flamenco beat penetrates the walls of my room in Pennypacker 42. Next door, the proctors negate the L. Trevor principle of Harvardian dignity. After the dull roar or the incipient party became audible, my next door neighbor kindly said, "Hope you can stand another hour of this." Two hours later, after the whole dorm has spent a great deal of time in semi-riot, the proctorian rumble continues, and I have given up hope of finishing my Friday math assignment and getting...