Word: harvardmen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...academic field, but modern theory regards them as somewhat limited. They were famed as men of casual genius in their studies, but they worked so hard maintaining these reputations that they had no time for entertainment, or women, or anything else for that matter. They were no complete Harvardmen...
...academic field, but modern theory regards them as somewhat limited. They were famed as men of casual genius in their studies, but they worked so hard maintaining these reputations that they had no time for entertainment, or women, or anything else for that matter. They were no complete Harvardmen...
...leaving Harvard? The answer is that Harvardmanship is a vast life-encompassing science which cannot be affected by Commencement. When he graduates the Harvardman becomes a Harvardclubman--all one word, of course: Harvardclubman. So, for those of you who have not been Harvardmen while undergraduates, it is not too late. You still have most of your lives ahead of you: I urge you to embrace this science while you still have time.Professor X is being introduced to a student who got A in his course last term. During the conversation the undergraduate, an expert Harvardman, will work the discussion around...
...What are Harvardmen really like once they get out into the world? This week, in one of the most comprehensive class reports ever published-Harvard 1926, the Life and Opinions of a College Class, by Cornelius DuBois and Charles J. V. Murphy (Harvard University Press; $2.50)-readers could find out just what happens to Harvard's old grads in 25 years of worldly endeavor...
...their well-appointed homes (seven out of ten have radio-phonographs and washing machines), Harvardmen play canasta and bridge, and worry about war with Russia and atomic bombing. Only three out of ten go to church with any regularity, but six out of ten believe in God. One out of five has written a book, and one out of ten has run for some sort of public office-from justice of the peace to President (Eugene Daniell, who ran in 1932 on the Commoners ticket-a shortlived organization of Bostonians, dedicated to the promise of a living wage for everyone...