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Guides also identify sdorms which housed famous people. For example, John F. Kennedy '40 lived in Weld, and Ralph Waldo Emerson lived in Hollis.
Tourists learn that the cracks in the outside steps of Hollis Hall supposedly were created by students who dropped cannonballs from their windows after the winter. The students kept them in fireplaces over the winter to radiate heat, tour guide James A. Sanks '86 explains.
Meldon S. Hollis, an administrator in the affirmative action office, says the committee's success in organizing represented "the first time I have seen this kind of initiative with definite University support. There are individuals on campus that have worked very hard to make sure that discussions on affirmative action...
Hollis says the small number of Blacks in Harvard also stressed the organization's importance as a means of taking concerted political steps to insure that they will be represented in the University. "When you have such a ridiculous minority without access to the corridors of power and not involved...
Like other members of the Black group, Hollis also stresses the organization's importance as a support group for campus Blacks. Education School professor and group co-chairman Charles Willie echoes Hollis' remarks, saving the University must be flexible enough to appreciate the existence of a vital Black community within...