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...actually christened our boat the ‘Lino Pertile’—and put the lettering on the bow—before the races in honor of his support and enthusiasm,”said Josef N. Tofte ‘10, one of Eliot’s IM crew captains, in an e-mail. Pertile, one of Eliot’s outgoing House Masters, "has been a fantastic proponent of Eliot Boat Club, and was really our inspiration this year,” said Tofte...
Manliness is confidence in the face of risk, according to Professor Harvey C. Mansfield ’53 in “Manliness.” It stresses forthrightness, honor, and determination. Admiring the ideals that define manhood affirms the life codes exhibited by many Harvard men. I’ve met many courageous women, but in our quest to prove that women are equal we deny our men parallel recognition and the right to pride...
...enjoy asserting meaning and power, then give men dignified aspirations, so they don’t assert their power on the dance floor. Affirm male friendships, bonds that serve men by providing forums for respect and codes of honor. When we treat men like sexualized predators, men can cunningly take advantage of this constructed freedom from virtue. Maxims like “Just get consent” and “Follow the rules” are sterile abstractions that lack exhortations to reform character...
...employ their determination and honor to woo girls with mandolins in House courtyards. But we no longer expect this. Instead, we call respect and chivalry patriarchal. Without affirming the virtues of manhood, we “empower” our women by delegitimizing manly pursuit and admiration. Chivalrous romance that animates the soul is outdated, but our rational modernity threatens our deepest fantasies...
Lilacs are the only flowers that have been given their own day for celebration on the calendar, and in honor of their beauty, on Lilac Sunday people are allowed to picnic at the Arnold Arboretum. Purvey the arboretum’s famed lilac collection, enjoy dance performances, and meander aimlessly around the arboretum’s beautiful 265 acres...