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HARVARD'S DELUXE brochure in honor of the College's 350th anniversary, Glimpses of the Harvard Past, bears the distinguished imprimature of four Harvard history professors. Unfortunately, the authors--some of whom are quite popular for their lively lecture styles--seem to have thrown these essays together in a free weekend, using whatever information was easily available...
...Harvard: A Video Portrait," an hour-longdocumentary about higher education at Harvard,will be presented today at 7 p.m. on WNEV-TV,Channel 7, in honor of the 350th. The showcombines film clips from the Harvard Archives andfresh interviews with some current highereducation notables at Harvard and other Harvardbigwigs such as Harvard President Derek C. Bok,Harvard's Agassiz Professor of Geology Stephen J.Gould and Harvard's Boylston Professor of Oratoryand Rhetoric Seamus Heaney. Happy 350th to Harvardand everyone else and may higher education prosperat Harvard for at least 350 more years...
Harvard originally intended to honor Shultz at a gala dinner that was scheduled to take place last night in Memorial Hall. But Shultz was not able to attend, and a divestment protest caused administrators to cancel the dinner...
...this occasion in 1936, jubilant Harvardians gathered in Tercentenary Theater to hear and honor one of the most popular presidents in the history of the country, who gave a keynote address and uttered endless platitudes about the University's role in the nation and the world...
Responding to the pressure, the seven-man governing Corporation early last October broke with the tradition and decided it would not confer honorary degrees, Harvard's highest honor, at the 350th as they had at the 300th and the 250th anniversary celebrations. One administrator called the decision "the only graceful way out" of a confrontation with the Harvard community...