Word: housesystem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Wang '91 says he thinks the fact thathis proctor went to Harvard was part of the reasonshe was able to give good advice. "I think beingan undergraduate [at Harvard before being aproctor] really helps with [explaining the housesystem,]" says Wang, adding, "That's where aproctor who isn't from Harvard doesn't come in aswell." Wang says his proctor took students tovisit her old house--Lowell--before the Marchlottery took place...
...Lowell's goal of an intellectual atmospherehas to a large extent fallen out of step with therest of Harvard. That's not to say that the housesystem does not retain an immense influence onstudents' lives. As the place where students live,eat, have parties and are subject to Collegediscipline, the houses could hardly fail to beimportant...
...sizable minority of the students interviewed,including some who generally praised the housesystem, criticized the University for emphasizingthe houses to the exclusion of events andfacilities for the entire student body. The focuson smaller self-contained units often preventsundergraduates from meeting people in otherhouses, these students...