Word: ida
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recall one particular after-dinner tea when the women of Comstock Hall were dedicating a new oil painting over the mantel above a crackling fire. It was the portrait of Ida Louise Comstock, namesake of that specific dorm. A speaker recounted for the combined audience of Radcliffe and Harvard students some of the highlights of her inspiring life. Her image then joined those of the other illustrious women who graced the walls of this venerable room. In some quiet way, it served as an inspiration, not only to the young women, but to young men (like me) who would eventually...
During my 25th reunion I returned to Comstock Hall to see if it or I had changed much. Now part of a Harvard House, the living room was still there, but most of the reassuring portraits, comfortable furniture and confident presence were not. Off in a corner, I saw Ida Louise covered in dust, no longer proudly displaying her biographical note or even the brass name tag that once identified her. Is this the sad fate for all of Radcliffe? Heaven forbid...
There's Jack, the prototypical World War II vet who's got a metal plate in his head, and Elaine, who got so wrapped up in the slot machines that she forgot to visit her kids on Christmas. And of course there's Ida, an aging widow who wears her finest gown and all of her jewelry to come play cards. Twice a month, I took my place among this vulgar spectacle to try my luck at Seven Card Stud or Texas Hold'em. My first few visits were far from pretty; not just a slow bleed of cash, more...
...Northern Spy and Ben Davis varieties are some of the oldest and the Ida Red, Braburn and Jonagold are some of the newest. "Some of these [varieties] are from Thomas Jefferson's day," she said...
...again, the team finished in third place overall--this time at Mt. Ida...