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Word: incidentals (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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However, late in the spring student trouble began. The original incident was small: a freshman named Maxwell refused to recite his Greek lessons. His instructor, Mr. Durkin, reacting to this provocation with speed and strength, hotly demanded that Maxwell obey. Maxwell adamantly refused, stating that he did not recognize his...

Author: By Ronald H. Janis, | Title: It Happened at Harvard: The Story of a Freshman Named Maxwell | 4/28/1969 | See Source »

The immediate response of the administration to this incident was to bring in night watchmen to guard the University property. But this action only added fuel to the fire because two days later apparently the same group of students stoned the watchmen.

Author: By Ronald H. Janis, | Title: It Happened at Harvard: The Story of a Freshman Named Maxwell | 4/28/1969 | See Source »

But the Juniors of 1834 had a different theory. They took the particular instance of the expulsion of Barnwell, and calling the incident unjust, showed that the source of the injustice was President Quincy. The statement began with a long justification of the actions of the Junior class. "It is...

Author: By Ronald H. Janis, | Title: It Happened at Harvard: The Story of a Freshman Named Maxwell | 4/28/1969 | See Source »

The newspapers of Boston at that time also took to editorializing about the incident. The Boston Courier, which was the paper read by those of the Federalist or Whig disposition, stated its whole-hearted agreement with President Quincy and the Gov- ernment of the University. On the other hand, the...

Author: By Ronald H. Janis, | Title: It Happened at Harvard: The Story of a Freshman Named Maxwell | 4/28/1969 | See Source »

Only the report which was submitted to the Governing Boards by former President John Quincy Adams made any effort to discover any cause for the events. Marking the extreme nature of the disturbances at Harvard, and recalling no previous such incident at the College, Adams finally connected a cause to...

Author: By Ronald H. Janis, | Title: It Happened at Harvard: The Story of a Freshman Named Maxwell | 4/28/1969 | See Source »

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