Word: kirklanders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Arriving late to the Kirkland bidding, we worked our way down to the depths of the house basement and found ourselves in a tightly packed room of boisterous bidders. Stein club was under full swing in the lounge next door, but remnants of the free beer and food were evident amid the bidders. The crowd was loud and boisterous, clearly under the influence of more than just excitement for the next item up for sale. But spirits were high as bidders were urged to go higher and beat out the competing offers...
...decided to drop by the Eliot auction for comparison. To our disappointment, we found a rather staid group of bidders. The auctioneers sported tuxes and bidding proceeded in a prim and proper manner. The massive dining hall seemed sparsely populated and certainly much quieter than its counterpart in Kirkland. I've been told there were several kegs of beer and its partakers in the backgrounds, but clearly they were merely bystanders in an otherwise refined performance...
Appropriately, this elegant affair of Eliot's was raising money for an even more elegant affair, the Fete, Eliot's upscale spring formal. The proceeds of Kirkland's auction, however, were going to benefit HAND functions. And while I'm sure Eliot's HAND is every bit as successful as Kirkland's, and Kirklanders would enjoy the refinement of the Fete as much or as little as Eliot residents, I am still amused by the persisting house character that was evident that Thursday night...
...tops and the requisite strappy sandals, rancid foot sufferers are caught in a bind. Do they dare to bear their toes and risk losing their friends to the stench? Smelly feet aren't a total loss. Andrew D. Hackbarth '99 attributes the name of his party-prone room in Kirkland House, The Swamp, to his roommate's notorious foot odor problem. But usually, the revealing skin of open toe cleavage, spaghetti strap fronts and backless heels loses all appeal when accompanied by a whiff of that pungent foot smell caused by a combination of rotting skin and bacteria and sweat...
Grab that Fly-by and have a peaceful lunch before the hordes of high schoolers descend upon Cambridge for a midday organ recital by Daniel Forger and Iris Lan. Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland St. 495-9400. 12:15 p.m. FREE...