Word: knowed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Shock, Lamont reports that Harvard's defenses are still basically sound. "The thing that struck me most about Harvard was that it wasn't knocked askew by one single problem...Harvard seems to have all the problems, but for some reason they deal with them better. I don't know whether they spend more time, or they're smarter, or whether it's the fact that they're simply Harvard...
...flexibility than many other schools' set-ups. But it certainly does not have any pretense of catering directly to student needs. The same decentralization that keeps most offices in the black, and leaves few officials with overwhelming areas of responsibility, makes it almost impossible for students--especially freshmen--to know where to go when they have complaints or questions. The absence of any full-fledged, respected student government that can both collect student opinions and send them into the right office so that they can't be ignored only makes things worse...
...first thing you need to know is that there are actually two bureaucracies that will share the Yard with you throughout the year. Massachusetts Hall--the Yard's oldest brick-and-ivy structure--houses the University administration. President Bok and his bevy of vice president oversee the College and all of the graduate schools, as well as all other University affiliates, from this unassuming perch. Across the way, in University Hall, more impressive and dominating by far, sits the College administration--the building's name is meant to confuse you. Here Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...might be a good idea to get to know your senior adviser, since the Yard senior advisers are the Ad Board representatives for freshmen. If you falter academically or otherwise during the year, you will be up before the Ad Board--or rather, your case will. You won't be, since one of the Ad Board's operating rules is that students cannot represent themselves. Upperclassmen are represented by their House senior tutors, freshmen by their senior advisers, so they are your defenders, like...
...wide-eyed moron whose insensitivity and comprehensive ignorance of Harvard perfectly suited him--in the eyes of the Freshman Dean's Office--to guide 30-odd freshmen through the year. Chuck welcomed us in his high, overeager voice and then, with the preface, "I thought you'd like to know something about yourselves," began to read each anonymous person's high school rank and SAT scores from computer printouts. We all stared at each other uncomfortably, trying to figure out who among us had graduated first in a class of 1000 and who had gotten the double 800s...