Word: leveretts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Robert Barrett and James Lamme helped win the intramural boxing championship for Leverett's last Wednesday night. Leverett's 19 points placed it six points ahead of Quincy. Eliot and Winthrop Houses tied for third place with eight points each...
...Leverett also had the greatest number of participants in the boxing tournament...
...Towers are the main reason people apply to Leverett House. After the pristine beauty of the Yard begins to cloy, or, worse still, or worse still, after you inched your way along the algae-encrusted corridors of one of the Union dorms for a few months, the Towers look understandibly inviting. Real penthouse living. Unfortunately concrete idol has clay feet. For some, living in the Towers can be a grisly experience. The view of course is fine if you're lucky enough to get a room above the seventh floor. But you can't look out the window...
...looking for a sense of community, don't come to Leverett. There is no prevailing ethos here, no "stereotype," and little binding power. Each person moves in a hazily-defined clique, the core of which is usually his roommates. Not that it is at all difficult to meet your fellow residents--the organization of the dinning room promotes gregariousness. But if you do meet them, it will not be through a common interest in Leverett House per se. Leverett is composed primarily of people who have interests outside the House and want a place to live while they pursue these...
...house of professionals rather than dilettantes, and this may explain the relative lack of enthusiasm for small-scale activities centered around the House. When Leverett does something, it does it big. If it's athletics, Leverett wins the Straus Trophy; if it's drama, Leverett stages a full-scale opera. Instead of wide participation on an amateurish level, there is serious participation by a dedicated faction and relative indifference on the part of non-participators...