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...doesn’t stand for “Harlem.” In case you haven’t noticed, there aren’t very many blacks here at Harvard. In fact, unless your name is Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53, you might go so far as to say that there are far too few of them attending our fine institution. For this reason, it seems a pity when even one is lost, but a whole department’s worth of them leaving would be nothing short of catastrophic. According...
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However, at many parties where alcohol is out of the picture all together, professors develop ways to compensate for student shyness. Mansfield has noticed this shyness to a degree among his students, usually as a trait that is more pronounced in males due to their need to prove a certain degree of manliness. (Note: see the professor’s upcoming book.) Mansfield said he tends to approach more quiet students by asking them more simple questions—where they are from or what they watch on television. He also tries to tell them jokes. Once students feel comfortable...
...best things about socializing with the students is just that being with the young keeps you young,” Mansfield said. “It is so wonderful to see students outside of the classroom, which is usually a more formal and captive audience...