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...believe the first master found an elf when he cut down a tree—there was a little elf hiding there in the stump,” Quincy House Master Robert P. Kirshner ’70 says of the so-called House elves, students and recent graduates who help with open houses, teas and other events. Though most Houses hire such assistants, only Quincy has given them such a distinctive nickname. And no one knows exactly...
...thought maybe the word ‘elf’ was a bit undignified, but we asked them and they wanted to continue to be called elves,” Co-Master Jayne Loader says. Elves spend up to 15 hours per week assisting the masters with various activities, usually related to House life. “The most important job of a Quincy House elf is preparing for the open houses,” Loader says. Elves plan menus, shop for groceries and cook a range of confections for ravenous Quincyites. “The artichoke dip is popular...
...hinges on first-rate apparatus. About two-thirds of the equipment is made from scratch, and a substantial fraction is made in-house at the shop next door by Stanley Cotreau. Harris described Cotreau as, “one of the few people at Harvard who is the absolute master of his domain.”Cotreau has been directing the shop since 1993 and has turned it into what he considers one of the best for-student facilities around. To gain access, students must complete a 25-hour course involving such projects as constructing a steam engine...
Kirkland House Master Tom Conley said Chen was an “ebullient” member of the House and “liked to talk about everything from physics and letters to baseball...
...radio. His face stiffens with the information. He leans out of the wind into his half-track, wincing at the sandstorm whipping around his face from the rear. He grabs his M-4 assault rifle and halfway out of the track's back door yells at his master gunner, Sergeant Robert Jones, "You need to call HQ right now and tell them we have 10 men, 200 meters to the north, with AKs and RPGs." Jones jumps on the radio. "Break, break, this is Checkpoint Zero, Zero, Two, Two. We have possible contact with enemy soldiers. We are checking...