Word: masters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...grads of Harvard, both distinguished in the world of music, popped up with pooled talents as the creators of two new songs for their alma mater. Musicomedy Librettist Alan Jay (My Fair Lady) Lerner ('40) and Master-of-Most-Musical-Trades Leonard Bernstein ('39) had cooked up a lugubrious ("Harvard! Harvard! Onward go . . .") Dedication and a satirical, possibly soulful, ditty titled The Lonely Men of Harvard. Excerpt from the latter...
...spark to this unenforced House spirit is provided by House master John H. Finley, Jr., who learns the names of all the incoming sophomores within a short time, attends many of the House athletic events, and serves as master of ceremonies at the annual House dinner held in March on the birthday of the late President Eliot...
...House has traditions--the boar's head march and the Master's solo at the Christmas dinner, for example--but the House is not tradition-bound. As Master Taylor says, "We have no particular specialty; we are interested in whatever students want to do, and we try to find the means by which they...
...Master Ronald M. Ferry '12 is proud of the policy of spontaneous generation which has characterized the House ever since its inception in 1931. And precisely because Winthrop has been built from the roots rather than from imposition and incitement from above, its members feel a belonging which they themselves have participated in creating...
Unfortunately, this is Master Ferry's last year at Winthrop since he, the last of the original house masters, is retiring at the completion of this semester. David E. Owen, professor of History, in whom Master Ferry expresses sincere confidence, will oversee Winthrop beginning next fall. Owen will note that although there exist few pseudo-bohemian sorts, most types are represented among the Winthrop members. The average Winthrop Man is pleased with his challenging and diversified association with his House, which allows him an allegiance while never imposing on his privacy as an individual...