Word: mathering
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...boss, Stephen Mather of the Department of Interior, the other midwife of that legislation, was off in the Sierra wilderness. Albright was so convinced that the legislation signaled the beginning of something great that he was determined to seize the moment. In those wonderful days, one young man with heart could move mountains--or at least help preserve them. He persuaded his congressional staff friends to speed up the process of getting the Parks Act printed on parchment after it had been passed by Congress, approved by the requisite leaders and forwarded to President Woodrow Wilson as quickly as possible...
Though he is now nearly 96, Albright can recall what he did next. "I went right down to the postal telegraph office and sent Mather a night letter: 'Park Service bill signed nine o'clock last night. Have pen used by President in signing...
That story and many more lie between the covers of a new book, The Birth of the National Park Service: the Founding Years, 1913-33, by Albright as told to Robert Cahn (Howe Brothers). Mather became the first director of the Park Service, and Albright followed him as the two struggled to consolidate their authority over the natural wonders of the U.S. In a big old touring car with Warren Harding in Yellowstone in 1923, Albright told the President he had sealed off the road and "it will be 20 miles before we see another soul." Harding joyously pulled...
ABONG FOR McKinney (our green-thumb friend, Larry) Too bad of your scheme Harvard found itself wary. For ghost-ridden common room dwellers a wink, And for all autumn-lovers a pumpkin-filled sink. For upperclass prefects a few good cold showers, And a few common rooms for the Mather gang's towers. An off-campus shelter for each Cabot dweller--And a quick painless end to the noise in the cellar. Some new ideas for the House Committees Who can't hold keg parties in such a strict city, And for all those upholding the laws against drink...
...Katz, Applied Mathematics, Leverell House; Nicholas R. Lawrence, English and American Language and Literature, North House; Mark Lee, Physics, Winthrop House; Daniel E. Lieberman, Anthropology, Currier House; Neil B. Morganbesser, Applied Mathematics, Lowell House; Thomas B. Mucller, History and Literature, North-House; Andrew M. Rappe, Chemistry and Physics, Mather House; Bruce E. Roberts History and Government, Leverett House; Mitchell H. Rosner, Biochemical Sciences, North House; Steven Schwarz, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Quincy House; Hal Wasserman, Computer Science, Mather House; and Edward T. Yu, Physics, Dunster House...