Word: mathers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Probably the sweetest revenge in all of Harvard's history, though, was a direct hit from Cotton Mather, Class of 1678, son of Increase Mather, Harvard's sixth president. Although Cotton Mather had hoped to follow in his father's footsteps, he was rudely passed over for the job three times. Seriously peeved, he joined a group of conservative clergymen (all Harvard alums) who founded the Collegiate School of Connecticut in 1701. "And," Bethell notes, "it was at Cotton's suggestion that the school was renamed Yale College in 1718. So a Harvard man was instrumental in bringing Yale...
...easy. The two people don't really have to make any effort to see each other, so dormcest often continues far past its prime simply because it is easier to keep doing what has already been done. Whereas, if one person lives in Currier and the other in Mather, and one starts thinking that the other isn't so much fun to hang out with anymore, he or she would reconsider the 30-minute shuttle ride involved in a visit...
...while dismissal would require Douglas to leave Harvard indefinitely, five members of the Faculty Council have proposed that the former Mather House resident be allowed to withdraw, according to Mallinckrodt Professor of Applied Physics William Paul...
...morning-after problem. There's something weird about being able to walk from your room to the room of your significant other in pajamas. Granted, there are some people who do this even though they live in Currier and date people in Mather, but doing the walk of shame seems more unnatural when it's only three doors down and everyone else is in their P.J.'s anyway...
...easy. The two people don't really have to make any effort to see each other, so dormcest often continues far past its prime simply because it is easier to keep doing what has already been done. Whereas, if one person lives in Currier and the other in Mather, and one starts thinking that the other isn't so much fun to hang out with anymore, he or she would reconsider the 30-minute shuttle ride involved in a visit...