Word: mem
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Much of the alumni attachment stems from Mem Hall's first 50 years (1874-1924) when it served as a central eating place at Harvard. One University official recalls an uncle (class of '95) who, up until a few years ago, annually had a reunion with his Mem Hall eating partners. "I suspect," says another official, "that if we announced the demolition of Mem Hall, we'd have a battle royal. Half the alumni would be on one side of the street asking us to tear it down and the other half would be yelling to keep...
...Mem Hall is in an untenable geographical position. It rests at the hub of what is, in essence, an entirely new part of the Harvard campus. In the foreseeable future, it will be virtually surrounded by newer, more modern, buildings. Already William James sits at one corner of the Mem Hall triangle, and all along the other sides, more buildings will be constructed by the end of the decade...
...these the only changes that will affect Mem Hall; the whole character of its site will be altered when the University builds its $2.8 million underpass beneath Cambridge St. No longer will Mem Hall be a large island between two segments of the Harvard campus. Instead, with part of Kirkland St. closed off and with the roof of the underpass carefully landscaped, there will be a continous mall from the Yard to the fringe of the Law School. It is even possible that either the International Studies Center will extend over the closed-off part of Kirkland St. onto...
...will probably not be completed for 18 to 24 months. It calls for the construction of a 400 ft. underpass that will stretch from the front of Memorial Hall to the front of Littauer. The construction of the underpass will permit the closing of part of Kirkland St. behind Mem Hall and the creation of a continuous mall from the Yard to the Law School...
...This way, you'll find yourself 1-A without warning, without knowing why," one of the officers, Eric Lessinger '68, had told students as they filed past. Monro later said that the eviction was uncalled for and supported SDS' right to protest in Mem Hall...