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...section for Expository Writing set the tone for our new life in this competitive environment. We had learned our first Harvard lesson at registration--"Be Early"--so we rose at the sound of the roosters to be sure we were placed in the Expos sections we wanted. Arriving at Mem Hall at 6:34 a.m., we were understandably surprised to find two guys from the Yard who had already been there for half an hour. Although we would have been first in line except for the long walk from Radcliffe, we magnanimously shared our breakfast of muffins and milk with...
While Gund Hall rose agonizingly to the east of Mem Hall, students and visitors could gaze down on its model in the Great Space of Robinson Hall, former home of the GSD. From the model viewer's God's and the Harvard course cataloque's vantage point, one's attention was centered on the football stadium tiered studio roof--a feature than cannot be seen from any ground view. Rather, when coming out of the year and looking past Mem Hall the image is not of a football stadium but of a "medieval-modern" fortress with its fiberglass parapets...
...monumentality, one finds that it is possible by noticing and exploring details to warm oneself to the building. It's a fun building to snoop around in, to explore new spaces, to scramble up the staircases and to imagine oneself locked in battle with snipers on the roof of Mem Hall. The South side patios on each studio floor provide ideal places in the Spring and Fall to catch a little sun or eat lunch as the sun is intensified by the reflecting by the reflecting glass--may be even in the Winter areas to scrape snow from for impromptu...
...shows off the advertising banners; he's not sure where he'll put them. "If only we could hang them out of Mem Church, but..." He has the same problem with the marquee, but isn't worried. Paula has found another possible outfit, which still is not what Guy wants; Curt comes in wearing tuxedo pants, and Guy's face lights up. "They're absolutely perfect! Where'd you get them?" He has sent back the programs to be reprinted; they were on the wrong kind of paper with the wrong print. Tomorrow will be the final decisions on costumes...
...solution of this environmental problem to build monuments to bastardized styles such as the new Science Center, an overstated Carpenter Center, or Gund Hall, that is reminiscent of pyramids and athletic stadiums yet hardly conscious of her neighbors--Mem, William James, Busch, or Burr...