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Harvard, for the young student, was another in a series of social challenges. Reed's father, an affluent merchant in Portland, Oregon, desired the highest in social prestige for his children and Harvard was the logical means to that end. Earlier, however, came Morristown, a fashionable prep school in New Jersey, where Jack devoted himself to athletics, charming the local girls and leading troops in a number of surreptitious raids into the nearby town. He also wrote, contributing short stories regularly to the school's literary magazine, and editing a humor magazine he published with his father's funds. Academics...

Author: By Siddhartha Mazumdar, | Title: No Red at Harvard | 1/18/1982 | See Source »

...seemed to me, going around to lectures and meetings, as if everyone of the seven hundred had friends but me. I was thrilled with the immensity of Harvard, its infinite opportunities, its august history and tradition, but desperately lonely." The boyish friendliness that had made Reed a celebrity at Morristown did just that at Harvard, except, this time, it might not have been the effect he desired. It did not take Jack long to realize a large part of the reason he found himself lonely. Although Harvard was rapidly becoming a national university, the school remained largely a bastion...

Author: By Siddhartha Mazumdar, | Title: No Red at Harvard | 1/18/1982 | See Source »

...following year. John did his share of hurting as well, turning down a rooming offer from another freshman merely because of his heritage--he was a New Yorker, and Jewish. Other attempts to enter what he though was the mainstream of college life were wasted. After starring in Morristown football, Reed decided to give freshman crew a try. Even being the last man cut didn't deter his efforts to join the crew organization--he immediately began competing for the position of assistant manager for the varsity. Selling more season subscriptions than anyone else, Reed thought he had the position...

Author: By Siddhartha Mazumdar, | Title: No Red at Harvard | 1/18/1982 | See Source »

...Meier Morristown, Tenn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 14, 1980 | 1/14/1980 | See Source »

...Morristown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 17, 1979 | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

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