Word: mr
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...concerns the administration of the LSAT. He explains that he is no stranger to such exams--"It is well-known that I like to imbibe in that kind of stuff"--and he tells of the student who had taken the test so often that "he even got to bring Mr. Test his Cokes...
With such an unconventional relationship with the University and with such choice exposure to students, Edwards has become part of the folklore of Harvard. The various names he goes by are part of the student contribution to his legend. The titles "Mr. Test" and "Mr. Exam" and the slightly more clever "Doctor Proctor" are those more frequently used by students. But he has gone by more obscure names in the past...
...name that stuck for a while, recalls Susan E. McGee, registrar for Harvard Extension, is "The Pepsi Man" or "Mr. Pepsi." This name comes from Edwards' practice of drinking large bottles of cola while he waits for the exam to end. McGee knows people who have run across old Harvard friends in New York City or other parts of the country and been asked, "How is the Pepsi Man these days...
Anne E. Sontag '78 vouches for an even more obscure name--"Mr. Goodpeople." This name, she claims, arose from his closing comments to students to assure timely return of finished blue books. At the end of exams Edwards would say, "OK, good people, let's finish up the Harvard...
...authority he stands for when he finally barks out, "The exam is over." Bill Edwards has been at Harvard for the better part of a decade and is probably the most talented proctor the University has. In a college that highly values both tradition and excellence, it seems that Mr. Test will have a home for many years to come...