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...lose their brilliance. A portion of the ground floor was even given over to "a school for teaching young women the art of riding on a bicycle." Eventually, construction of Claverly in 1893 and other later dormitories forced this original Gold Coast mansion to surrender its social prominence to Mt. Auburn Street. It was torn down...
Long before Beck was razed, Claverly had captured its prestige, for after the "Institute of 1770" moved its initiations from Beck to Claverly, the Mt. Auburn St. structure became so popular that freshmen, to live there, had to compete in an election. A minor reason for Claverly's appeal, of course, was the fact that Yard dormitories offered neither central heating nor plumbing above the basement. Although suites in Claverly were expensive--some nearly $1,000 an academic year--the swimming pool, personal attendants, and telephone system made living there attractive to wealthy young gentlemen...
...Gold Coast era was signalled as early as 1906 when a government professor named A. Lawrence Lowell made a speech deriding the Mt. Auburn St. area's disrupting influence upon the unity of the College. But the University did not buy the Mt. Auburn St. dorms of Claverly, Russell, Randolph, Westmorly, and Dudley until Edward S. Harkness had given the money to incorporate most of them into the House System...
...Cambridge, however, lines formed in vain outside the H.A.A. ticket office waiting for possible seats. Undergraduate tickets brought over $15 apiece on Mt. Auburn St., with some reselling transacted via House bulletin boards and local clothing stores...
After circling the Yard several times, the band will march across Massachusetts Avenue, down Holyoke St., and then turn left on Mt. Auburn. It will proceed on Mt. Auburn and Bow past Adams House, and then swing down DeWolfe St. toward Leverett and Dunster...