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Distaste for the graffito was graffito also expressed by Gordon G. Sampson '10, who offered his sympathy to the students forced to look at the mural while eating. "I'd like to see a record of indigestion cases among students eating here as compared to those eating elsewhere," he commented...
Letters from outraged alumni appearing in the November 28 edition of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin demanded an explanation for what William C. Colemon '05 termed "the absurdity of placing this mural in Quincy House...
...There is no proper definition of art that might appropriately be applied to this mural," Coleman claimed. He criticized the "revolutionary methods" adopted in creating the graffito as "completely false to nature," and added, "The result is not art. It is nonsensical...
...decor is traditionally Spanish black and white. The floor is black and white tile, the walls are white stucco. A mural maintaining the black and white motif will eventually fill one wall. The room is discreetly well lit, and the limited number of tables avoids the danger of overcrowding...
...occasion was not without its lighter moments. After the President had remarked there exist no symbols of a Master's office, newly-inaugurated John M. Bullitt '43 turned to the mural behind him and said: "We are surrounded by symbolisms." He quoted another Master as calling the painting "the death and transfiguration of a Chevrolet...