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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Despair. An inauspicious start, you say. Sit on your bed and wait. Your proctor will come by and console you. He will even know your name and recognize your face. They have to study the freshman face book...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Notes From the Underground... | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

Until the South Africa issue began heating up almost two years ago, Bok was little more than a name, a shadowy figure connected only vaguely in students' minds with what happened to them during their stay at Harvard. And much of Bok's job really does hold little interest--the bi-weekly Corporation meetings he chairs usually discuss such exciting issues as the University pension plans or the latest fundraising venture...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Massachusetts Hall's Men in Gray | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

...Harvard College--are the legal owners of all of the University, its land, buildings, and investments. The Fellows stay in the background most of the time, and follow Bok's lead. Dissent at this level is a rarity, controversy almost unheard of. The only Corporation member to make a name for himself among students recently is Hugh Calkins '45, chairman of the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR), the Corporation front man for the South AFrica controversy...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Massachusetts Hall's Men in Gray | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

...first thing you'll realize when you arrive at Harvard Yard is that nobody will ask you what college you're going to, and you won't get terribly far dropping the name. Put away your Harvard tee-shirt, because it ain't chic here, it's overkill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Notes From the Underground... | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

...Hello," he confirmed, with a polyurethane grin. "My name's Ron Smithies, from the Lawrenceville School...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Of Wolves and Men | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

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