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ON THE OCCASION of Harvard's 300th anniversary Walter Lippmann '09 warned of increasing entanglements between universities and government. Lippmann insisted that, "Harvard stands unqualifiedly for the principle that unless they are independent of each other, the relation between universities and governments will not be healthy."
On this occasion in 1936, jubilant Harvardians gathered in Tercentenary Theater to hear and honor one of the most popular presidents in the history of the country, who gave a keynote address and uttered endless platitudes about the University's role in the nation and the world.
"During this sort of occasion Harvard isn't going to exactly air its own dirty laundry," says Alan Brinkley, Dunwalke Associate Professor of American History. "There is a blandness to the media coverage typical of events like this," Brinkley says of the stories that have been written for the 350th...
Hate to spoil all the fun, Mr. Bok, but to tell the truth, this is not really the occasion of your school's 350th year of existence.
"It's hard to get a handle on [thecelebration]," says Porterfield. Time will coveronly those events, he says, "with an importancebeyond the occasion." The magazine will relegatethe rest of its coverage to the gossipy Peoplepage.