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From Harvard's perspective, the University's mistakes were magnified by the almost lemming-like reluctance of seniors and their families to leave stifling, overcrowded Palmer-Dixon, where the clambake was held, for the more comfortable outdoors...
...Harvard will erect a tent with capacity for 400 people outside Palmer-Dixon, which holds 1200. Last year 2650 people attended the clambake, and, because there seemed to be a "psychological barrier" to going outside and eating, many had to wait while the first arrivals ate their lobster or roast beef dinners, Koivumaki said...
Koivumaki predicted the tent would not only shelter more people but also draw others outside. "It will show them," he said, "that there was a designated place outside" to eat. Last year, without this, people were loath to go outside, although it was "hotter than hell" in Palmer-Dixon, Koivumaki said...
...such student, James W. Reining '76, said yesterday he arrived at the event shortly after its 5 p.m. opening and had to wait two hours. "The line already stretched from Palmer-Dixon to the back of Briggs Cage," he said...
Potential names for the House include Mary Bunting, Thomas Palmer, William Brattle, James Walker and Francis Boardman Crowinshield...