Word: pets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...come for your dog," they say, and Dukey, who had been lying quietly in the corner, looks up. They go over and attach some rope to his collar, pull, and take him out the door. The pet we've raised from age six weeks to almost six months is gone. We'd wanted to raise a nice dog, so we'd never taught him to sic the men in the white suits...
There are a few persons who really expect that to happen since most owners will simply refuse to comply with the pet ban. Leveretts Senior Tutor, Robert E. Kaufmann, thinks disciplinary pressure will be put on students until they cooperate...
Kaufmann, who feels many senior tutors share his opposition to keeping pets in the Houses, expounded what we might call the Kaufmann Theory of Escalating Punishment. A student whose pet is not out on February 8 gets a House warning. If he refuses to comply for another week, he is eligible for probation through the Administrative Board. Kaufmann, who has also taken a stand against pinball in the Houses, let his mind wander to the final stage of the process. "It's not inconceivable that he [the owner] could be severed from the University...
Another reason for the new interest in owning pets appears to be the old atmosphere of the city, especially in Harvard housing with its sealed-off living units. I remember walking up the four flights of Thayer Middle in September 1967, and seeing these four grey, automatically-closing doors on each floor. In this situation, you've got to import as much life into your room as possible, and a pet is perhaps the best way. "It's more human," one student said when asked why he kept...
...clear that certain animals have been mistreated here, and have in some cases made things unpleasant for other persons. But that doesn't mean that no one should be allowed to have pets. Maybe my neighbors at home beat up on their pet rabbit, but that doesn't mean Mt. Kisco should pass a no-pets law. And we haven't discontinued athletics here just because some guys smoke or drop acid before meets...