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Adams: James Phinney Baxter, the first Master of Adams House, named the new House after John Adams and the Adams family. The House coat-of-arms is derived from the seal ring of John Quincy Adams. Master Baxter made the background gold to symbolize the Gold Coast and the five sprigs of oak leaves stand for the five buildings of Adams House. The House motto, “Alteri Seculo,” is from Cicero’s “he who plants trees labors for the benefit of a future generation...
...Phinney, manager of Cambridge Self Storage,445 Concord Ave., said he often gets 35 to 40students storing items over the summer...
Nonetheless, Phinney says, although it may seem as if students who conduct summer thesis research have an unfair advantage, "it doesn't make a crucial difference" because "the people who will get summas will get them anyway...
...largest drop-off occurs during junior year, but some students wait until later. The English Department's Assistant Head Tutor for Seniors A.W. Phinney says that approximately five seniors annually drop honors in September of their senior year, and two to five additional honors candidates drop their theses over the course of the year. The English Department currently has 87 honors seniors and 54 non-honors seniors, he adds...
...Phinney says seniors who drop honors often find the thesis work a burden and less interesting than other electives, but he adds that there are "not too many cases where they get into trouble with the thesis...