Word: pogo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When power looms appeared in England, the weavers revolted and smashed. Mankind may not have learned a lot since then, but the automators have. Though Harvard raised riots for Pogo, Latin, and panties, there will be no upheaval over Widener's mechanized checkout station. Who would lead it? The unemployed old librarians now washing decades of Cambridge dust into azure Tampa Bay? The young men whose requests are received and punched by the fewer but much finer female technicians replacing the old librarians...
While mayor of Cambridge in 1952-1953, DeGuglielmo successfully defended several Harvard undergraduates jailed during the famous Pogo riots, and he has been known as one of the University's stanchest friends on the Council. Under Cambridge's city-manager system of government, the Councillors elect one of their number mayor, the office being largely ceremonial...
...several students gathered in front of Widener to hear an orator proclaim that Harvard should keep Latin diplomas even if the University became "the last light in a darkened world." Within three hours, more than 2000 students had participated in a riot which rivaled the proportions of the famed Pogo riot, complete with tear...
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...first great riot of the twentieth century started May 18, 1952, when several students met in the Yard to await an appearance of Walt Kelly at a "Pogo for President" rally. Charges of police brutality arose from Cambridge's handling of the riot that ensued, and 28 students were arrested and taken to court. With the assistance of defense attorney Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, then Mayor of Cambridge, they managed to escape sentences...