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...earned his nickname during his years as a head proctor in various large rooms. When this year's seniors arrived at Harvard, Adams gave the exams in Mem Hall. After passing out all materials, he would say, "My good people, the exam has begun." Three hours later, Adams's line was "My good people, the exam is now over...
Adams's main daily concern, however, is that no students unintentionally miss exams. After attendance slips are collected and checked against lists, a proctor in the Mem Hall headquarters phones Nelson at Holyoke Center. She calls all absentees to try to get them to the exam by the smoking break, the deadline for arrivals...
...serious about intramurals until that one week at the end of the basketball season." Bujalski said. "And the proctor and Yard adviser gave added incentive by promising a victory party for the dorm...
...vicious racism between blacks and whites: the great view from between Lamont and Houghton of lovely Holyoke Center, the weird red Mass Ave buildings from which Harvard ejects tenants, and Wigglesworth; Nini's Corner; and sherry. We didn't drink sherry in Indiana, and I found out at my proctor's one night freshman year that you couldn't drink as much of that as you could of bourbon, and I haven't had any sherry since. Which may, or may not, explain why I was always lonely here...
Seniors should be included in the pool of official advisors for freshmen. Radcliffe's Senior Sister program is a good model. In the period before the Yard dorms are converted to Houses, seniors should comprise about half the proctor-advisors in freshman entries, receiving free room and board for their services...