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...explains it, "I like to remain a little mysterious." He will do nothing that would jeopardize his image as a living legend, including consent to an interview. He fears that interviewers would be mainly concerned with odd experiences that he has had during his career as a proctor, and stories about funny things that happen in exams ignore what is really humorous about them. "I am the comic element in these exams," he explains. Some day he will reveal all, Edwards says, but in the meantime, he wants to remain an enigma...
Gardner explains that Edwards simply makes himself available to proctor any exams Gardner's office sponsors. "He's certainly had more experience with us than any other proctor," so Gardner always assigns him to Memorial Hall. Gardner guesses that Edwards has been doing this sort of thing for about ten years and adds, "I understand they call him 'Mr. Exam...
...Bill Edwards is known throughout the Harvard community. He proctors hourlies, make-ups and final exams for the College, the grad schools, the extension office and the summer school. He proctors freshman week exams that determine placement in courses, and in his spare time has even been spotted proctoring Law School Admissions Tests (LSAT). While Edwards cautions that "I try to work as little as possible," he nonetheless describes his occupation as that of "a freelance proctor...
...unconventional relationship with the University and with such choice exposure to students, Edwards has become part of the folklore of Harvard. The various names he goes by are part of the student contribution to his legend. The titles "Mr. Test" and "Mr. Exam" and the slightly more clever "Doctor Proctor" are those more frequently used by students. But he has gone by more obscure names in the past...
...continue to love the sense of continuity and curiosity he creates; they will continue to resent the authority he stands for when he finally barks out, "The exam is over." Bill Edwards has been at Harvard for the better part of a decade and is probably the most talented proctor the University has. In a college that highly values both tradition and excellence, it seems that Mr. Test will have a home for many years to come...