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...Jeffry, at the Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery has succeeded in a misnomer. Many of the photographs, while delightful, have naught to do with the theatre; Jeffry’s real name was Evelyn Fish and the Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery is little more than the entrance to Pusey Library. That said, it is worth the trip to Harvard’s underground library to see these 70-odd black and white portraits on display...
...Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library...
...Derek C. Bok was appointed the University’s new president. Bok, a friend of Dunlop’s and a fellow Belmont resident, was reluctant to occupy 17 Quincy St. (now Loeb House), then the president’s official residence, for several reasons: construction of Pusey Library was underway, creating a large hole in the residence’s backyard, and, more importantly, student protests at the house had led to serious security concerns for Bok and his young family...
Conant’s installation was the first of what would be a series of subdued ceremonies in the University Hall Faculty Room. Nathan M. Pusey ’28 and his successor, Derek C. Bok, also chose to celebrate quietly. Bok’s installation, with 110 guests, was the smallest in Harvard’s modern history...
...controversies and developments of the 1930s and 1940s, the Kellers show how the University increasingly embraced the ideal of the best and the brightest, even when it came into conflict with Harvards tradition of catering to the social elite. The authors then turn to the presidency of Nathan M. Pusey 28 (1953-1971). They attempt to show how meritocracy at Harvard was continued and further refined and at the same time tell the story of the stresses the newly meritocratic University felt and the turbulence it encountered. Finally, they turn to discuss what they call a shift toward worldliness over...