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Harvard’s administration could no longer ignore the wild pranksters. Then-University President Josiah Quincy targeted the group as an example of rebellious student behavior. In Quincy??s son’s book “Figures of the Past,” the younger Quincy writes, “Among college clubs the place must be reserved for the Med. Fac., a roaring burlesque upon learned bodies in general and the college government in particular...
Perhaps due to Quincy??s hostility, in 1834 the Med. Fac. Society entrusted some of its artwork and artifacts to the Hasty Pudding Institute. But the history of the Med. Fac. was far from over...
Deep in the bowels of New Quincy are two visual art centers—the pottery studio and darkroom. Quincy??s pottery studio offers weekly classes with ceramist Holly Neufer for a fee of $50 per semester (contact Larry J. Peterson at lpeters@fas.harvard.edu). Unlimited access to the darkroom is available for $25. All Quincy residents are welcome to show any artistic creations during Arts First in an exhibit in the JCR (contact tutor Matthew H. McIntyre at mmcintyr@fas.harvard.edu...
...issue is the entire system of freshman dining, and to an extent the rigid social hierarchy at this institution. The social hierarchy at Harvard is well-defined, not by race or wealth, but by date of graduation. Quincy??s expulsion of freshman diners is just another example of the feeling of upperclassman entitlement and the barbaric belief that we must endure a year-long rite of passage in order to become full-fledged members of this college. Meanwhile, Annenberg food is infamously unappetizing, which serves only to exacerbate the freshman-upperclassman divide...
Next door was her opposite, Phil K. Lichtenstein ’72, a studious junior from a backwoods high school. He wanted to work with rural folks in the future, either as a forest ranger or a doctor. Everyone knew Phil: he held spots on Quincy??s Social Committee and HoCo and a job at the dining hall desk, checking everyone in. But he was still shy and awkward around girls...