Word: roosevelt
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...Franklin D. Roosevelt, class of 1904—an ambitious, blue-blooded member of the New York clan—was steeped in the wealth and privilege of the Gilded...
...graduate of The Groton School, an elite New England boarding school, Roosevelt was one of a select few who traveled to Cambridge in his senior year of high school to scout premier dorm rooms. His suite of rooms would come to a sum of $400 a year—the annual salary of a working man at the time...
...Well-heeled freshmen, including Roosevelt, enjoyed the luxury of Gold Coast dormitories—ornate, privately owned residence halls that often included swimming pools and squash courts. These newly constructed buildings had recently replaced the antiquated Yard dormitories as the epicenter of student life...
...deluxe trio of high-ceilinged rooms—now B-17 of Adams House—features an oak fireplace and modern amenities such as central heating and electricity. While many of his peers weathered New England winters by purchasing coal to heat their rooms manually, Roosevelt was able to hire a maid service and porter to perform these duties...
...wasn’t until 1929—when Roosevelt was Governor of New York—that University President Abbot Lawrence Lowell introduced the House System which was intended to bridge the socio-economic divisions that had characterized residential life at the College...