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...reception in the Mather House Master's Residence afterwards, a number of students said: "She kept it all in." The same was true of John Neumann. While seemingly surrounded by many friends and acquaintances, both Ru Selle and John appear to have been profoundly lonely. No one had a real clue that they would do themselves in. There was not that one special person to confide in who might have been able to calm their darkest fears--and possibly prevent far too young death...
...never know the reasons for a suicide--or understand the complex maze of fears and emotions that go into the act. But the deaths of Ru Selle Harwood and John Neumann must memorably raise anew the question of loneliness at Harvard-Radcliffe in the daily rush of exempts, papers, and LSAT preparations they are a stark reminder of the ongoing need for the most important qualities those of compassion and friendship...
...House system. A House is a protective environment which allows, through the House Committees, an opportunity for self government and through drama societies and musical organizations, for creativity. But it is also a principal but work against loneliness. unfortunately not strong enough in the case of John Neumann and Ru Selle Harwood...
Both John Neumann and Ru Selle Harwood's suicides have had a profound impact on the Harvard-Radcliffe community. As Ted Polich, a junior in Eliot House, has put it, their deaths have made almost everyone reflect upon what is most important to them. For Ted, a member of the Harvard football team who was laid up in Stillman Infirmary, as was I, the most central thing in his life is not the fierce competition for grades, but the love of his family and friends. Friends, from the legions I see streaming past my room into his he has many...
Both in London and New York at the present times is an exciting new play. Tom Stoppard's The Real thing. The play casts a weary and jaundiced eye (much as John and Ru Selle would have done) at a world preoccupied with lust. materialism sensation, and self gratification Christopher Lasch in , The Cultone of Narcissism published in 1978, talks about the same theme...