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Talk of the Sanctum. Of the wonderful evening two years ago, to the day, when you first climbed the stairs. Vag liked that idea. The others hadn't been so impressed, but he thought the place looked like a little piece of all that he had expected Harvard to be. Now the need for a new paint job was even greater, but Vag still thought of the Sanctum that way. It was home to him, far more than D-21 had ever been. He thought of the Ivy Leaguer's ode to upstairs and he was still. That should...
Throughout the amazing interior is a collection of museum pieces and antiques--the result of an unfortunate habit of 'Poon alumni of storing their attic overflows in the Sanctum. A fine suit of medieval Japanese armor stands at the south window of the Great Hall, and has occasionally been donned by the President during police raids. The window itself contains pieces of 14th century stained glass from the Church of St. Augustine at Canterbury, England...
...chandelier is 16th century Spanish wrought iron, like the crane supporting the lantern over the front door. Seven thousand Delft tiles bearing pictures of windmills and Dutch barmaids completely cover the walls of the Sanctum Lobby. No two of these are alike, the Poonsters are told. Not all of the relics are imported, however...
Company Easy, small but select, finds itself deep in the heart of Harvard. Coming into this sanctum of erudition from culturally sterile waste lands ranging from Chicago to the South Pacific was quite a shock...
...officers of the Fly were rather unhappy about it, but taxes is taxes, and Navy wives wouldn't have gone for the atmosphere. Now the traffic accident as Bow and Mt. Auburn, familiarly known as the Poon, will bask in sunlight, and the view from the Sanctum will be brightened by a "pleasant garden spot, surrounded by a hedge," 50 is still exclusive...