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Despite the angst, many people feel the contact with brilliant and diverse students is the most important aspect of an education in Cambridge. Says Cohen: "You know when you come that you have joined the company of some very, very select people." Grant Colfax, a senior biology major who never went to school but was educated at home in California by his parents, says, "The student body here has been every bit as influential as any of my classes, possibly more influential." His brother Drew, also educated at home, is a freshman this fall. Among Drew's arriving classmates will...
...about 300 people crowded the curb opposite Gund Hall for a sight of Charles, Prince of Wales, yesterday, a select group of 49 students spent about half an hour chatting with the British heir apparent inside the tightly guarded courtyard...
Trumbull Professor of American History Donald Fleming notes that this consistent, on-campus presence of a few, select Harvard families over the centuries has been historically important to the University. In addition to the financial support that accompanies their presence (Richard left his estate of 350 pounds to Harvard upon his death), he adds that these families gave a certain "tone" to the University. "President [Charles W.] Eliot [Class of 1857] always thought that it was important for young aristocrats to polish the others," Fleming says, though noting that such influence wore itself out by the 1940s...
...select 49 were informed by invitation in early August that they had been chosen to attend the tea with Charles. For most it was an unexpected though pleasant surprise...
Today the Prince will deliver the keynote address at the first of three 350th convocations, attend a symposium on urban architecture, and meet with select alumni, faculty and students...