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The year was 1641. Harvard College, a cash-poor five-year-old institution of higher learning, sent three Cambridge, Mass., preachers to England on a “begging mission.”When the pioneering preachers arrived, they realized what is now a precept of fundraising: they needed some...
Yet this tripartite organization does not do justice to the increasingly porous boundaries between the divisions. In a striking move, the Committee on General Education came up with a new idea: maybe we could have our cake and eat it too. We could combine distribution among the three traditional divisions...
While an undergraduate at Princeton University, when Caroline M. Elkins informed her parents that she would be majoring in African history, they were “a bit horrified.” A professorship at Harvard and a Pulitzer later, the Elkins are probably glad their daughter did not major...
Just when you thought a baseball player couldn’t get any more multitalented, Matt Brunnig found new life for both his arms. The 6’7 senior, once acclaimed for his unique ambidexterity on the mound, broke out in two new ways this year: first, on the...
Each time the Harvard women’s hockey team faced St. Lawrence during the 2005-2006 campaign, the Saints jumped on the Crimson in the opening frame. And each time St. Lawrence managed at least ten more shots on goal than Harvard in those first periods, senior goaltender Ali...