Word: sundays
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would have thought that last Sunday was commencement day by the way the sun was shining over Harvard. In Lowell House, the celebratory atmosphere was tangible, with the rows of chairs set up in the courtyard, the undergraduates dressed in better-than-normal attire and the tutors and administration sporting their academic robes. But while some of the seniors might have hoped that C-Day had come early, the occasion for ceremony was instead the installation of the new masters of Lowell, Diana L. Eck and Dorothy A. Austin...
...thing about tradition, though, is that, at its best, it fosters community and bridges the gap between the past and the future. What made Sunday's installation of Masters Eck and Austin so successful (besides the glorious weather and the tasty food) was that as a new ritual, it mixed history and promise, memory and hope. It was, for a few moments in the sun on Sunday, a mind-expanding experience, as we heard stories of some good times past and anticipated similar ones in the future...
...Last Sunday's shining afternoon, featuring both a salt shaker and a performance by the Din and Tonics, was a new tradition but one worth continuing and expanding. It was a moment for togetherness and appreciation. Until Tuesday's car accident involving a Lowell House resident, we perhaps didn't realize just how important these especially rare moments can be. Our thoughts are with Patrick Noble and his family and friends...
...SUNDAY 25 OCTOBER...
...Richard Nesson '54, president emeritus of Brigham and Women's Hospital and professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School, died on Sunday...