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...band helped to provide the appropriately festive atmosphere for all the hellos and good-byes. My favorite part of these sentimental performances was the singing of "Fair Harvard." Seniors, alums and other band members not playing at the moment would drape their arms around each other and slowly sway from side to side as they sang (and we played). The lyrics were printed in the Commencement programs and were attributed to their composer: "Fair Harvard, S. Gilman, 1811." And then, a little of to the side, "[revised...

Author: By P. PATTY Li, | Title: POSTCARD FROM CAMBRIDGE | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

...band helped to provide the appropriately festive atmosphere for all the hellos and good-byes. My favorite part of these sentimental performances was the singing of "Fair Harvard." Seniors, alums and other band members not playing at the moment would drape their arms around each other and slowly sway from side to side as they sang (and we played). The lyrics were printed in the Commencement programs and were attributed to their composer: "Fair Harvard, S. Gilman, 1811." And then, a little off to the side, "[revised...

Author: By P. PATTY Li, | Title: What's in a Song? | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

Though Ali won the gold medal at the Rome Olympics in 1960, at the time the experts didn't think much of his boxing skills. His head, eyes wide, seemed to float above the action. Rather than slip a punch, the traditional defensive move, it was his habit to sway back, bending at the waist--a tactic that appalled the experts. Lunacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUHAMMAD ALI: The Greatest | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

Dear Dean Lewis, Dean Knowles and President Rudenstine: They say that alums really hold sway over fair Harvard. And the Senior Gift people said that if I really wanted to effect change, I should donate to the University and write letters to the top brass. So I write you today, as an alumnus and modest donor, with the hope that these new-found designations hold you interest better than my role as a squawking newspaper writer...

Author: By Andrew S. Chang, | Title: An Open Letter From a New Alum | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

Alumni will be the major target of theleaf-letting campaign. Morgan said he hopes thecampaign will inspire a groundswell of alumnisupport to sway the University's opposition toadopting a living wage...

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Student Activists Plan to Interrupt Alan Greenspan | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

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