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...separate Radcliffe athletic facilities in the Radcliffe gym, a separate health center and a separate student employment office. But we were taught by Harvard professors, and except for first-year survey courses, we went to Harvard classes with Harvard men in Harvard buildings. The presence of women in Harvard classes was so new that professors and section men didn't know quite what to do with us. They never took our attendance, they never assigned us seats. We therefore sat wherever there was an empty seat, often in the back of the classroom, sometimes, on the floor...
...have several advantages. Since many of the professors were in the armedservices, Harvard called back retired professorslike Professor McIlwain, who taught politicaltheory with great relish, and Professor Merriman,a passionate devotee of English history. Mostintimidating was Professor William YandellElliott, who shuttled back and forth to Washingtonas adviser to former presidents Roosevelt andTruman. Philosophy Professor Demos, who introducedme to Plato and Aristotle, seemed to be kin to theGreek philosophers. My favorite was the younginstructor Louis Hartz, who later became a fullprofessor of government. From him I learned aboutthe theory of democracy, which has stood me ingood stead as a life-long...
After graduation, Myhrum taught English in prep schools during the school year, but worked in theater in Duxbury in the summers. He became increasingly involved in theater and graduated in 1955 with a Master of Fine Arts in theater from Yale...
...returned to Harvard for two years as a Nieman Fellow. Lewis studied and taught classes at the Harvard Law School...
...line between childhood scars and his comedy, or anyone else's. Then again, he once did a bit in his stand-up routine that went like this: "What would you do if you found out your parents went to hell? 'Oh, my God--they taught me everything I know...