Word: teased
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Moreover, making open class distinctions among Harvard students is no longer done. Fifty years ago it would have seemed strange to see bright poor kids from bad high schools in the rural South invited to Master’s teas, sipping chai on Persian rugs and eating sandwiches off silver...
He makes a point of meeting each of his guests, most of whom hear about the teas from friends or colleagues.
Gomes has been serving Wednesday tea since 1974, when he became Pusey minister in Memorial Church. The tradition of Wednesday teas predates his tenure, though. When he came to Harvard as a graduate student in 1965, the dean of the Divinity School also hosted a weekly tea on Wednesday.
The teas, included in the running expenses of Memorial Church, average a cost of $50 per evening, Gomes says. He hosts about 30 teas each year, including every term-time week except for breaks, reading period and exams.
He demands that his teas end as briskly as they begin. At exactly 6 p.m. his assistants usher guests toward the front door. “Friends, friends,” someone calls, “we thank you for joining us this week and we hope you?...