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While some have complained that it was inappropriate for the Palfreys to send their e-mail to all Adams House residents, as opposed to just those subscribed to Adams-Schmooze, the house open-list, these criticisms are unfounded. It is precisely to stimulate intellectual life that masters should have the...
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...
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?...