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...would have thought that students would be so nostalgic for Loker Commons? The lunchtime scene in the Memorial Hall transept makes us suddenly more appreciative of Fly-By’s former location. The current situation—which will have to last a few more months—is untenable, and the College should make a few simple arrangements to make flying by a more civil experience...
Today’s temporary Fly-By “servery”—a line of tables with potato chips and the chili du jour—spans one side of the transept, and a row of squatting students spans the other. On nice days, a few students will sit on the steps of Memorial Hall to eat. This is a far cry from the days of Loker, which—dreary as it may have been—gave students the chance to (gasp) sit at a table to eat lunch. Now University Hall says that...
There is something more fundamentally problematic, however, about using the Memorial Hall transept for Fly-By than just its absence of seating. As former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 pointed out in a letter to The Crimson, the transept is a memorial to those Harvardians who lost their lives fighting for the Union in the Civil War. Using it to serve food is disrespectful. We suggest that Fly-By’s serving area be moved to a compact space at the back of Annenberg Hall, near the statues of John Winthrop and John...
...foyer of Sanders Theater” truly has “lackluster ambience,” as stated in a recent Crimson article (“Is the New Fly-by Taking Off?” news, October 4, 2006). For many other visitors since 1874, the Memorial Hall transept has been a place of moving beauty. What is unarguable is that it was never meant to be a fast-food eatery. It was and is Harvard’s memorial to the 136 Harvard affiliates who gave their lives for the preservation of the Union during the Civil...
...controversy over Sannwald’s name reflects a struggle at Harvard with the ambiguities of commemorating its war dead. In 1874, the transept of Memorial Hall was completed as a monument to Harvard alumni who were killed and “fought for the Union cause” during the American Civil War. One hundred thirty-six names were engraved on 28 white marble tablets in the opulent transept hall, and no mention was made of those who fought under the Confederacy...