Word: tree
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...little old lady walking down Commonwealth Ave. stopped under every tree and made an entry in her thick notebook. English elm. Nearly dead. She went on to the next tree...
...woman is now trying to locate an elm tree supposedly planted in Boston Common by John Hancock. Several other volunteers are concentrating on the problem of air and water pollution, filing literature on the subject as it appears in newspapers and magazines, and operating a library and Environmental Information Center in one room of the Civic Center's office...
...gold watch fob. Within this protective and comfortable setting, Finley has become a self-conscious anachronism who, though he may sound like a broken gramaphone at times, serves an important and colorful function as a symbol of Harvard past. He enjoys the role. "I sometimes see myself as a tree under which the arcadia of Harvard life takes place. When you reach a certain stage in life, you are cast in the role of a perpetuator. I try to perpetuate the institution and do what I can for the young...
These manifestations of concern can inspire great loyalty in undergraduates. In 1953, when Finley was rumored to be a possible choice for the presidency of Harvard, one enthusiast climbed a tree and announced that he would not come down until Finley was selected. (Pusey was chosen; so far as is known, the boy climbed down...
...boon companion, can lead us beside the still waters, can wrap us in its colors to keep us warm. Lately it has fallen out of use, especially modern poetry. In the wake of "The Waste Land," many young folk suppose that all modern verse will be a dead tree yielding no shelter; they assume, perhaps by association, it will be, not only esoteric, but also the voice of old age (or premature...