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...Hooker had already left a legacy for Harvard, in a 1626 sermon where he proclaimed, "Every tub must stand upon its own bottom...
Harvard, Puritan institution that it was, took Hooker's advice to heart and adopted his phrase as the motto that would govern the separate parts it established over the years. Each school of the University--referred to as a "tub" by Harvard administrators--has its own faculty, its own endowment and its own dean to run it. Each tub is autonomous and independent...
...want to tromp all the way to the multi-prestidigiplex to get squeezed out by a bunch of geeks dressed up like Boba Fett -- on a Thursday afternoon in June. Oh, most of us will see it eventually, although the early intimidation factor could make "Titanic" a tough tub to catch. The betting here is that all those other movies whose schedulers were so worried about going up against Lucas's Memorial Day Dominator are going to do quite well. And when we do see it, we'll probably come out of it a little dazed and a little disappointed...
...Radcliffe will by no means be the smallest'tub' at Harvard. We might have some clout,"Clendenning said. "Many people think we might bebetter able to affect change within theinstitution...
...head of a "tub"--the University's term forentities like the graduate schools and the Facultyof Arts and Sciences--the dean of Radcliffe willnot have the formal consulting power regarding thewelfare of female undergraduates that Wilson hastechnically enjoyed as president...