Word: upperclassmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With the introduction of the housing system in 1930, the Harvard Union became the Freshmen Union--a haunt for still wet-behind-the-ears Yardlings. The Union was to be for the freshmen what each of the houses are for the Upperclassmen--a place to eat, socialize, and kick back...
Many houses conduct rooming lotteries this way, and upperclassmen choose their rooms based on availability, rather than unreliable information or guessing games. But replicating this system on a College-wide scale would be too long and costly. Each house's rooming lottery lasts well into the night. Imagine what would happen with 12 times as many people involved...
...principle, the prefect program is a good idea. Designed to give freshmen contact with undergraduates who have had some experience in the Harvard jungle, the program aims to help mitigate the consequences of housing freshmen apart from more experienced upperclassmen...
...most other universities, where undergraduates working as resident advisers are live-in sources of comfort and advice, upperclassmen have a real opportunity to influence their advisees. Here, there is no such chance...
This year's decision to wait until after the first study cards were due to introduce freshmen to their prefects intensified the program's lack of purpose. Freshmen might have needed and wanted the advice of upperclassmen as they tried to figure out the shopping system and chose their first Harvard courses. But by the time I met the freshmen in my group, they already had developed sources of information and weren't particularly interested in others...