Word: weren
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pusey's explanation, however, was unsatisfactory to most students. On April 26, a large sign outside Leverett House declared "we want Latin," and 40 Kirkland House seniors threatened to wear Madras jackets to Commencement if the diplomas weren't changed...
...Harvard Law School, former president of Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS), captain of the crew team and member of RLA, remembers its creation. Ann W. Merrill '77 "announced the foundation of a lesbian group. And the women who showed up had never met other lesbians at Harvard; they weren't even sure they existed. She posted notices announcing the first meeting and the posters were defaced and torn down as soon as they went up. But she held the meeting anyway, and about five to ten women arrived...
Other moments in his career weren't so bright. "I remember in the Heps last year in the final heat of the 200 meter my shoulder dislocated at the start. My arm just rolled out of the socket and hung there--what an ugly sight. About halfway in the race it popped back in. I came in fifth, but the looks on the spectators faces--consternation--I'll never forget...
...something other than visions of the "good life" stimulated the imagination of many who did go on to successful careers. "The people in my class wanted to do something challenging and interesting that wasn't a waste of time. The people in my class weren't just interested in money and going to the country club," Evan R. Berlack '56, a Washington attorney specializing in international law, described the motivation for achievement among members of the class...
Edward W. Averill '56, a philosophy professor at Texas Tech University, was one of the organizers of the Social Democratic Forum at Harvard, an effort to bring forward different points of view for discussion of issues that weren't ordinarily presented in classrooms. He says a speech given by a reporter active in the civil rights movement in the South drew an audience of more than...