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...Hilles Library slights some people, it is still an excellent "study center." Its very weakness for the wonk, its relaxed smoking-room atmosphere, is its greatest strength as the center of an intellectual community at Radcliffe quad. No modern building at Harvard succeeds as well in including the old pleasures of quiet, leisurely contemplation or discussion...

Author: By Jonathan Boorstin, | Title: Hilles Library | 10/11/1966 | See Source »

...Death to the wonk," their fervent cry. "This is our new crusade...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE TEMPLE ON THE HILL | 1/4/1966 | See Source »

Twitchedy, twatchedy, flippedy, flappedy, flong your own thong tong, snickety poo. Griff, graff, gobble, gobble, ghrrr, gar, gorrr, goo goo goo. Wap, wap, flaptrap, wonk wonk weee. Zap, zap, backtrack, zonk zonk zeee. Wish I may, wish I might have the wish I wish tonight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Memento Morey | 11/20/1965 | See Source »

...might ask, is the prize seeker like the wonk? Both, the answer is, are likely to be found in the library. The William Scott Ferguson Prize of books goes to the writer of the outstanding History essay written in sophomore tutorial. The Dante prize gives $100 to a graduate student writing on the life or work of Dante. But the rewards of practical labor are meager. The now-defunct Hon. Robert Treat Paine Prize rewarded the best original investigation plus "practical conclusions" of some form of charity work. However, an essay on "The Special Phase of the Labor Question" could...

Author: By Nancy Moran, | Title: How to Become Fabulously Rich: Study Soil Mechanics | 3/17/1965 | See Source »

Winthrop may choose to keep WHBS standing for Winthrop House Broadcasting System--as their new call letters, or may select one of the many suggestions, such as WJOX, WONK, WLSD, or WHMP, being offered by hangers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winthrop House Acquires WHBS From B-School | 3/3/1965 | See Source »

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