Word: yarding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Five years later occurred the most effective rebellion in Harvard's history; it was also the shortest and mildest. A large group of student simply gathered in the Yard to draw up a list of complaints against President Samuel Langdon, and demanded his dismissal. Shortly thereafter, Langdon quietly submitted his resignation...
...turn of the century it was a Yardly custom for freshmen to call up to their friends' rooms from the ground below. One over-studious freshman, known to posterity only as Rinehart, had no callers. Determined to revamp his Image, he took to standing below his window shouting his own name. Rinehart's deception was seen uncovered, and his name became a byword at Harvard rebellions. At one time its very mention in the Yard was a staple ingredient for mixing instant riot...
...first major riot of the century occurred in May, 1952 when noisy students gathered in the Yard, awaiting the arrival of Walt Kelly at a rally to kick off the "Pogo for President" campaign. The Cambridge police, used clubs and fists against the rioters, arresting 28 students toting "Pogo for President" placards. All were acquitted, however, with the help of Joseph A. DcGuglielmo '29, then Mayor of Cambridge, who served as defense attorney...
...Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society will present the second of these concerts in Harvard Yard at 7 p.m. tonight on the steps of Widener Library. Elliot Forbes '49, Fanny Peabody Professor of Music, will conduct...
...moments everyone was herded back inside Weld. But after some freshmen had exploded large firecrackers and hurled sparklers from their dorms did an uneasy quiet fall over the yard, a little past...