Harvard University - Red Book Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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F IR HARVARD, THY SCNS TO THY JUI Top Row: Night and day studies of the Houses along the Charles.. .The impressive tower of Memorial Hall . . . John Harvard's statue in front of University Hall . . . Eliot House from across the river. Bottom Row: Littauer Center of Public Administration in Spring . . . The Navy invades the Yard . . . Thayer and Memorial Church looking lonely on a late fall afternoon .... Harvard Hall, the oldest classroom building in the Yard . . . Snowstorm in the Yard, Memorial Church through Sever doorway . . . Lowell House Tower through the trees.

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One World on Massachusetts Avenue. The Dartmouth weekend was strictly business as usual. The worried Harvard student, serious and aged by the war was treated to the sight ofjoe College on a spree as the Injuns came down from the hills, nothing on their minds but football, goalposts, likker and women. They won the game, so there was no attack on the Harvard History depart- ment, and cocktail parties helped us to be philosophical about it. The slowly moving stream of draftees and volunteers made itself noticed as the Crimson Network and the soon to be discontinued Guardian asked for Radcliffe help, and the Dramatic Club announced that its fall production would be in collaboration with the ladies across the Common. Another unnoticed change in Cambridge life was highlighted at the Army game when 3800 uniformed members ofthe armed forces stationed at Harvard paraded before the kickoff. The Crimiofz announced that Waves were going to move in on Radcliffe in january. Of course this was denied, and of course they moved in on schedule. We thought we had seen the last ofjoe College at the Dartmouth game, but the Princeton game was our turn to tear. After Richards had run the Tiger ragged and Sid Smith had recovered a fumble to set up the winning touchdown, Harvard abandoned itself to all kinds of despised collegiatism. We fought for the goalposts, sang, yelled, cheered and got drunk. Everything was there but the raccoon coat. The 18-year-old draft bill was signc weekend, pointing up the fact that this wa many years. We were primed for a big tir cold, the crowded trains, and above all t spoiled the plans, and many went home t in Cambridge, while others went on to N1 in New Haven and listened to the jubilant On November 29, while we were x ing the defeat of Boston College by Holy that it would quiet the Boston sportswrit Cocoanut Grove burnt down. The impact heavier than Pearl Harbor as 14 members including three '45ers, lost their lives. December dragged on toward the i and our nerves, strained by the interminat maybes of Washington, were still furtl about the Navy V-1 plan and the ERC in ' the college was enrolled, traveled thick and beef and broiled schrod, and calisrher panted up to the fourth floor of the Indo' to fling themselves with renewed ardo kneebend and push-up sessions. On the night of December 17th, streets with an extra on the College Manpc Army hopefuls were to go on February reserve a while later, and the Navy men form byjune. The simultaneous announ Specialized Training Program made u: training was not entirely superfluous in the ly studies were not abandoned in a sud Sensate spirit. Of course nobody thought that tl at last the final Washington,' decision, ' it would not be changed till after the and, availing ourselves of an upperclass jumped the gun and went home early pure escape. Good for what ails you, especially during x