Harvard University - Red Book Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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The Gold Coasters Boast of the Best Food at Harvard and a Swimming Pool. THE Crimson once stated that Adams House is all things to all men. The upsetting uncertainty and flux of the war years only served to strengthen this democratic quality. Injune, 1942, the House opened its doors to freshmen for the first time in its history. Within the next year the number of '46 men associated with the House rose to over one Llundred and forty. Many of the men weren't able to reside in the House itself, but could fully engage in House activities and were extended the use of other House facilities. The Din- ing Hall boasted the best prepared food in the College, de- ceptively foreign menus, and the services of an exacting group of freshman waiters who considered each meal a challenge. The swimming pool has always been the scene of constant activity, especially during that summer term of 1942. N0 Bells at All The '46 men entered into House activities almost immediately. Though the football team had to be satisfied with fifth place that fall, the touch football team walked away with the inter-house championship, and the freshman team dominated the freshman touch football competition. The touch team travelled to New Haven, but was nosed out by Pierson College 36-20. Saybrook, Adam's traditional Yale rival, downed the footballers 12-0. Christmas entertainment gave the '46 men their last glimpse of ebullient pre-war House life. In traditional Gold Coast style the upperclassmen worked a series of skits into a March of Time type review of Adams House. Everything from the theft of The Power to Love to two song hits The Upper Common foh so commonj Room and A Very Small Tower and No Bells at All was a con- vincing example to the freshmen of the natural talent which singularly distinguished their House. Hart, Bayliss, Caldwell, Blake, Fernald, and Cater were Adams men who gained prominence in various activities during 1942-45. Fingernails and Fadeouts The winter Inter-House Athletic Program called for a Winthrop-Adams hockey competition which had the defending champions biting their fingernails until Adams faded in the last few contests. The basket-ball team won more than its share of games, at one time boasting awon-five-lost-two record. By spring of 1943 half of the '46 men had already left for the service, and House activities were curtailed. By The Westmorly wing of Adams was once the most lavish dormitory on the Gold Coast. Franklin D. Roosevelt and William Randolph Hearst both lived here. xw . Aw '.lZfv J MlultlKlAvHQm'nlwl2lQ'HTlIm