Harvard University - Red Book Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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JULY, 1947 Council tells War Memorial Committee that Stu- dent Activities Center is best possible solution. H.A.A. changes football ticket system, begins work on 35 new tennis courts. Salzburg Seminar opens in Austria. 100 from Harvard and Radcliffe boo down speech by Gerald L. K. Smith. Plaster dust drives out 61 tenants in Claverly. AUGUST, 1947 AVC chapter announces Wallace will make speech The ocorn from which Lamont Librory grew, the in fall. Housing projects jammed as early demands end vacancies at Devens unit. Construction begins on Lamont Library. SEPTEMBER, 1947 College enrollment hits 5,600 as Houses feel squeeze of all-time record influx. Council starts 325,000 fund drive. Gym pressed to service as hotel to house over- flow of 180 freshmen. Conant steps to lectern in Natural Sciences course. Book shops again swamped as two-hour delays prevail. Veterans' Theatre Work- first hole for the new librc:ry's site is dug. A 141' J P wa !,vn:.i 191 .av-A

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1 I . lc Above: Volpey's single wing formation didn't tore too well against the Big Red of Columbia. At Io-wer right: about the only time the Harvard bond has been out done during the half was when B. U.'s drum majorette jumped out of this helicopter in l947. Wide class elections. Crimson Crew wins regatta at Annapolis. Harvard Dramatic Club's 'iJuno and the Paycock presented on the Hasty Pudding stage. Col- lege assigns 679 men to Houses after considering 1360 applicants. Business School raises tuition from S300 to S400 per term. College gives approval to Harvard Youth for Democracy chapter. Roscoe Pound ends 35- year tenure with Law School to aid in reconstruction of China. JUNE, 1947 University announces honorary degrees to go to Bradley, Marshall and Oppenheimer as 2185 receive degrees in traditional commencement ceremony. Yale squelches Crimson on diamond 9 to 3. 1140 returnees bring Summer School enrollment to 1400. Conant sup- ports Universal Military Training Program. Crew fights off Eli bid in final half mile for length and a half win at New London. Dana-Palmer House moved across Quincy Street to make room for Lamont Library. rv, mu., f -W I Sm ' ., .-. 1 Q ph AL N. T

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KQJ, ff. N., t. i' 'f - .r i . 4 1 ,' 1 1 , .-'. ' Q H. 1 ' .. ,.. k , my 2' P 5 a'e'f,:. ,.-,, ii. V. . r 1 i ,i I., I .. 9?-. 1 ...v . Q. ,gift 'J fs! A loter stage in the growth of Lomont. This concrete wcis poured in the toll of l947. shop proposal to merge declined by Harvard Dramatic Club. Varsity tramples Western Maryland 52 to 0. OCTOBER, 1947 Speaking before an estimated 7,000 in Soldiers Field, Henry Wallace hits governmental policy shift, demands three key officials should resign immediately. B.U. vandals daub Houses with red paint. Crimson Whips B.U. 19 to 14. Committee sets three big dances for Princeton weekend celebrants. Conant speaks in Boston on U.S. role in World economy. Heavy College vote favors Women in cheering section after decision to the contrary by the H.A.A. After bad defeat by Virginia, Crimson eleven bounces back to beat Holy Cross 7 to 0. Dartmouth downs varsity 21 to 39. Two pictures spon the whole development of the Librory: from the originol orchitect's sketch to the finished ond very marvelous reolity. .M I P, 'V'-'1--r' Q fqjkfi 4