Harvard University - Red Book Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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'.Lfe:t5ig'gmw:,- , ' , Only looking for W'rl ffererl new lights and Radcliffe acquaintances. I enor 0 Radcliffe at Lamont. to the Plylnplon pulilieationis policies. Only one issue of the paper ever went over the newsstands. though. ln the middle of May, the College was con- fronted with Regatta Weekend, the completely re- modeled All-College Weekend. The Crimson Key Weekend Committee. under joseph Broido, ex- panded to elephanline proportions a three-day party that had barely 1-leared expenses in ,5l. Parties and darn-es in all the Houses, il Crew race and several other athletic events. Z1 play. a mn- rgert. and a formal danre totalled to give Harvard the beginnings ul' what might lJt'l,'Ulllt a traxtlilion alter the Iaslnnn of tht- ulrl ll:-rlvy Day, Patriotism. 4'l1l4u'1'f'fl and vnlunlarx, rf'ar'lu-rl at f- - A 7 1 4 new l1if'l1 pitvh rlllllx Ittt'I't' llI'll 'I lltl'- were- t'll'lllgf'tl so that contracted services were lengthened and members would be put into active service as soon as they completed college. More willingly, stu- dents signed to give more blood than any other group of students in the countryg poor administra- tion on the part of the Red Cross Blood Service and students' apathy and forgetfulness all con- tributed to make the total amount co llected some- what less than what had been promised. Closely allied to the attitude which p these patriotic steps was a feeling strong 111 the College, even stronger in Cambridge, and Still wealth and tll0 desire for pufily- relations ill thiS roduced more rampant in the Common nktinn as a whole-a compulsive 'l'lu- tension of Russo-American elm-tion year, strong Catholic sentiments Cllal' ' , ',,,,,.,.,..,.f..T.,:..-,-,..-,,.a..,,,.1,.: ar te- V af A -I .r - , . . l

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7,-w 1 9 A -'nfs 1 L X N ' 1 h ,U , ::,,,n.-g V .W gftpv- ,-f . 1-4 ':,-rages' sf f, ,, I . f f '4-it . g. iii!-'l 1 , . Deans' posts. Following a report by Dean Bender, the Faculty decided to institute ofhces of Senior Tutor in capacity of dean, in charge of discipli- nary action and student counselling. 'I'hus,.Uni- versity Hall would be relieved of much ol' the responsibility that lays there now, beginning in the Autumn of 1952, the House tutors would share in overseeing student deportment. Coupled with this shift was a reconstruction of the entire Deans' office organization. Mr. Gum- mere, the Director of Admissions, retired, Wil- bur Bender, Dean of the College, was given his post and also that of director of all financial aid. Delmar Leighton, formerly Dean of Freshmen, was put in charge of student counseling, his posi- tion was handed to Skiddy von Slade, Chairman of the Committee on Scholarships and acting Master of Kirkland House. The revamping would presumably make the counseling ollice much more available, and, simultaneously, permit the Ad- missions Committee to work more efficiently, espe- cially regarding scholarships and loans. As in any election year, groups sprang up sup- porting every conceivable presidential candidate. Eisenhower, Kefauver, Taft, all the obvious can- didates and some of the more obscure ones all found supporters. For the most part, these clubs were allied to the Universityis political societies like the HYRCg only a few were brave enough to stand alone. Pacifism was the basis of the new Peace Club and of the Students for Non-Violent Action. Ori- ginally, there was only one groupg a split on policy questions led to the formation of the other. Both clubs consisted primarily of conscientious objectors. With the Spring term came honors for many undergraduates. Harvardls Salzburg Seminar for studies in American culture would have David Stark, Martin Wohl and Irving Yoskowitz as rep- resentatives. As usual, Dick Button won the Olym- pic World Figure Skating Contest. Rhodes Schol- arships went to two men in the College-George .L W. Goodman and Neil Smelser. '52 elected Chase Peterson, ,lohn Lewis and Walter Carring- ton as First, Second, and Third Marshals, re- spectively. During the Winter, student publications went be-rserk with parodies, mock issues and just baf- fling issues. After the Yale game at New Haven, a Yale Daily News Extra was circulated claim- ing that the Yale Athletic Committee had re- signed. Shortly afterward, another uYalie Dailyil appeared claiming that the first was only a parody. Finally, a third issue came out stating that 110111 the earlier issues were frauds. During examination time in the Winter, a mysterious publication call- ing itself the University fozuvtal was distributed in the Houses. The journal claimed to bc a rival to the CI'illbSOI1, and stood diametrically opposed rm..-1.,.,W.xu-..-,S :mire Z Light on the outside of dreary Boylston's walls. The Oval Stadium became a thing of the past. l X

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Hin-N ' F WSL-wif -'V ' Q . 'A-, 'f 'M ,, , R+- A lenged by men like Paul Blanshard, and a desire to return to the frolicsome ,2O's added together: the results were sharp curtailment of personal freedom, violent accusations carelessly flung, and a plenitude of childish quibbling. Locally, the Alcoholic Beverage Commission began its purity crusade during the football sea- son. lnspectors appeared in Cronin's and the other taverns in the Square, waitresses asked for identification. The Freshman Smoker nearly went beerless. Then, as if to kick a fallen child, the Massachusetts Legislature passed IleW', higher taxes on cigarettes and liquors. Gasoline and drivers, licenses were more expensive. Govern- ment olhcers even threatened to hrcak up students' private stills. Prejuclicial thinking found its nay lo the tru- ditionally free College. A dispute arose 1-ont-t-rn- ing propriety of inclusion of the nanic ol' at Cer- man war victim on thc new plaque in Menloriul Church, the name was rf-moved. Gerald L. li. Smith, professional liigot, accused l-larvarrl Senior and Class lVlarshal Vifalter Carrington of lacing u socialist. Several graduate students accused joan Miro ol' painting nothing hut phallic syrnholisnn in his mural in the new Graduate Center. The College suffered from more serious striv- tures on personal freedoms. The John limi-cl Cluli. Auden awed. E E ': C 1 E s :Z ,-