Harvard University - Red Book Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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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 ,-

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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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