How to Tell a Harvard Man

Graduating senior Nicholas J. Melvoin delivers his Harvard Oration, “How to Tell a Harvard Man,” at Class Day 2008...

Graduating senior Nicholas J. Melvoin delivers his Harvard Oration, “How to Tell a Harvard Man,” at Class Day 2008.

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