The College Pump

Tips of the Hat(s)

On regalia, a Jack-of-all-trades retirement, and a Bok’s office bon mot.

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Presidents’ Paths

Life decisions en route to Massachusetts Hall

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Origin Stories

Eminent professors’ life foundations

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John Harvard, Reader

John Harvard’s reading matter, a scholar poet, the towering John Fox

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Over the River Dept.

Cornhole at HBS, prayer and meditation at SEAS, minerologist’s meter, eclipse aficionado

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Bookish

Course catalog redux, a Chinese take on Harvard “glitz and glamour,” and the mathmetician-movie buff

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Ahead of His Time

The inclusive Henry Lee Higginson, and Robert Caro’s productive fellowship

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Learners, Grizzled and Downy

An affecting reunion, and Houghton Library accessible to all

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Moveable Feast

Commencement venues through the ages

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On Commencements

Emerson’s oratory backstory, somber reunion notes, and happier days

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Fancy Footwork

Engineering for runners, the John Harvard stamp, tweaking Dr. Oz

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