The College Pump

The Pump Celebrates Its 85th Birthday

Giving Harvard traditions their due 

by Primus VI

Lessons from the Limelight

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Learning from Performers debuted 30 years ago. Jerold S...

Errant Oars

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." The secretary of the class of 1947 has asked for the help of...

Puritan Party Time

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Of making books about Harvard there is no end, and...

Here's to Ralph, Mrs. DeVoto, and Warren

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." As many readers of this magazine are well aware, every five...

How to Cook a Thesis

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by."The senior thesis, a big chunk of original work, is the culmination...

World's Greatest Taglines?

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by."A friend who works at the Berklee College of Music in Boston tells...

Pay the Term Bill in Barrel Hoops

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Roger Thompson of Norwich, England, an emeritus professor of...

Harvard Almost Human

“Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by.” Scholars up to the tune of 6,000 and more received degrees at this...

Requiescat

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." April 22 was the centenary of the birth of J. Robert...

Stamps of the Ivy League

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Isn't it time that the Postal Service honors Brown and...