The College Pump
Tips of the Hat(s)
On regalia, a Jack-of-all-trades retirement, and a Bok’s office bon mot.
by Primus VI
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...
Advice to America from a French Friend
"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by."In the course of scholarly rummaging in the Harvard University...