The College Pump
Scoundrels, Then and Now
On con men, Mark Twain, and the powers of the Harvard name
by Primus VI
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...
Astor von Leisbusch und Sohn
"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by."Phantom may have had the president's ear (see "Phantom...
Stair Trek
"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Philip M. Williams '57 dropped by Primus's third-floor office...
Lies about Harry
"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Denison Beach has been hanging around the front steps of...
Missing Man
"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Reader William R. Crout, S.T.B. '58, A.M. '69, founder and...
Zvon Song?
According to the Moscow Times, the monks of the Danilov Monastery in Moscow are preparing a formal petition to Harvard for the return of the...