The College Pump
They Might Be (Harvard) Giants
Two tales of University greats—and an encounter with a Tiger
Installation Roistering
"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." The first installation of a Harvard president about which we...
Bunk, in Faded Gingham
"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Harvard's arrogance, and its just rewards, are the topics of...
Overseers Dis Gov
It is the disquieting habit of the compilers of the twenty-fifth-anniversary reports of College classes to publish a photograph of a class...
Fried Eggs and Bacon
Illustration by Rick Stromoski Librarians tell of a great diversity of items used as bookmarks by library patrons and later discovered...
Miss North Dakota, et al.
Pick a Harvard undergraduate almost at random and you will be astonished by the range of his or her accomplishments...
Asteroid-Naming in the New Millennium
Acting out of "a sense of public duty"...
Our Obedient Servant
Robert Shenton, Ph.D. '62, who died in February (see "Brevia," May-June, page 72), was secretary of the Governing Boards from 1971 to 1991...
Oratorical Exchanges
On the fourth day of a celebration of Harvard's two hundred and fiftieth birthday, on November 5 through 8, 1886, Professor James Russell...