The College Pump

The Pump Celebrates Its 85th Birthday

Giving Harvard traditions their due 

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Historic hod, Henry Kissinger, and more

Messenger from the past

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Spiders and ties, “Fair Harvard” encore, and Faust’s farewell

Spiders and ties, “Fair Harvard” encore, and Faust’s farewell

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Attendance artifact, women’s work, and “Fair Harvard” redux

Attendance artifact, women’s work, and “Fair Harvard” redux

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Chaucer for young ladies, Philip Kuhn, TR, and more

When teaching was gendered, Porsche populism, and Harvard’s presidential symbolism

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Big names on campus, how to install a president, football at Fenway

Big names on campus, how to install a president, football at Fenway

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Ship of state, margin call, dioramas, and Dan Aaron

Ship of state, margin call, dioramas, and Dan Aaron  

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Boosting Harvard museums, and novel architecture

Boosting museums, and novel architecture

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Harvard satirized, critiqued, aflame

A fresh source for Harvard humor, a critique embedded in a memorium, and historic photos of a famous campus fire

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“Fair Harvard,” Soviet-style liberal arts, campus oases

“Fair Harvard,” liberal arts Soviet-style, campus oases, and more

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Roger Angell golfing, David Halberstam rowing, arachnologist Herbert Walter Levi

Roger Angell tees off, David Halberstam survives the Charles, and more

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