The College Pump

David McCord in suit reading a book at cluttered wooden desk in office filled with framed art and shelves.

The Pump Celebrates Its 85th Birthday

Giving Harvard traditions their due 

by Primus VI

The Harvard Business School student photographs of Roslyn Braeman Payne (left) and Ellen Marram

Coeducating a Harvard Club and more

Coeducating the Harvard Club of New York, Robert McNamara redux, and a professor at home on the range

by Primus VI

Harvard campus signage and greenery

Amusing campus signage, vanished greenery, and gunplay of yore

by Primus VI

McNamara on campus, the “Cambridge conceit,” and Bob Dylan

McNamara on campus, the “Cambridge conceit,” and a lyric puzzle

by Primus VI

Robert M. Pennoyer, age 19, on duty in 1944

Harvard alumnus recalls World War II

A member of the class of 1946 on the horrors, and humor, of World War II.

by Primus VI

Blair Kamin organizes a colorful new guide to the "Gates of Harvard Yard"

A nitty-gritty guide by a Nieman Fellow and his team.

Harvard president James Walker, in caricature and in the flesh

A Harvard presidential portrait rediscovered, and an art gallery of a cemetery

A president who tippled, and an eternally faithful dog

Excerpt of a letter from John Quincy Adams

J.Q. Adams on patronage and rhetoric, and Daniel Merton Wegner on cats

J.Q. Adams on patronage and rhetoric, Daniel Merton Wegner on cats

Channeling Valentine’s Day—and sustainable oceans—via sexy sea creatures

Channeling Valentine’s Day—and sustainable oceans—via sexy sea creatures

A long run in The Nutcracker, and the Blackout of '65

Nutcracker notes, and a memorable blackout

How Jim Connor got to Harvard, and Isadore Zarakov’s home run

How Jim Connor got to Harvard, and Isadore Zarakov’s home run