The College Pump

Scoundrels, Then and Now

On con men, Mark Twain, and the powers of the Harvard name

by Primus VI

Boosting Harvard museums, and novel architecture

Boosting museums, and novel architecture

by Primus VI

Harvard satirized, critiqued, aflame

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

by Primus VI

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

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

by Primus VI

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

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

by Primus VI

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

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.

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

A president who tippled, and an eternally faithful dog