Primus VI

Over the River Dept.

Cornhole at HBS, prayer and meditation at SEAS, minerologist’s meter, eclipse aficionado

Bookish

Course catalog redux, a Chinese take on Harvard “glitz and glamour,” and the mathmetician-movie buff

Ahead of His Time

The inclusive Henry Lee Higginson, and Robert Caro’s productive fellowship

Learners, Grizzled and Downy

An affecting reunion, and Houghton Library accessible to all

On Commencements

Emerson’s oratory backstory, somber reunion notes, and happier days

Fancy Footwork

Engineering for runners, the John Harvard stamp, tweaking Dr. Oz

Small-Town Roots

Professors’ humble beginnings, concentration choices, and a mini history of Harvard and Radcliffe presidents

Memorable Mentors

Richard Lewontin, Richard Zeckhauser, diplomatic security, diverse inclusion, and admissions agita lampooned

Origin Stories

Bow and Arrow’s mechanic, James Agee’s creative turbulence

Sidney Verba, and a classy class reporter

Harvard’s mensch, and a record-setting recorder of Crimson lives

Wilbur Cross, Martin Feldstein, and Charles William Eliot

Wisdom from the Great Depression—plus an accomplished economist, and rowdiness on the Charles

The College Pump

Classy masks, dapper archaeologist, saving H.H. Richardson’s house