Copey fans all over the country have started to send congratulatory messages and gifts to the self-styled "champion survivor" of the Faculty, who will be 83 tomorrow.

The last of Harvard's living traditions, Copey expects to be around when students return to complete their interrupted education. The College will be unchanged, he predicts, but it will not include a great many men now expecting to come back.

"A considerable number won't return, although they now think they will," he said. "It's difficult to return to academic rules, having your days planned by other people, when you've been out on your own."

Although he stopped teaching his English 12 in 1928, Professor Copeland has kept in touch with the student body with his celebrated readings and his Thursday evening receptions at "eight plus," appointments secured through the Deans Office.