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"You never saw a girl back when I was an undergraduate, maybe only once in a while Saturday after a football game. Something that strikes me about how the times have changed...one of the fellows left his fur coat in class one day, and when I told him about it, he said he could always pick it up tomorrow. You'd never do that today."

Corliss says he's a little discouraged by the way Harvard and Cambridge have changed over the years. There is much more traffic in the Square than there was only 15 years ago, and he no longer feels safe walking alone late at night. He is discouraged that so many gates to the Yard now have to be locked in the evenings.

Not all the changes, however, have been for the worse, he says. He feels the fact that students are studying more than ever before is a healthy sign, though sometimes the pressure and competition, he admits, may make students a bit too uptight.

"Of course, there are a few students who are interested only in the reserve books just before midyears and finals. It gets much more hectic than normal here during both times, but especially during midyears." Corliss has no explanation for this increased winter studying, other than that perhaps January's bad weather or more papers in the fall term force students to hit the books.

Corliss, like many others, believes the increased students seriousness of the '70s marks an end to the demonstrations of the '60s--and hopes the latest student protests, at Harvard and elsewhere, will quickly end. He is convinced that things will continue to get better, and still loves Harvard as much as he did as an undergraduate.

"I would hope to stay here a few more years, till I get sick," he said one recent afternoon as a rush of students entered and left the library during the ten minutes between classes. A lot of students hope he remains at Lamont a long time, too; in these days of bureaucratic rules and regulations, it's nice to have someone who bends the rules a bit here--but carefully--now and then.