But while one epidemic died down, another began to build as the traditional frenetic spirit of rivalry stirred in Harvard hearts--The Game with Yale. South House residents planned a huge toga party, complete with free beer from Anheuser Busch. Everyone's expectations were disappointed, however, when Archie C. Epps III, dean of students, turned down the original SoHo proposal and Eli's men prevailed over the Big H by a score of 35-28.

Out in the real world. President Carter came to Lynn to campaign for Paul E. Tsongas and to try to avoid associating himself with Edward J. King. Despite Carter's snub, King won the gubernatorial race, joining Tsongas in the Democratic sweep.

Meanwhile, back on the Harvard campus, photographer David Chan offered a slightly more unreal competition when he attempted to recruit undergraduate women to pose in a Playboy issue on "Women of the Ivy League."

The shortest academic month of the year was nevertheless a busy one--before students went home to see what the holidays would bring, the University had some other surprises in store.

First on the list was an unexpected move by the administration as the Corporation announced that Robert S. Brustein, former dean of the Yale School of Drama and director of the Yale Repertory Theater, would take over as director of the Loeb Drama Center in the fall of 1980.

The University had previously chilled to Brustein's plan to "professionalize" Harvard theater, and the day before his new position was announced, members of Harvard's undergraduate theater community voted to reject Brustein's ideas.

The cold weather did not deter undergraduates and students at the Kennedy School of Government from picketing around the Charles W. Engelhard Library of Public Affairs at the Kennedy School. Controversy about naming the library after the millionaire who had publicly condoned the apartheid government in South Africa did not slacken.

Soon after Graham T. Allison Jr. '62, dean of the K-School, said he did not support the renaming of the library, the only undergraduate on the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR) resigned from her position, charging that the ACSR did not adequately reflect the views of the Harvard community and was "stalling" on the issues.

In the eye of the storm, Thomas B. Gold, a graduate student in Sociology, was selected to participate in a student exchange program with China. On a matter a little closer to home, the Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life discussed the possibility of a 14-meal plan and set up a subcommittee to formulate an official University position.

As vacation time neared, students flocked to the libraries to finish up last minute papers. They had a good excuse to stop working, however, when the power went out in Cambridge and Belmont for several hours one Saturday evening.

Another energy failure of sorts hit the following week when Harvard released its annual Financial Report. The report strongly suggested that inflation would necessitate yet another tuition increase, and the power of the dollar reached a new low at the Office of Fiscal Services.

The middle of the month signified the end for most students, who enjoyed the rest of December to the hilt--knowing what was in store for them in January.

January

Harvard's students returned to Cambridge in early January, and with them came Fred L. Glimp '50, as the new vice president for alumni affairs. Glimp, who was dean of admissions in the early 1960s and dean of the College during the turbulent late 60s, succeeded Chase N. Peterson '52.

Another new/old face, former Massachusetts governor Michael S. Dukakis, joined the ranks in January when he took a teaching post at the Kennedy School. Dukakis, ousted from his previous job by voters in the state's Democratic primary the previous September, said "teaching isn't just telling someone how you did it."