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Century 21:The 12-House Roundup

By Scott A. Resnick, Crimson Staff Writer March 22, 1999

Lowell House

Lowell House residents pride themselves on their sense of tradition; Thursday tea at the Masters' Residence has been a House mainstay since the 1930s. The Lowell House Opera--currently performing the premier of Yossele Solovey--has been performed each year since 1938.

The House boasts an especially active Senior Common Room, whose talents the masters enlist to advise House residents. Faculty affiliates are rewarded with High Table, a dining experience The Crimson once termed "grotesquely ridiculous." Masters Diana L. Eck and Dorothy A. Austin have been widely praised for carrying on the traditions of their 23-year famed predecessors, the Bosserts. Still, Eck has been known to cut loose; at a House karaoke night last semester, the professor of comparative religion and Indian studies belted out "Heartbreak Hotel."

Mather House

Named for former Harvard president Increase Mather, Class of 1656, increase was indeed on the mind of the architect who designed Mather House. Built in 1970, the towering Mather stands in contrast to some of its more traditional next-door neighbors. But an all but guaranteed single room keeps residents happy, despite the distance from the center of campus.

House Masters Sandra A. Naddaff '75 and Leigh G. Hafrey '73 (College sweethearts who met while living in the Quad) are dedicated to bringing music to Mather and even hired a music tutor when an entering blocking group showed special interest in jazz. The masters' two young sons are fond of sharing Chickwiches with the big kids in the dining hall and play a mean video game.