March
During Winthrop House talk, Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Sherwood admits he once flunked English A
April
John Munro picked as assistant to Provost Buck.
Fall
Building arises from what was Jarvis Court--a graduate school for Harvard Law School and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). Architecture by Professor Walter Gropius.
November
Harvard Square has first full scale riot in at least 10 years. Princetonians had too much to drink at Cronin's, and started a riot, ostensibly over the football game. Broken up at 2 a.m. by police--15 arrested, none injured, two false fire alarms, an hour-long traffic jam and five flat tires.
1950: General
Corcorans Department Store moves onto Boylston Street, Young Lee's Chinese restaurant moved to Church Street, Fred Olsson's art dealer leaves.
Spire of the First Unitarian Church wore scaffolding while workers tried to fix it.
Sever Hall and Wadsworth House underwent renovations. The Sever benches were sold to alumni, replaced by "blond, polished desks in the Lamont tradition." The inside walls of Wadsworth house were renovated and the building became home to the Alumni Bulletin.
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