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Matt B. Hoisch
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Two Hundred Square Feet and Dickensian
A display case at street level bears a sign with peeling letters that says “VIOLINS VIOLAS CELLOS BOWS REPAIRS SALES” and an arrow that points 45 degrees up toward a door that leads to a staircase with 16 steps.
The In-Between
Skinner says he chose “First Fig” because the poem sums up his approach to life. “I’ve never been much of a planner. I’ve never been much of a long-term worrier,” he says.
Harvard and the Atomic Bomb
For 70 years, the light a Harvard president helped ignite has continued to burn. Entire movements have sprung to extinguish it, as have generations of academics; neither have succeeded.
WDHPD?
In a time with so much talk about who the next president will be, it is logical to wonder: Do people actually know what Harvard's president does?
No More, America
The transcript of the debate was published as a small booklet shortly after. It is one of the only debates for which the entire transcript is available in the Harvard Archives.
Fifteen Jobs That Will Still Be Around Once the Robots Take Over
Will you be out of a job once the robot apocalypse hits? Probably, unless you're Coach Brady.
Godless Harvard
At the time, attendance at Harvard’s religious services was harshly enforced. Monitors sat in the back of the church, checking for absentees. According to the second chapter of the Laws of Harvard College, those who were late to Prayers were subjected to a “one Penny” fine and those who missed Prayers were fined “two Pence.”
