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Harvard Introduces First Gen Ed Curriculum, Travels to Nixon's Kitchen Debate, and Hosts Olympic Soccer
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Students Couldn't Understand This Sentence in 1956. Can You?
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Long Before EdX, Televised Harvard Classes Were Cutting-Edge
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Crimes at Harvard and Wartime House Life
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Graduating Class of 1904 Included Farmer, Three Dry Goods Salesmen, and 121 Lawyers
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past. June 24, 1904: Senior Class Occupations Abbott, H., law. Acosta, R.M. de, law. Adams, A.K., teaching. Adams, G.P., teaching. June 25, 1942: 675 Will Register in Memorial Hall Approximately 675 students will register today in historic Memorial Hall to become members of a freshman class which bids well to grow by September to one of the largest classes in the 300 years of Harvard history, if not the largest.
A Harvard Reunion for Civil War Vets
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past. June 18, 1914: Class of 1864 Holds Reunion The 50th anniversary of their graduation has brought back to the reunion in Phillips Brooks House today nearly all of the 36 living members of the Class of 1864. There were 99 men in '64 who completed their four years and 44 who were associated with the class for a part of that time. The large number of men who did not graduate is accounted for by the fact that many of them went to war. Forty-one members of the class, either graduate or associate, took part in the Rebellion—35 in the Union Army and six in the Confederate Army. Of the 99 graduates, almost every one took a further degree than the A.B., and more than a third studied medicine or law.
99 Years Ago, Harvard Described As "Not the Rich Man's College"
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
In the 1930s, Calls for Less Alcohol and More Good Grammar
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Giving Out Free Money Is a Crime?
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past. May 29, 1936: News from the Houses On Monday Phillips Brooks House will start its annual spring textbook and clothing drive, to be carried on in both the Houses and the Yard.
Police Recover Greek and Roman Coins Stolen from Harvard
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Harvard Professors "Spread Good Will and Learning to All Lands"
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past. May 3, 1927: New Manter Hall to Rise Soon The final plans for the Manter Hall School's new building which will be located at the corner of Mount Auburn and Holyoke Streets have been approved and work will start immediately. The building which has been designed by the firm of Adden and Parker will be four stories high of red brick and will be architecturally in harmony with the colonial style now so prevalent throughout the University. Originally to be only three stories high, it was found that more room was necessary and the fourth floor which has been added to the plans will be given over entirely to dormitory rooms for students in the school. The basement will be a grill room and the ground floor space will be rented to stores. The second and third floors will be used for classrooms with the main entrance leading to them opening onto Mt. Auburn Street.
Crimson Articles Fuel a Political Controversy
In her stump speech, Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren likes to tell voters how she rose from the "ragged edge of the middle class" to become a "fancy-pants" law professor. Not included in the speech? Any mention of Warren's Native American ancestry.
A Police Captain Reminisces on the Riots of the Good Old Days
Every Friday, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past. April 26, 1902: Emperor William's Thanks President Eliot has just received from the Embassy of the United States at Berlin the following letter which explains itself: BERLIN, April 14, 1902. "Dr. Charles W. Eliot. President of Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts: "Dear Sir: Referring to my letter of the 7th instant, I have much pleasure in informing you that I had the honor of being received by the German Emperor yesterday, and of presenting to His Majesty in person the "Vote of Thanks" passed by yourself and the Fellows of Harvard College in acknowledgment of the notice given by His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Prussia of the generous gift which His Majesty proposes to send to Harvard University for the Germanic Museum."
Radcliffe Girls Consume 'Five Tons of Roast Lamb'
Every Friday, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Hitting the Century Park
100 years ago to date, the Harvard baseball team faced the Red Sox in Fenway Park's first-ever contest.
Report Said Communists Shouldn't Teach at Universities
Every Friday, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past. April 2, 1929: Historic Engine Makes Debut in Square Today At exactly five minutes past one today a fire engine of the Cambridge Catamounts, historic New England fire-fighting aggregation, drawn by six "Fire B'hoys" will make its appearance on Harvard Square. The engine, the one to be used by the Hasty Pudding Club for its production "Fireman, Save my Child," will start from an unrevealed place on Church Street and go up to the Square.
The Crimson Made Fun of the Lampoon Before the Lampoon Existed
Every Friday, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past. March 27, 1874: Humorous Articles In reading over with care our college papers we find, as a general rule, that the various themes which meet our eyes apply directly or indirectly to college rules, college customs. This certainly ought to be expected, from the nature of these papers. I do not wish even to argue that this is not perfectly right; but I should like to call attention to the fact that a certain class of articles are not as a general rule popular, although their character might at first lead one to expect otherwise. I refer to humorous productions.
The John Harvard Statue Moves from Memorial Hall to Its Present Location
Every Friday, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past. March 22, 1924: John Harvard Statue To Move to New Position Before University Hall Action has been taken by the Corporation of the College to have the statue of John Harvard removed from its present site on the Delta, west of Memorial Hall, to a position on the west side of University Hall, where the bronze, map of the Yard at present stands. No definite time has been set for moving the statue, but it is expected that the work will be completed by the middle of May.
Pforzheimer Could Have Been Conant House
Every Friday, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
They Wrote For The Crimson?
Digging through the archives, we discovered a few gems written by former Crimson staffers whose names might ring a bell.
Adams House Shouldn't Be Selective
Every Friday, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
War Preparations, Thefts, and a Beauty Contest
Every Friday, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Looking Back 100 Years at Dickens' Centennial
Every Friday, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles from days and years past.
'Strive hard for the best'
Here, for your enjoyment, are some of the words and phrases that Flyby readers have entered over the past few months.