Shouts of 'Altrocchi' Crash Nocturnal Quiet of College

"Altrocchi" may well replace "Reinhart" as Harvard's "Hey, Rube."

Altrocchi, or more accurately John C. Altrocchi '50 is a Lowell House resident whose name has suddenly become so popular that just about everyone who comes within hailing distance of his room bellows it out. Especially if it's 2 o'clock in the morning.

The whole thing started when a few of Altrocchi's teammates on the Jayvee basketball team tired of climbing four flights of stairs to pick him up on the way to practice, and so just called him from the street.

One night recently when the evenin's first "Altrocchi" rang out, three pitchers of water splashed down on the besieger's head. Soon, flares, firecrackers, wastebaskets full of water, and incredulous faces sprouted from over 50 nearby Lowell and Leverett windows.

Police ended that riot, but still, the yelling goes on with undiminished intensity. Yesterday, things hit their peak for Altrocchi. A shoeshine gamin, strolling under his window, looked up and screeched, "Hey, Altrocchi, wanna shine?"