Bok, Doc, Justice Jock Rate 'Shmen Pumpkins

After prolonged deliberation, President Derek C. Bok and two of Harvard's other big cheeses concluded last night that a pumpkin bearing the likeness of a carriage was the "most Halloween" of the other 30 entered in the annual Freshman Pumpkin Carving Contest.

Bok, along with Associate Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel, instructor of the megapopular Moral Reasoning 22, "Justice," and Dr. Warren E. C. Wacker, director of the University Health Services, announced their picks to a packed Freshman Union at last night's dinner.

The carriage, the chef-d' oeuvre of Wigglesworth G and H entries, finished ahead of a Weld South proctorial group's pumpkin that sported the words "Harvard" and "Veritas" inscribed in its side--which Bok described as "stunning caligraphy."

A Thayer South proctorial group's pumpkin pie won the "most humorous" award in the Freshman Council-sponsored contest.

"We were inclined to give it best pumpkin, but then one of us tasted it and we decided to give it most humorous," Sandel said.

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And Wacker awarded "most creative" to a Stoughton North proctorial group's design of a child listening to a walkman, but was quick to add, "I have only one objection to this entry: the young man is smoking, and that's bad for your health."

The winners of the "most Halloween" award will receive free tickets to this Friday's Freshman Dance, which is also sponsored by the Freshman Council.

Every freshman proctorial unit was provided with a pumpkin for carving Tuesday and Wednesday, and the finished products were submitted at the Freshman Union yesterday. The contest, which dates back to the 19th century, was revived two years ago by the Freshman Council.