George K. Sweetnam
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Ten Years After the Strike
A FTER 1969 the choices were never so easy. Sure, there was a period of blind backlash in the mid-'70s
A Face From the Past
At dawn one Thursday morning in April 1969, Fred L. Glimp '50, then dean of the College, announced by megaphone
Glimp, Former Dean, Becomes Alumni Affairs Vice President
Fred L. Glimp '50, a former dean of the College, Monday assumed the post of vice president for alumni affairs
Assault on Filene's Basement: A Christmas Fantasy
It had been an ill-conceived idea, I can see now, but it was a fixation. Once that notion had grown
Salmonella: Not Pleasant, But Not Fatal
Salmonella, which has been dubbed the "Harvard trots" in its current outbreak, generally appears after improper food handling, Dr. Nicholas
The Historian as Romanticist
Good storytellers have a way of convincing their audiences that they are describing times that were somehow more vivid, more
Court Blocks Part Of Med Area Plant
Harvard lost a major legal battle with the state yesterday when a superior court judge enjoined the University from further
Flowers for Elvis
S OMEHOW rock'n roll got old. It didn't seem possible that a year had passed since Elvis died--more than 20
Corporation Names Eleven Journalists As Nieman Fellows
The Corporation Tuesday approved the appointment of 11 American journalists as 1978-79 Nieman Fellows, who will spend the academic year
A Mental Block
S EPTEMBER 1967 fell between two summers of racial tension and violence in America's inner cities. Increasing pride and rising